Survey of Utilization of Training Received by Civilian Employees at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

Gao ID: 100637 October 22, 1976

A limited study was performed of the use of training provided through formal courses to employees at headquarters and the Washington field office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). Employees and training officials were interviewed and data obtained to determine utilization.

ATF reported 4217 employees spent 138,200 hours in training at a cost of $753,000 in fiscal year 1975. Based on a sampling of 27 employees, the average utilization rate was 59 percent compared to 56 percent for the overall average of five agencies studied. Those who did not use the training stated that it was not related to the job or required too much time. Evaluation forms completed by employees were not always used nor analyzed by training officers.

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