To support learners, the Canada School has divided the public service population into individual communities to make it easier to determine the required or recommended learning for each group. Each community is identified by colour and shape.
All Public Servants
All public service employees at all groups and levels
Functional Specialists
Professionals and specialists in functional communities such as finance, human resources,procurement, materiel management and real property, information management, information technology, internal audit, communication, policy, evaluation, science and technology, service delivery, security, corporate planning, regulation
Supervisors
Any public service employee in a position that entails the supervision of employees
Managers
Managers at the EX-M4 to EX-M1 levels who hold authority delegations in finance and human resources
Senior Managers
Executives at the EX-1, EX-2 and EX-3 levels or equivalent
Senior Leaders
Assistant Deputy Ministers and Governor-in-Council appointees, including Deputy Ministers, Associate Deputy Ministers, Heads of Federal Agencies, Chief Executive Officers and Boards of Directors of Crown Corporations