Spring 2010
Training Catalog

Pro 3 Series

Managing at UF:
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myUFL System Training

HR/Payroll | Fiscal | Enterprise Reporting

PST121 myUFL Basics

Tuesday, January 5, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Marianne Preisler

This hands-on session will provide participants with the basic skills necessary to navigate and personalize myUFL. Topics will include signing in, menu navigation, myUFL security roles, group boxes, adding and deleting rows, searching, and much more. Participants will access myUFL with GatorLink username and password. Make sure you know yours when you come to class.

HR/Payroll Courses

hr Courses count toward Pro3 HR Certification

PST081 Payroll Distributions

Tuesday, January 12, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Thursday, February 25, 9 a.m. ti 12 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Thursday, March 25, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, April 21, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Susan Wilson

Designed for departmental staff responsible for their departments’ employee labor charges and cost allocations, this workshop covers how to navigate to UF Payroll Distributions—with opportunity to add and update a distribution.

PST092 Posting Gator Jobs

Tuesday, January 26, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Amber McCurry
Thursday, February 25, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Health Science Center, C3-013
Instructor: Daniel Faron
Tuesday, March 9,1:30 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Jenna Blythe
Tuesday, April 27, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Amber McCurry

This hands-on session teaches participants to use GatorJobs to post position vacancies to the UF web site, review applicant pools, identify hires, and close candidate searches. The procedure for reclassifying and updating positions, the role of the recruiters from the Recruitment & Staffing office in candidate searches, the process for reposting positions, and best practices are also reviewed.

NEW! PST096 Introducing E-Verify
elearning Course also available through e-Learning (Please note: Registration for this online course begins January 7)

Thursday, January 7, 8:30 to 10:00 a.m., HRS Building Room 120
Thursday, January 7, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building Room 120
Friday, January 8, 8:30 to 10:00 a.m., HRS Building Room 120
Friday, January 8, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building Room 120
Monday, January 11, 8:30 to 10:00 a.m., HRS Building Room 120
Monday January 11, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building Room 120
Thursday, January 14, 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., HRS Building Room 120
Thursday, January 14, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building Room 120
Instructors: Melissa Curry and John Sun

This class is mandatory for ePAF originators and Level 1 approvers (those needing security roles of UF_EPAF_Department Admin and UF_EPAF_Level 1 Approver).  Backups should also attend.  This course will cover the federal regulations on verifying employment eligibility for new and existing employees, review our obligations under the new ruling, discuss the Form I-9 process, and look at changes to the ePAF procedure. Note:  PST210 Hiring & Additional Pay must also be taken to obtain the ePAF security roles. 

PST110 Time and Labor

Tuesday, January 19, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, February 24, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, March 24, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Tuesday, April 27, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Jacqueline Howerton

Required for payroll processors and department administrators and recommended for all UF supervisors and managers, this interactive session reviews leave policy and practices. Other topics include time-worked rules, reporting time in myUFL, using Time and Labor tools, managing exceptions, and approving time.

PST210 Hiring and Additional Pay

Tuesday, January 26, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Tuesday, February 23, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, March 10, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Thursday, April 29, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Health Science Center, C3-013
Instructor: Kate Burch

This course gives participants an overview of electronic Personnel Action Forms (ePAF); walks participants through the process of completing hires for faculty, staff, fellowships, and OPS/students; and reviews how and when to provide additional pay (which includes non-wage payables and payments for non-resident aliens). This course is required to obtain the UF_EPAF_Department Admin role, which gives security to use ePAF.

PST220 Job/Position Actions

elearning Course also available through e-Learning

Wednesday, February 24, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Adia Rhodes

Review how to complete position and job actions in myUFL using the position management tools under Organizational Development and electronic Personnel Action Forms (ePAF). An important follow-up workshop to PST210.

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Fiscal Courses

fiscal Courses count toward Pro3 Fiscal Certification

PST021 Making Deposits

Wednesday, January 20, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Thursday, February 4, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Tuesday, March 23, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, April 14, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Maxine Word

For employees who deposit revenue without tracking customer information and employees who deposit cash expense refunds.

PST030 Travel and Expense

Tuesday, January 19, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, February 3, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Thursday, March 18, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Tuesday, April 20, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Dianna Brook Covington

Designed for departmental staff who handle travel in their areas, this workshop introduces travel and expense processes.

PST050 Budget and Commitment Control

Wednesday, January 6, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, February 17, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, March 17, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, April 21, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Sheri Austin

Attend this workshop to learn about UF’s approach to budgeting in myUFL. Commitment Control is an accounting methodology that identifies and reserves (or commits) funds for future payment obligations.

PST071 Paying Vendors

Thursday, January 13, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, February 10, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Tuesday, March 16, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, April 28, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Tammy Frost

Learn how to process a voucher, gain voucher approval, obtain payment, sign up for exceptions notifications, and identify budget errors. You will also learn how to complete an Encumbered Voucher, Unencumbered Voucher (Payment Authorization), and Expense to Expense Voucher (Inter-Departmental Expense Refund). This is a follow-up session to “Intro to Purchasing in myUF Market.”

PST073 Intro to Purchasing in myUF Market
elearning Course also available through e-Learning

Thursday, January 21, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Karen Frank
Tuesday, February 9, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Karen Frank
Wednesday, March 31, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Sara Stanford

This hands-on workshop, introducing the myUF Market, is for employees designated Requestors.  DSAs can request security for Requestors within a day or two after training completion.

PST120 Asset Management

Tuesday, January 5, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Thursday, February 11, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., Health Science Center, C3-013
Wednesday, March 3, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Thursday, April 29, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Sherry Adams

This hands-on session is for individuals who create requisitions and receive assets for their department. Attending “Introduction to Purchasing in myUF Market” is strongly recommended prior to attending this course.

PST130 Departmental Reconciliation

Thursday, January 7, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, Health Science Center, C3-013
Tuesday, February 16, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Wednesday, March 24, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Ted Griswold
Tuesday, April 20, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Brenda Harrell

In this class we introduce reports, tools, directives, and recommendations for management of financial activities at the departmental level.

PST 501 myAssets Overview

elearning Course available through e-Learning

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Enterprise Reporting Courses

PST010 Reporting: Basics
fiscalCourse counts toward Pro3 Fiscal Certification

Wednesday, January 13, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Tuesday, February 2, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Thursday, March 4, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, Health Science Center, C3-013
Instructor: Karen Navitsky
Wednesday, April 14, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Ralph Taylor

For the end user who needs to generate basic reports for financial- or HR-related transactions. This session explores basic concepts associated with Enterprise Reporting and reviews the reporting content. Prerequisite to PST012 and PST117.

PST012 Reporting: Query Studio

Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 to 11:30 a.m., HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Karen Navitsky
Thursday, March 25, 9:00 to 11:30 a.m., Health Science Center, C3-013
Instructor: Ralph Taylor

Introduces the Enterprise Reporting Query Studio tool with a brief overview of the Data Warehouse and a closer look at the various data packages. Become familiar with the Query Studio interface and complete exercises on query-building skills.

PST117 Reporting: PowerPlay
fiscalCourse counts toward Pro3 Fiscal Certification

Thursday, January 21, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, Health Science Center, C3-013
Instructor: Ralph Taylor
Tuesday, February 16, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Karen Navitsky
Thursday, March 18, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Ralph Taylor
Wednesday, April 28, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, HRS Building, Room 119
Instructor: Karen Navitsky

In this hands-on session, we explore PowerPlay Cubes and review the available content. Designed for the end-user on campus who needs to generate reports for his or her financial transactions.

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