Program Information

Program Description :: Target Audience :: Program Delivery :: Cost :: Transfers

Certificate Program Completion :: Registration :: Travel

 

Program Description

This program is designed to provide the fundamentals of Project Management and how they are applied to the development of capital projects at Caltrans.

It will address the necessary skills to enhance effectiveness through the processes of organizing, planning, scheduling, monitoring and controlling a variety of tasks.

The Project Management Certificate Program integrates the Project Management Institute's (PMI) body of knowledge, with Caltrans policies and procedures. The courses therefore include both a theoretical and practical problem solving approach to Project Management.

The Caltrans Project Management Certificate Program is comprised of six on-line courses and two on-ground courses for a total of 146 instructional hours. Course descriptions and the program delivery schedule can be found in Caltrans’ Learning Management System (LMS) or at the following links:

Course Descriptions

Program Delivery Schedule

The Project Management Certificate Program is presented by Caltrans, Division of Project Management in partnership with California State University, Sacramento, College of Continuing Education.

Target Audience:

The target audience is Project Delivery staff, at the senior level or above, and others that are preparing to move to the senior level.

Program Delivery:

Most on-line courses require interaction with instructors via on-line bulletin boards.  Students will be able to access the on-line courses as follows:

Number of Hours for On-line Course	Working Days available to complete course
48	20 work days
32	15 work days
12	10 work days
8	10 work days
2	5 work days

For the on-ground/live sessions, 100% attendance is required.  Unplanned absences or prolonged breaks will result in a grade of incomplete for the course unless special arrangements are made with the course instructor.

Cost:

The program is part of the Capital Project Skill Development (CPSD) effort with no cost to the district or individual students.

Transfers:

No more than three courses or forty-six hours of coursework can be transferred to meet the criteria of this program. Transferred courses must be approved by the College of Continuing Education.

Certificate Program Completion:

Please use the Certificate Completion Form to track your progress. Once you have completed the required coursework, fax your completed form to the Office of Capital Project Skill Development at 916-654-4097.

Class Registration:

PLEASE NOTE: You must first take PM Concepts and Workings (Course: 100037) as a prerequisite for all other classes in the program. You must complete the series with Applications of PM Fundamentals (Course: 100101) as your last class. All other classes may be taken in any order.

All registrations will be completed using Caltrans’ Learning Management System (LMS). The request process is two steps: (1) When you submit a registration request, it is forwarded to your supervisor for approval and (2) upon Supervisor approval, the request is forwarded to the Session Administrator who then determines the actual enrollments for the session. If you are enrolled, you will receive an enrollment confirmation e-mail with the course session details via Lotus Notes.  

The following is a simplified guide to use the LMS for registration:

Log in to Staff Central (the same way that you do for your timesheet), click on the red "GO" button and proceed through the following navigation path to view course catalog and request training:

Home > Self Service > Learning and Development > Request Training > Search Courses in Catalog

Enter the Course Code in the “Course:” field

Click on the “Search” button to find the desired session

Choose a session and select it by clicking on the icon between the Session and Title

You should be at the Request Training – Session Detail page.  Click on the “Request Training” button at the bottom of the page.

When filling out your Training Request, please use the following information:

Training Reason:  03 - Job Related
Funding Source: (leave blank)
Unit:  3310
Project:  0000000810 (10-digits)
Phase:  N (No Phase)
Reporting Code:  G (with the course code after it) e.g.: G100037
Object:  024

The LMS has additional help available to complete your registration, including the following link: http://staffcentral.dot.ca.gov/lms/internal.shtml

Travel:

If needed by your district, CPSD/Division of Project Management will pay
for travel and per diem for those that travel to the live courses.
Please fill out your Travel Expense Claim (TEC) using the following
information:

Unit:  3310
Project:  0000000810 (10-digits)
Phase: N (No Phase)
Reporting Code: G (with the course code after it) e.g.: G100037
Object Codes: 001, 008, 010 or 020
001 - for transportation in state (rental car, rental car fuel, tolls, parking)
008 - for commercial air flight in state
010 - for private vehicle mileage
020 - for per diem (meals and lodging and incidental expenditures)

 

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