To the extent permitted by authorized funding levels, the City Manager shall develop and maintain a City-wide Human Resource Development Program designed to: increase productivity through development of staff capabilities, disseminate the team approach to management at all levels of supervision through comprehensive training, encourage promotion from within the City workforce, and encourage all employees to participate in accomplishing the City's goals. The program shall consist of two phases, Skills Training and Employee Development. For the purpose of this article "Skills Training" is defined as development of a skill needed by an employee which is directly related to the employee's current duties and responsibilities. "Employee Development" may include some skills training but is primarily concerned with the development of employees over a longer period of time for a career with the City of Moundsville. Budget dollars spent for training should get a return on the investment by providing a direct input into the achievement of organizational objectives.
(a) Skills training. Skills training is that training which is designed to improve an employee's proficiency in his/her current job classification which includes improving management skills, training in state-of-the-art changes in equipment, machines or tools, new procedures or techniques, certification or recertification. Specific examples of skills training are auto mechanic training on new type of transmission; clerk typist upgrading writing skills; supervisor receiving training on how to improve decision-making skills. In summary, skills training should allow a trainee to know something he/she did not know before training, or to be able to do something he/she could not do before the training.
(b) Employee development. Employee development is more concerned with development of employee capabilities over a longer period of time than skills training. This program is broader and more general in nature. It allows employees to keep abreast of progress in their occupational fields and enhances the career potential of the individual. Examples are new managerial techniques, academic courses, or periodic reviews in an occupational field.