OTED Training Program - Office of Training Education and Development

The Office of Training, Education and Development (OTED) Offers Training for SLTT, FDA and Non-FDA Partners

LearnED Training System Catalog

In support of our common public health mission, FDA's Office of Inspections and Investigations' Office of Training Education and Development (OTED) provides free training to State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial regulatory partners. This page contains information and instructions that will be very helpful to you as you begin your learning experience with OTED.

OTED currently uses a Learning Management Systems (LMS) called OII LearnED, for its training programs. OII LearnED LMS replaced Pathlore legacy LMS for delivering online and classroom trainings.

Our goal is for OTED to serve you as a source of training, as well as, a provider of certification.

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Training for our SLTT Partners

Partnership for Regulatory Education and Training (PRET)

State Training Coordination Services

Food Emergency Response Network (FERN)

Training for our SLTT Partners or State Training Coordination Services

In support of our common public health mission, FDA's Office of Inspections and Investigations' Office of Training Education and Development (OTED) provides free training to State, Local and Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) regulatory partners. This page contains information and instructions that will be very helpful to you as you begin your learning experience with OTED. FDA’s Office of Domestic Partnerships (ODP) works collaboratively with FDA’s Office of Training and Educational Development (OTED) to offer a variety of services to assist government agencies obtain access to FDA training.

What role does OTED have with training courses?

OTED schedules a training date and location for a specific course offering.
OTED determines the appropriate number of slot allocations for FDA and State agency employees.
For courses essential for contract work, ODP supports OTED by coordinating, recruiting, and pre-registering state agency officials.
OTED course instructors verify prerequisites upon receiving registrations and ultimately confirm an individual's acceptance to attend a course.

FY25 National Cooperative Program Training Schedule and Registration Process:

Registering to Attend National FDA Cooperative Program Courses for FY25
Registration guidance on how to enroll and associated deadlines of a specific OTED course can be found in the course announcements.

You can access the course announcement in LearnED. Go to FDA’s State Training Coordination Services page for more information on how to register for courses required under your state's human or animal food contract?

OTED Online Courses

We presently offer over 100 web-based courses. Topics include food and drug law, public health principles, communication skills, food microbiology, HACCP, foodborne illness investigations among others.

OTED online courses are competency-based with mastery quizzes contained within each module. Once you have completed a course, you can print a Certification of Completion for your records.