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Background Investigations Agency Training

Position Designation (PD)

Training will be conducted at:

OPM-FIS Training Center
Arlington, VA 22202

This course provides in-depth training on the Position Designation Automated Tool (PDT), which is used to appropriately designate the risk and sensitivity levels of all Federal competitive positions and any position that can be converted to competitive.

This course connects position designation to the investigative and adjudicative requirements governed by position designation. Attendees will learn to:

  • Relate section 731.106 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations to the position designation process
  • Identify risk and sensitivity and understand designation concepts providing a basis for informed position evaluations and determinations
  • Apply the position designation tool to achieve appropriate position designations
  • Relate position designation to appropriate background investigation and adjudicative determination.

To sign up for this training, please fill out this registration form and email it to Agency Training and Oversight (ATO) at FISAgencyTraining@opm.gov. [Do not forget to indicate which training dates you prefer on your registration form.] This training class is free.

2013 Class Schedule:*

Class: 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. each day

  • January 31, 2013
  • February 14, 2013
  • February 28, 2013
  • March 28, 2013
  • April 25, 2013
  • May 16, 2013
  • May 23, 2013
  • June 20, 2013
  • July 11, 2013
  • July 18, 2013
  • August 22, 2013
  • September 26, 2013

* The schedule is subject to change. Registration capacity is limited to 20 trainees per session.