Calling all technical staff!

Have you completed your 2021 Individual Development Plan (IDP)? We want to know:

• What skills or knowledge do you need to improve your job performance?
• What conservation practices do you need to able to plan, design, and install?
• What certifications or credentials are you looking for?

The IDP tool was developed to collect this information, which we use to make statewide training delivery decisions. You can ensure your training needs will be considered during this decision making process by completing your IDP.

What has changed? TTCP is in the third year of using IDPs to capture technical training needs statewide, and there are a lot of training requests that were submitted in years one and two. To help our training needs assessment and prioritization process to be as effective and efficient as possible we are asking everyone to update these older training needs. For the coming year, we will not consider any training needs dated prior to January 1, 2021. Updating your training needs is a quick process, and we have developed a brief video demonstrating how to do this.

Are you new to IDPs? Most NRCS and SWCD technical staff and managers already have eLINK accounts and access to IDPs. If you don’t, you can get started here.

Looking for a refresher? Check out the IDP User Guidance page for information and videos on adding a new training request, updating training requests, adding training to your training history, and viewing your credentials.

Have questions or need further assistance? Please contact us.