Training

FPI offers leading-edge staff training in a variety of disciplines geared to the needs of FPI associations from coast to coast: technology, credit management, loan accounting, legal support, management reporting, financial services and marketing.

We define training as more than attendance at a "class." Here are a few of the various types of training opportunities FPI offers to fit individual learning styles, help staff prepare for new challenges and reduce travel time, including:

  • Instructor-led classroom sessions
  • Self-paced workbook and computer-based courses
  • Computer workshops
  • Web-based training
  • Interactive computer-based training
  • Audio and video conferences
  • NetMeetings
  • Outside courses
  • One-on-one assistance
  • On-the-job training experiences

FPI offers high quality sessions that focus on our business and customers and address our operating practices.


Examples from training schedule

Here is a small sample of training programs from our training schedule:

  • Advanced Credit Skills, including Credit Asset Lending
  • Agri-Selling Principles and Practices
  • Bringing Home Quality Leads From Your Next Trade Show
  • Business and Credit Writing
  • Consultative Selling
  • Credit Analysis and Decision Making
  • Dairy Outlook Seminar
  • Farm Tax Practitioner Certification
  • Fundamentals of Agricultural Appraisals
  • Introduction to FPI Systems - Loan Accounting
  • Lending to the Dairy Industry Forum
  • Online Office Productivity
  • Orientation for the New Farm Credit Employee
  • Train the Trainer