SF182

Authorization, Agreement, and Certification of Training

Agency
GSA
Revision
Revised March 2020
Fillable fields
86
Pages
9
Official source
GSA form page
Checked
October 20, 2026
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Standard Form 182 (SF 182): Authorization, Agreement, and Certification of Training

Standard Form 182 (SF 182), Authorization, Agreement, and Certification of Training, is a U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) form. GSA hosts a copy in its forms library. The privacy statement says the information is collected under 5 U.S.C. 4115, a provision of the Government Employees Training Act, and that its main purpose is to document the approval and completion of employee training within an agency.

The form has six sections: trainee information, training course data, costs and billing, supervisor approvals, the authorizing official's approval, and the certification of training completion and evaluation. Pages 4 to 9 explain the codes for fields such as position level, education level, training purpose, training type, delivery type and training source.

The form says completed training information is provided electronically to a Governmentwide system, where it becomes part of the permanent employment record. You can fill it out free in your browser on this page and download the result without an account.

Top of page 1 of Standard Form 182 (SF 182): Authorization, Agreement, and Certification of Training, as printed by GSA

What's on SF 182

Header: agency code and request status

Box A takes the agency code, agency sub-element and submitting office number. Box B is the request status.

Section A: trainee information

Name, optional home address and phone, position level, organization mailing address, office phone, work email, position title, any special accommodation needed, type of appointment, education level, pay plan, series, grade and step.

Section B: training course data

Vendor name, address, phone, email, website and point of contact, course title and number, start and end dates, duty and non-duty hours, and codes for training purpose, type, sub type, delivery and designation.

Section B: credit, agreement and objective

Training credit and credit type, accreditation, whether a continued service agreement is required and its expiration date, training source type, individual or group training, student or membership ID, and the skill learning objective.

Section C: costs and billing

Direct costs (tuition and fees, books and materials) and indirect costs (travel and per diem), each with the fund chargeable, plus the non-government contribution, order number, 8-digit station symbol and billing instructions.

Sections D to F: approvals and completion

Name, title, phone, email, signature and date for each supervisor, the training officer and the authorizing official, then the certification that the training was completed and evaluated.

How to complete SF 182

  1. 1

    Fill in Section A

    Enter the trainee's details. Pages 4 and 5 list the position level choices and the education level codes 1 to 22.

  2. 2

    Add the course in Section B

    Enter the vendor, course, dates and hours, and pick each code from the lists on pages 6 to 9, such as training purpose type 01 to 06 and delivery type 1 to 6.

  3. 3

    Enter costs in Section C

    List direct and indirect costs with the appropriation or fund chargeable, the document or requisition number, and where to send the invoice.

  4. 4

    Collect the approvals

    The form says to complete the number of approvals your agency requires in Section D before the form is submitted to the Agency Training Office.

  5. 5

    Authorizing official approves

    Section E is signed by the nominating agency official authorized to approve or disapprove the training request.

  6. 6

    Certify completion

    In Section F, agency certifying officials certify that the employee completed the requirements for the training and that an evaluation was done.

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Where it goes, billing and records

Where it goes

Section D says the approvals your agency requires come before submission of the form to the Agency Training Office.

Billing

The form tells the training facility to send bills to the office in item C6 and to refer to the number in item C4 to assure prompt payment.

Continued service agreement

Item B15 records whether the employee signed an agreement to remain with the agency for a set time as a condition of the training. The form says the head of the agency sets the requirements under 5 CFR 410.309.

Electronic reporting

The instructions say an agency should only submit data for completed training events for which all mandatory data elements have been recorded.

Privacy

Providing the personal information on paper is voluntary and at the agency's discretion. The form says employee SSNs are used mainly to give proper recognition for completed training and for Governmentwide statistics.

Edition

The form is marked Revised March 2020 and says all previous editions are not usable.

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Who fills out SF 182?

  • Trainees

    Section A asks for the applicant's name, contact details, position title, type of appointment, education level, pay plan, series, grade and step. The Social Security Number and date of birth boxes are marked Agency Use Only.

  • Supervisors

    Section D has approval blocks for the immediate or first-line supervisor and a second-line supervisor. The form says to complete the number of approvals your agency requires.

  • Training officers

    A third approval block in Section D is for the training officer, before the form is submitted to the Agency Training Office.

  • Authorizing officials

    Section E is completed by the nominating agency official authorized to approve or disapprove training requests. Section F, the certification of completion and evaluation, also has an authorizing official block.

  • Training facilities

    The form tells the training facility to send bills to the office in item C6 and to refer to the number in item C4 to assure prompt payment.

The form has parts for the trainee, the approving officials and the training facility.

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Questions about Form SF182

Who issues SF 182?

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Its name is printed at the foot of every page. GSA hosts a copy of the form in its forms library.

Do I enter my Social Security Number?

Item A2 (Social Security Number) and item A3 (date of birth) are both marked Agency Use Only on the form.

Who signs SF 182?

Supervisors and a training officer in Section D, as your agency requires, then the authorizing official in Section E. Section F holds the authorizing official's certification of completion and evaluation.

Where do I find the training codes?

Pages 4 to 9 of the PDF list them: position level, education level, training purpose, type and sub type, delivery type, credit designation, credit type and training source.

What is a continued service agreement?

The form says that typically, when an employee signs one, the employee agrees to remain in the agency's service for a specified period of time after receipt of training. Item B15 records yes, no or N/A.

Where does the training vendor send the bill?

To the office in item C6, Billing Instructions. The form asks the facility to refer to the number in item C4 to assure prompt payment.

What happens to the completed record?

The privacy statement says completed training information is provided electronically to a Governmentwide system, where it becomes part of the permanent employment record.