Find answers to frequently asked questions about Lamar University's Employee Training and Development program and Training Nest, Lamar's training management system.
Training Nest is Lamar University's new training management system.
Training Nest is a user-friendly way to complete and manage your mandatory, department- or job-specific, and optional training. Training Nest also offers online courses and scheduling for instructor-led training (ILT).
Training Nest tracks your training, provides transcripts, and creates certificates of completion for certain courses. As Training Nest grows, you will find courses and workshops that help you grow and advance in your career.
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The answer depends on the type of issue you're having:
For LEA technical support, contact the Lamar University Service Desk at (409) 880-2222 or servicedesk@lamar.edu.
Email trainingnest@lamar.edu, explain what the problem is, and submit your correct Universal Profile information.
Your profile will be updated.
You have 30 days to complete the required training modules.
If training is not completed within the 30 days, reminder notifications will be sent to you as well as your manager.
For information, contact Training and Development at trainingnest@lamar.edu.
Yes. Several of Lamar’s training courses are mandatory and required by state or federal law.
All employees are required to participate in the following training within 30 days of employment:
No. Training Nest will track course completions on your transcript.
Yes. Training Nest will send an email to your Lamar account when you have been assigned training.
Yes. Training Nest will remind you by email that your training will soon be due.
For purposes of training, "manager" covers a range of individuals in positions that require direct or indirect supervision of other employees. A manager may be a vice president, dean, director, chair, supervisor, or other employee who, as part of their defined duties at Lamar, supervises the work of other employees.
A manager may supervise employees who are either direct or indirect reports.
For example, a chair's direct reports may include department staff and faculty. A dean's reports may include the chair, who reports directly to the dean, and department staff and faculty, who report indirectly to the dean through their chair.
Yes. You can see the training records for everyone who reports to you, both directly and indirectly.
Managers who cannot see their direct reports listed under their Universal Profile should contact trainingnest@lamar.edu.
Employees can see their own training transcripts, and managers can see the transcripts of their direct and indirect reports.
Visit How To View Transcripts for detailed instructions.
Visit How To View Transcripts for Managers for detailed instructions on viewing transcripts for your staff.
Visit How To Run Reports for Managers for detailed instructions.