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  1. #1
    Shon Guest

    Default Employee Training Database

    Hello,
    I'm in a position of having to develop some type of training db
    for my company. I must admit I'm not the most enthusiastic MS Access person
    but have been trying to work my way through. I've taken a few classes but the
    information covered was not relevant to what I need. It seems so complicated
    building the different tables and then making sure everything is linked
    together. I that something was mentioned about classroom management. Where
    can I find out more about that?

    Any and all help greatly appreciated!


  2. #2
    Steve Guest

    Default Re: Employee Training Database

    I provide help with Access applications for a modest fee. I have developed
    several training databases. I can help you with your training database.
    Contact me at santus@penn.com.

    Steve


    "Shon" <Shon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:73472425-4AFD-4455-A879-DFD186311185@microsoft.com...
    > Hello,
    > I'm in a position of having to develop some type of training db
    > for my company. I must admit I'm not the most enthusiastic MS Access
    > person
    > but have been trying to work my way through. I've taken a few classes but
    > the
    > information covered was not relevant to what I need. It seems so
    > complicated
    > building the different tables and then making sure everything is linked
    > together. I that something was mentioned about classroom management. Where
    > can I find out more about that?
    >
    > Any and all help greatly appreciated!
    >




  3. #3
    Allen Browne Guest

    Default Re: Employee Training Database

    Steve" <nosense@nosense.com> replied in message
    >... for a modest fee.


    You can't be serious.
    Surely *no one* could be as slow a learner as you appear to be.

  4. #4
    John... Visio MVP Guest

    Default Stevie the troll is harrassing the posters again!

    "Steve" <nonsense@nomsense.com> wrote in message
    news:QumdnWu7Ioy739XUnZ2dnUVZ_tbinZ2d@earthlink.co m...
    >I provide help with Access applications for a modest fee. I have developed
    >several training databases. I can help you with your training database.
    >Contact me at santus@penn.com.
    >
    > Steve



    These newsgroups are provided by Microsoft for FREE peer to peer support.
    Stevie is a known troll who enjoys ignoring that fact and had been
    harrassing posters for more than haf a decade.

    The fact that he has to continually grovel for work indicates that he has
    never impressed his former clients enough for repeat business. His other
    posts in these newsgroups are also a testiment to his lack of
    professionalism and the lack of quality in his work.

    John... Visio MVP


  5. #5
    Allen Browne Guest

    Default Re: Employee Training Database

    Hi Shon.

    There is quite a bit of work in setting up a training database. As a
    minimum, you probably need:
    - a table of persons (trainers and trainers)
    - a table of units (the subjects taught from time to time)
    - a table of classes (each time a subject is offered)
    - a table of enrollees (who is enrolled in a class)

    You probabaly also need to identify peoples roles, and what units are
    expected for each role. From that you can deduce what units each person
    should have covered. This will let you identify the gaps (what units they
    have not covered, or units where their competency has expired.)

    There may be other tables to track attendance, assesssment criteria,
    evaluation of each person's criteria, and qualifications/competences earned.

    --
    Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia
    Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
    Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org.

    "Shon" <Shon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:73472425-4AFD-4455-A879-DFD186311185@microsoft.com...
    > Hello,
    > I'm in a position of having to develop some type of training db
    > for my company. I must admit I'm not the most enthusiastic MS Access
    > person
    > but have been trying to work my way through. I've taken a few classes but
    > the
    > information covered was not relevant to what I need. It seems so
    > complicated
    > building the different tables and then making sure everything is linked
    > together. I that something was mentioned about classroom management.
    > Where can I find out more about that?
    >
    > Any and all help greatly appreciated!



  6. #6
    Keith Wilby Guest

    Default Re: Employee Training Database

    "Steve" <nonsense@nomsense.com> wrote in message
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    >I provide


    http://home.tiscali.nl/arracom/whoissteve.html


  7. #7
    Shon Guest

    Default Re: Employee Training Database

    Thank you so much for responding to my request. This sounds way more
    complicated than I think my schedule allows. Can you recommend any software
    that may help me?

    Thanks again

    "Allen Browne" wrote:

    > Hi Shon.
    >
    > There is quite a bit of work in setting up a training database. As a
    > minimum, you probably need:
    > - a table of persons (trainers and trainers)
    > - a table of units (the subjects taught from time to time)
    > - a table of classes (each time a subject is offered)
    > - a table of enrollees (who is enrolled in a class)
    >
    > You probabaly also need to identify peoples roles, and what units are
    > expected for each role. From that you can deduce what units each person
    > should have covered. This will let you identify the gaps (what units they
    > have not covered, or units where their competency has expired.)
    >
    > There may be other tables to track attendance, assesssment criteria,
    > evaluation of each person's criteria, and qualifications/competences earned.
    >
    > --
    > Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia
    > Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
    > Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org.
    >
    > "Shon" <Shon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    > news:73472425-4AFD-4455-A879-DFD186311185@microsoft.com...
    > > Hello,
    > > I'm in a position of having to develop some type of training db
    > > for my company. I must admit I'm not the most enthusiastic MS Access
    > > person
    > > but have been trying to work my way through. I've taken a few classes but
    > > the
    > > information covered was not relevant to what I need. It seems so
    > > complicated
    > > building the different tables and then making sure everything is linked
    > > together. I that something was mentioned about classroom management.
    > > Where can I find out more about that?
    > >
    > > Any and all help greatly appreciated!

    >
    >


  8. #8
    Fred Guest

    Default Re: Employee Training Database

    Shon,

    If I may be direct, you've not really defined what you are trying to do.

    Also, you have to decide whether or not you want to learn Access well enough
    to create your application or not. It will be work and a struggle, but for
    someone with that objective, worth it. From your initial comment plus
    saying that you want some software to do it for you, it sounds like you are
    saying "NOT". If so, then you're on the wrong track in asking for tips on
    how to do what you don't want to do. While I certainly wouldn't go to a
    forum abuser, you might use a search engine to find an Access developer to do
    it for you. Or you might start with spreadsheets or Word processor tables
    that lists courses, instances of people taking courses etc. Not a good
    platform for data that is inherently relational, but it's something.

  9. #9
    Bob Waggoner Guest

    Default RE: Employee Training Database

    ..Shon,
    There is another way - open Access, select NEW from the File Menu, go to
    Templates Online and select Classroom Management. Access creates the database
    for you. Once that is done, you can study how it works and learn from that
    while you have fulfilled your obligation to the company.

    "Shon" wrote:

    > Hello,
    > I'm in a position of having to develop some type of training db
    > for my company. I must admit I'm not the most enthusiastic MS Access person
    > but have been trying to work my way through. I've taken a few classes but the
    > information covered was not relevant to what I need. It seems so complicated
    > building the different tables and then making sure everything is linked
    > together. I that something was mentioned about classroom management. Where
    > can I find out more about that?
    >
    > Any and all help greatly appreciated!
    >


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