26.01 - RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRAINING.  The Director shall foster and develop, in cooperation with appointing authorities and others, programs for the improvement of employee effectiveness, including training, safety, health and welfare, and encourage and exercise leadership in the development of effective personnel administration within the several offices, departments, boards and commissions of the City and within any governmental agencies whose employees are paid from the City Treasury.  Such training programs may include lecture courses, demonstrations, assignment of reading matter, or such other techniques as may be available for the purpose of improving the efficiency and broadening the knowledge of officers and employees in the Civil Service in the performance of their respective duties.

26.02 - UPWARD MOBILITY PROGRAM.  This pilot program is designed to provide a promotional career path for advanced level clerical employees who have at least two years of college applicable toward a bachelor's degree.  Participants in the Upward Mobility Program, through incumbency in bridge positions classified Administrative Trainee I and Administrative Trainee II, perform administrative work of a training nature, in order that they may develop the knowledge and skills necessary for advancement to a specific administrative classification.  Admission to a bachelor's degree program at an accredited college or university and, after admission, continued enrollment until completion of the degree requirements are essential for continued incumbency in a bridge class and participation in the program.