IPAC Training Programs
As an organization committed to promoting excellence in personnel assessment programs, IPAC offers a variety of training opportunities for the selection practitioner.
IPAC Annual Conference
Training workshops on foundation and advanced topics are offered as part of our annual conference. See the conference program for more details about scheduled workshops.
Training Seminars
Additionally, IPAC has developed the following intensive, practically oriented training programs that can be provided on site and customized to meet your agency's training needs:
Training and Experience Rating Seminar
- Overview of methods, key terms and concepts
- Minimum qualifications of education and experience
- Improved point method
- Grouping methods and case study materials
- Behavioral consistency methods
- Self-report and self-rating methods
- Resource allocation and when to use T&Es
Oral Examinations Seminar
- Introduction to oral examination issues and concepts
- Job analysis for oral examination development
- Oral test question development
- Rating scales and scoring
- Selecting and training oral examiners
- Oral test administration
- Evaluation of the oral examination
Examination Planning Seminar
- Personnel systems, personnel assessment and examination planning
- Essentials of examination planning and job analysis
- Deciding what to measure and how to measure it
- Documenting the exam plan and planning for test development
- Test planning case studies
Additional information about the IPAC seminars can be found in a 2003 conference presentation.
Customized training to meet your needs
Each of the primary seminars was designed as a comprehensive three-day program. The programs can either be presented in their entirety for in-depth coverage of the topic, or they can be presented in one-half and one-day segments allowing you to address only those topics of particular interest to your agency (refer to the course outlines above to see specific topics available). This also allows you the flexibility to combine topics from different seminars to create a training program tailored to meet your agency's needs.
Experienced trainers
IPAC trainers are experienced human resources professionals who provide both the state-of-the-art knowledge and real world experience necessary to make your training programs make a difference in your work environment.
Contact
For more information about training programs and costs, contact the chair of the IPAC Training/Workshops Committee (see here for details)