(A) Employee responsibility. It is the employee’s responsibility for maintaining and upgrading job skills. Each individual administrator, Town Council, and employee bears primary responsibility for maintaining individual knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the job, and for upgrading skills necessary to meet technological change or seek promotion. The town will facilitate those efforts and provide training from time to time.
(B) Independent training. An employee may pursue independent study or training but may not obligate the town to pay expenses or compensation without specific advance permission. Employees may be required to attend job-related training programs, courses, workshops, seminars, and the like.
(C) Town to pay certain training expenses. If the supervisor assigns the employee to attend such training or approves a specific request from an employee to attend such training, the town shall pay the expense incurred.
(D) Training program evaluation. The supervisor may periodically examine current and proposed training programs in order to ensure the program’s relevance to both the individual employee and organizational training needs.
(E) On-the-job training (OJI). On-the-job training prepares an employee to perform the responsibilities required of his or her position. It allows the employee to learn his or her job duties, proper procedures, and expected performance levels.