Student and Supervisor Training Validation Surveys

Level III Eval ILT Student 080712

Student and Supervisor Training Validation Surveys

OMB: 1140-0095

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OMB No. 1140-0095 (xx/xx/xxxx)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Office of Human Resources and Professional Development
Training Validation Survey
(Student Survey for ATF In-Person Training)

Letter for Level III, Behavior, Survey – Employee
Thank you for attending the [field to insert ATF course title] course. The Office of Human Resources and Professional
Development (HRPD) is committed to excellence while providing current and effective training. Your feedback about the
usefulness of HRPD training to prepare you to perform your job duties is very important to us. Please provide us with
information about your training experience by completing this survey, which will take about 10 minutes to complete.
As with any survey from ATF, your participation is voluntary. Your responses and comments will be reviewed to
determine the effectiveness of the training and to update courses so that they continue to meet your needs.
Please select the following link to begin the survey [field to insert ATF Survey].

Privacy Act Information
This information is provided pursuant to Public Law 93-579 (Privacy Act of 1974) December 31, 1974, relative to the
collection of information from prospective students to attend the ATF Training.
1. Authority. Title 38, U.S.C., §527; Title 29, U.S.C., §711; Title 31, U.S.C., §1115, Executive Order 13540.
2. Purpose. To obtain information from Federal, State and local, military and international law enforcement
personnel completing training conducted by ATF for the purpose of evaluating program effectiveness.
3. Routine Uses. Disclosure of evaluation results as collected data summaries will be provided to ATF management
and training staff in order to make decisions regarding program improvement and the allocation of resources.
Evaluation results will be provided to external Federal government agencies on an as needed basis. Individual
personal data will be treated as law enforcement sensitive information and will be protected in accordance to Title
5, U.S.C. §552. Individual responses to survey questions will not be available upon request to the individual, to
the individual's parent agency, or to any other individual or agency as the system used to collect that data does
not store the information in a manner that an individual’s responses can be retrieved.

Paperwork Reduction Act Notice
This request is in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection is used to determine
the effectiveness of training programs provided by or utilized by ATF. The estimated average burden associated with this
collection is 10 minutes per respondent or recordkeeper, depending on individual circumstances.
Comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate and suggestions for reducing this burden should be directed
to the Reports Management Officer, Document Services Branch, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,
Washington DC 20226.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Thank you for attending the [field to insert ATF course title] course. The Office of Human Resources and Professional Development
(HRPD) is committed to excellence while providing current and effective training. Your feedback about the usefulness of HRPD training
to prepare you to perform your job duties is very important to us. Please provide us with information about your training experience by
completing this survey, which will take about 10 minutes to complete. As with any survey from ATF, your participation is voluntary.
Your responses and comments will be reviewed to determine the effectiveness of the training and to update courses so that they
continue to meet your needs.
Navigation
The Next button below will advance you to additional pages in the survey. Please be sure of your responses before you select Next, as the survey
program will save your responses to the database and you will not be able to go back and change your answers. This brief survey should take you
approximately 10 minutes to complete. However, if you run short of time, the Save button will allow you to save your survey responses at any point
in the survey and return later to complete it. After you select Save, you will be provided with a link that will return you to the survey. Be sure to
either write down the link or cut and paste it into a Word document for your use later. At the end of the survey, you will be asked to select the
Submit button at the bottom of the screen in order to complete the survey and exit.

Instructions: Please rate each item by selecting the option that best reflects your response.
Background
1.

The number of years of experience I have in my position.

The number of years of experience I have working in the
topical area.

None to less
than a year

1 – 2 Years

3–4
Years

5 – 10
Years

More
than 10
Years

None to less
than a year

1 – 2 Years

3–4
Years

5 – 10
Years

More
than 10
Years

Background (Continued)
Using the rating scale from 5 to 1, with 5 being “At Great Length” and 1 being “Not At All,” please respond to following:
Not At All

At Great
Length

My supervisor and I discussed this course’s purpose prior
to my taking the training to the following degree:

Before the training, my supervisor shared his or her
expectations regarding how I will use what I learned in
class on the job to the following degree:

Relevance
Using the rating scale from 5 to 1, with 5 being “Completely” and 1 being “Not At All,” please respond to following:
Completely

The extent of my knowledge about the course content
prior to attending was:

The extent to which the course prepared me to apply the
knowledge and skills learned after I returned to the job
was:

Not At All

Relevance (Continued)
Using the rating scale from 5 to 1, with 5 being “Strongly Agree” and 1 being “Strongly Disagree,” please respond to following:
Strongly
Agree

The information I received in training was accurate and
consistent with information received on the job.

The information covered in the course was valuable and
relevant to my job.

Strongly
Disagree

Not
Applicable

Relevance (Continued)
9.

Yes or no: Job aids or reference materials were provided
during training. [Not included in the online survey: If
“Yes,” proceed to the next item, # 10; if “No,” proceed to
Item # 12.]

Yes

Relevance (Continued)
Using the rating scale from 5 to 1, with 5 being “Strongly Agree” and 1 being “Strongly Disagree,” please respond to following:
Strongly
Agree

10.

11.

The job aids or reference materials provided during
training have been valuable and relevant to the job.
If the job aids or reference materials were never used or
if you responded to the statement with a “1”or “2,”
please explain:

Strongly
Disagree

Never Used
Job Aids or
Reference
Materials

Opportunity
Training sometimes focuses on preparing for events we hope never to experience, but for which we must be prepared, such as,
emergency evacuation procedures, use of deadly force, and first aid. If the training attended was for such events AND you have not
had to apply the knowledge and skills in a real situation, then please select “Not Applicable.” Using the rating scale from 5 to 1 with 5
being “Often” and 1 being “Never,” please respond to following:
Often

12.

13.

I have received opportunities to apply the knowledge and
skills learned in training.
If you responded with a
“1”or “2,” please explain:

Never

Not
Applicable

Obstacles
Using the rating scale from 5 to 1, with 5 being “Never a Problem” and 1 being “Always a Problem,” please respond to following:
14.

Since taking the training, the following, if any, have prevented me from applying the knowledge and skills in my job:
Never a
Problem

Equipment not available
Lack of funding or personnel
Different techniques followed
in the field/office
Different policies and
procedures required
Lack of management
support
Other
15.

Always a
Problem

Not
Applicable

If you selected "Other," please specify: _____________________________________________________________________

Results
Using the rating scale from 5 to 1, with 5 being “Strongly Agree” and 1 being “Strongly Disagree,” please respond to following:
Strongly
Agree

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

I feel confident in my abilities to apply the knowledge and
skills I learned successfully on the job.

Strongly
Disagree

Not
Applicable

Comments:

I was able to increase my mission or job effectiveness on
the job as a result of the training.
Please provide some details,
regardless of response:
I have promoted new systems, practices, policies, or
procedures as a result of what I learned from the training
(e.g., safety procedures, human resource management,
mission implementation, etc.).
Please provide some details:

Support
Using the rating scale from 5 to 1, with 5 being “Almost Always True” and 1 being “Almost Never True,” please respond to following:
Almost
Always True

22.

23.

24.

My supervisor encourages me to use the new knowledge
and/or skills.

My supervisor acts as a coach or has assigned a mentor
to help me apply the skills.

My supervisor gives me positive feedback when I
successfully use the skills learned in the training on the
job.

Almost
Never
True

Not
Applicable

Overall Opinion
Using the rating scale from 5 to 1, with 5 being the highest and 1 being the lowest, please respond to following:
25.

26.

I am likely to attend future ATF-sponsored courses.

Overall, my level of satisfaction with the training is the
following:

27. Please state additional comments or recommendations you have regarding this course:

Thank you for taking the time to provide us with this feedback, which we will use to improve the course.
We appreciate your participation!
Office of Human Resources and Professional Development

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