# Training and courses

## Check required training

The home page's **Required Training** table shows course status and renewal dates. Select a course name to open its sessions or course page. An **Overdue!** entry calls attention to a required course; open its details before deciding how to complete it.

The home page also links **Training History** and **Course Directory**. The sidebar provides the same general workflows under **Training**.

## Review completion history

1. Expand **Training**.
2. Select **My Training**.
3. Confirm the person's name in the heading.
4. Use **Filter Records By** to choose **`<All>`** or **Most Recent Only**.
5. Compare **Course**, **Date Taken**, **Expires**, and **Certificate**.

![Personal training records](assets/screenshots/training.jpg)

The list has sortable course, completion-date, and expiration-date columns. **Most Recent Only** is useful when repeated completions make the history difficult to scan; **`<All>`** provides historical context.

Select **Certificate** on a row where that link is present. Some records have no certificate link. A missing link does not itself prove that the course was not completed: check **Date Taken**. Certificate generation and downloading were not tested during capture.

The secondary **Training Requirements** link was observed in the training navigation. Its detailed contents were not inspected; the home page and lab dashboard provide verified entry points for required or delinquent training.

## Find a course

Select **Training → Course Directory**. The captured directory groups courses into **Biosafety**, **Facilities**, **General Lab Safety**, and **Radiation Safety**.

![Course directory with Launch Course and Sign up actions](assets/screenshots/courses.jpg)

| Action | Intended next step |
| --- | --- |
| Course name | Read the course detail |
| Launch Course | Open the online learning workflow |
| Sign up | Open classroom session information |

Online courses and classroom courses have different entry actions. This guide inspected the directory and a classroom sessions page, but did not launch learning content, register attendance, take an assessment, or record a completion.

## Classroom sessions

1. Find the classroom course in the directory.
2. Select **Sign up**.
3. Read the course description and prerequisites.
4. Review **Upcoming Sessions**.
5. If no sessions are scheduled, use the course manager information shown on that page.

![Classroom course with no upcoming sessions](assets/screenshots/course-sessions.jpg)

The inspected BSL2 classroom course had no upcoming sessions. Its page explicitly directs users to the course manager for scheduling. The registration controls for a scheduled session therefore remain unverified.

## Resolve a missing completion

Compare the course title, training history, and required course entry. A similarly named course may be a different record or delivery format. If a completion or certificate is absent after you expect it to be recorded, contact the course manager or your institution's training team with the course and completion details.

Do not treat a historical certificate alone as proof that the current requirement is satisfied; compare renewal or expiration information as well.

Related: [Compliance dashboard](compliance.md), [Troubleshooting](troubleshooting.md).