Fall 2009
Training Catalog

Pro 3 Series

Managing at UF:
The Supervisory Challenge

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myUFL Courses

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Computer Courses

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myUFL Courses

PST121 myUFL Basics

Tuesday, September 1, 8:30 to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Marianne Preisler

This hands-on session will provide participants with the basic skills necessary to navigate and personalize myUFL. Topics will include signing in, menu navigation, myUFL security roles, group boxes, adding and deleting rows, searching, and much more. Participants will access myUFL with GatorLink username and password. Make sure you know yours when you come to class.

HR/Payroll Courses

Courses count toward Pro3 HR Certification

PST081 Payroll Distributions

Thursday, September 24, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Health Science Center, C3-013
Thursday, October 22, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Tuesday, November 3, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, December 2, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Susan Wilson

Designed for departmental staff responsible for their departments’ employee labor charges and cost allocations, this workshop covers how to navigate to UF Payroll Distributions—with opportunity to add and update a distribution.

PST092 Posting Gator Jobs

Thursday, November 5, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Health Science Center, C3-013
Instructor: Amber McCurry

Monday, September 21, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Daniel Faron
Monday, October 5, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Jenna Blythe
Tuesday, December 1, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Daniel Faron

This hands-on session teaches participants to use GatorJobs to post position vacancies to the UF web site, review applicant pools, identify hires, and close candidate searches. The procedure for reclassifying and updating positions, the role of the recruiters from the Recruitment & Staffing office in candidate searches, the process for reposting positions, and best practices are also reviewed.

PST110 Time and Labor

Wednesday, September 9, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, October 21, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Thursday, November 5, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Tuesday, December 1, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Jacqueline Howerton

Required for payroll processors and department administrators and recommended for all UF supervisors and managers, this interactive session reviews leave policy and practices. Other topics include time-worked rules, reporting time in myUFL, using Time and Labor tools, managing exceptions, and approving time.

PST210 Hiring and Additional Pay

Thursday, October 22, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Health Science Center, C3-013
Instructor: Dawn Smith
Wednesday, September 16, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Dawn Smith
Wednesday, November 4, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Kate Burch
Thursday, August 13, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Kate Burch

This course gives participants an overview of electronic Personnel Action Forms (ePAF); walks participants through the process of completing hires for faculty, staff, fellowships, and OPS/students; and reviews how and when to provide additional pay (which includes non-wage payables and payments for non-resident aliens). This course is required to obtain the UF_EPAF_Department Admin role, which gives security to use ePAF.

PST220 Job/Position Actions

elearning Course also available through e-Learning

Thursday, November 19, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Health Science Center, C3-013
Instructor: Adia Rhodes
Tuesday, September 22, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Desiree Williams
Tuesday, October 20, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Desiree Williams

Review how to complete position and job actions in myUFL using the position management tools under Organizational Development and electronic Personnel Action Forms (ePAF). An important follow-up workshop to PST210.

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Fiscal Courses

Courses count toward Pro3 Fiscal Certification

PST021 Making Deposits

Tuesday, September 22, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, October 21, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Tuesday, November 17, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Thursday, December 10, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Maxine Word

For employees who deposit revenue without tracking customer information and employees who deposit cash expense refunds.

PST030 Travel and Expense

Wednesday, September 9, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Tuesday, October 13, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Tuesday, November 10, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, December 9, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Dianna Brook Covington

Designed for departmental staff who handle travel in their areas, this workshop introduces travel and expense processes.

PST050 Budget and Commitment Control

Wednesday, September 16, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, October 7, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, November 18, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, December 16, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Sheri Austin

Attend this workshop to learn about UF’s approach to budgeting in myUFL. Commitment Control is an accounting methodology that identifies and reserves (or commits) funds for future payment obligations.

PST071 Paying Vendors

Wednesday, September 23, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Tuesday, October 27, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Tuesday, November 17, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, December 16, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Tammy Frost

Learn how to process a voucher, gain voucher approval, obtain payment, sign up for exceptions notifications, and identify budget errors. You will also learn how to complete an Encumbered Voucher, Unencumbered Voucher (Payment Authorization), and Expense to Expense Voucher (Inter-Departmental Expense Refund). This is a follow-up session to “Intro to Purchasing in myUF Market.”

NEW! PST073 Intro to Purchasing in myUF Market

Tuesday, September 8, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Thursday, September 24, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Tuesday, October 13, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Room 119
Wednesday, October 28, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m, HRS Room 119
Monday, November 9, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building 119
Monday November 23, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon, HRS Building 119

This hands-on workshop, introducing the myUF Market, is for employees designated Requestors.  DSAs can request security for Requestors within a day or two after training completion.

PST120 Asset Management

Tuesday, September 1, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, October 14, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Friday, November 13, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Tuesday, December 8, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Sherry Adams

This hands-on session is for individuals who create requisitions and receive assets for their department. Attending “Introduction to Purchasing in myUF Market” is strongly recommended prior to attending this course.

PST130 Departmental Reconciliation

Tuesday, September 29, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Ted Griswold
Tuesday, October 20, 8:30 a.m to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Brenda Harrell
Wednesday, November 18, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Ted Griswold
Friday, December 18, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Ted Griswold

In this class we introduce reports, tools, directives, and recommendations for management of financial activities at the departmental level.

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Student Financial Courses

PST310 Student Financials

Tuesday, September 15, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Tuesday, October 27, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Friday, November 6, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Tuesday, December 15, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Annie Bretnall

In this hands-on workshop taught by a subject matter expert, participants will learn how to:

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Enterprise Reporting Courses

PST010 Reporting: Basics

Course counts toward Pro3 Fiscal Certification

Wednesday, September 2, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Karen Navitsky
Friday, October 9, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Karen Navitsky
Tuesday, November 10
, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Karen Navitsky
Friday, December 4, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Ralph Taylor

For the end user who needs to generate basic reports for financial- or HR-related transactions. This session explores basic concepts associated with Enterprise Reporting and reviews the reporting content. Prerequisite to PST012 and PST117.

PST012 Reporting: Query Studio

Wednesday, September 23, 9:00 to 11:30 a.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Karen Navitsky
Friday, November 20, 9:00 to 11:30 a.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Ralph Taylor

Introduces the Enterprise Reporting Query Studio tool with a brief overview of the Data Warehouse and a closer look at the various data packages. Become familiar with the Query Studio interface and complete exercises on query-building skills.

PST117 Reporting: PowerPlay

Course counts toward Pro3 Fiscal Certification

Tuesday, September 15, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Karen Navitsky
Thursday, October 22, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Karen Navitsky
Tuesday, November 24, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Ralph Taylor
Thursday, December 17, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Karen Navitsky

In this hands-on session, we explore PowerPlay Cubes and review the available content. Designed for the end-user on campus who needs to generate reports for his or her financial transactions.

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