Who needs to complete integrity training and within what time period?
The Commissioner’s Directions 2022 mandate that all employees who are new to the APS need to complete foundational integrity training. New ongoing APS employees are required to complete integrity training within 6 months of being engaged. New non‑ongoing APS employees are required to complete integrity training as soon as practicable after being engaged.
Is there a specific integrity training program that needs to be completed?
The Commission has made available an integrity e-learning module – Integrity in the APS – for all agencies to use. This training can be accessed via APSLearn or arrangements can be made to load the module onto an agency’s learning management platform. Your agency will confirm if you need to complete the Integrity in the APS module, or an approved alternative.
The Commission also recognises that some APS agencies already provide similar and/or equivalent integrity training. To provide flexibility and to ensure alignment with the Government’s commitment, the Commission has established a process to enable APS agencies to seek endorsement to use their equivalent integrity training. Agencies should contact ethics@apsc.gov.au for further information.
Will agencies be required to report on participation rates?
Commencing in 2022, the State of the Service – Agency Survey will be used as a mechanism for agencies to report against the integrity training requirements as stated in the Commissioner’s Directions 2022. Agencies will be asked if they have met the requirement to provide mandatory integrity training to employees that are new to the APS. Participation rates will not be captured at this time.
