F&S Training Calendar

Welcome to the Facilities & Services Training Calendar. The training provided here represents a broad spectrum of topics that have been vetted and determined to be relevant to professionals in F&S. If you are aware of additional training to be added here, please contact Doni Walker, Associate Director of Inclusion and Organizational Development, at dewalke@illinois.edu.

Monthly Safety Training

Required monthly safety training sessions are sent to staff directly through the Grainger Learning Management System (GLMS). The GLMS platform allows employees to see their specific training dashboard as well as gives supervisory staff an enhanced way to track and record engagement and completion.

Staff will see emails from alerts_graingerlms@icertainty.com when new trainings are available. You can access GLMS and assigned training at fands.icertainty.com using your netID and password.

For questions regarding monthly safety training, please contact Safety & Compliance at oshs@illinois.edu.

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Monday, April 14, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    This unique, two-day training event will help you unlock the power of effective dialogue and set you on the path to becoming an even more influential communicator. Each instructor-led session features real-time practice and coaching scenarios to help you be better prepared to share your concerns and speak up about workplace issues.

Thursday, April 17, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    This unique, two-day training event will help you unlock the power of effective dialogue and set you on the path to becoming an even more influential communicator. Each instructor-led session features real-time practice and coaching scenarios to help you be better prepared to share your concerns and speak up about workplace issues.

Thursday, April 24, 2025

    • 12:00 - 1:00 pm

    Building and campus infrastructure are playing an increasingly important role in digital campus strategies. However, 63% of all digital strategies fail due to lack of adoption among stakeholders within an organization – and adding new software with an overly burdened university maintenance staff can be a recipe for limited return on investment.

Monday, April 28, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Monday, May 12, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Thursday, May 15, 2025

    • 1:00 - 2:00 pm

    For college and university facility managers, maintaining a comprehensive understanding of the condition of building enclosures across multiple campuses or even in different states is crucial. Building enclosure problems oft en go unnoticed until they result in costly and disruptive events such as water leaks, roof failures, or masonry damage.

Thursday, May 22, 2025

    • 12:00 - 1:00 pm

    Feel stuck? Setting decarbonization targets is one thing, having a clear plan is another. Tackling decarbonization amongst competing facilities priorities is challenging – operational resiliency, cost management, budget and staffing constraints, deferred maintenance, etc.

Monday, May 26, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

    • 8:00 - 10:00 am
    • Physical Plant Service Building [Conference Room 127]

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Monday, June 9, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Monday, June 23, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Monday, July 7, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Monday, July 21, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Monday, August 4, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Monday, August 18, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Monday, September 1, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

    • 8:00 - 10:00 am
    • Physical Plant Service Building [Conference Room 128]

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Monday, September 15, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Monday, September 29, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Monday, October 13, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Monday, October 27, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Monday, November 10, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Monday, November 24, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Monday, December 8, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Monday, December 22, 2025

    • 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
    • Central Stores & Receiving Conference Room 1A

    New Team Member Orientation highlights the different aspects of F&S and aims to foster a sense of belonging. This program is designed to provide new team members with a smooth and successful transition into our organization.

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

External Training Offerings

Many of the training sessions are offered outside of F&S so the registration links will take you directly to the website that is offering the training. After attending the training, come back here and click the link below to help us track participation and gather your opinion about the training you attended. Your feedback is appreciated.

TRAINING EVALUATION LINK

Additional Training Resources

GRAINGER LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (GLMS)

LINKEDIN LEARNING ONLINE LEARNING LIBRARY®

APPA - ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICAL PLANT ADMINISTRATORS

ILLINOIS TRAINING CALENDAR

FAST-3 TRAINING

HRDQ-U