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Required Training for On-Campus Employees

All TAMU student employees must complete the New Student Employee Orientation before or upon hire to the University. In addition, all TAMU employees are also required to complete Orientation to the A&M System within the first 30 days of hire. Texas A&M System Policy 33.05.02, Employee Training, requires that all employees (including full-time, part-time, student, and seasonal or temporary employees) complete Information Security Awareness, Creating a Discrimination Free Workplace, Ethics, and Reporting Fraud, Waste and Abuse training within the first 30 days of hire. Refresher trainings are required at one, two or four year intervals. These online self-studies are available via TrainTraq.
 
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Title Located at When Refreshers?
How Often?
New Student Employee Orientation sfaid.tamu.edu/Orientation On or upon hire None
Orientation to the A&M Systems traintraq.tamus.edu Within 30 days
of hire		 None
Information Security Awareness traintraq.tamus.edu Within 30 days
of hire		 Yes, every year
Ethics traintraq.tamus.edu Within 30 days
of hire		 Yes, every two years
Creating a Discrimination-Free Workplace traintraq.tamus.edu Within 30 days
of hire		 Yes, every two years
Reporting Fraud, Waste and Abuse traintraq.tamus.edu Within 30 days
of hire		 Yes, every four years

Required Online Training Frequently Asked Questions

All employees - full-time employees, student employees, part-time employees, and seasonal or temporary workers are required to complete trainings upon hire and then repeat them at one, two or four year intervals.
Texas Labor Code § 21.010. Employment Discrimination Training for State Employees states:
 
“Each employee of a state agency shall attend the training program required by this section not later than the 30th day after the date the employee is hired by the agency and shall attend supplemental training every two years.”

“Each agency should inform all employees of the requirement and possible methods of completing the training.”
These trainings are required by the Student Employment Office (New Student Employee Orientation), the State of Texas and the Texas A&M System.
Your department’s HR Liaison has information on each employee’s training needs and requirements to be completed.
The New Student Employee Orientation can be found on sfaid.tamu.edu/orientation. All other trainings are found on TrainTraq.
Yes, you will be compensated for your time. Please be certain to report this to your supervisor and record it on your timesheet.

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