Basic Workers Compensation Training

 

We teach basic and advanced Workers' Compensation courses. This outline is for the basic course. This course is designed to assist the employing agency, as well as the claimant. It is designed to help everyone in the process by giving them the knowledge they need to properly file their workers' compensation claim.

The first part of this course will give you an explanation of the CA forms, a brief history of the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) and how it affects federal employees.

1. CA-1
   a. What is a traumatic injury
   b. How to file for and receive continuation of pay (COP)
   c. How and why the agency can controvert your claim
   d. How to successfully defend your our controverted claim
2. CA-2
   a. What is an occupational disease
   b. How to file your claim
3. CA-2a
   a. What is a recurrence
   b. How and when you would file for a recurrence
4. CA-7
   a. When and why you should complete this form
   b. What is a schedule award
     1. When should you submit for a schedule award
5. CA-7a & CA-7b
   a. Leave buy back
   b. When is it not feasible to buy back leave
6. CA-16
   a. Authorization for medical treatment
   b. When is it used
7. 7. CA-17
   a. Duty status report
8. Attending Physicians report
9. Agency history and how your injury affects their budget
10. Basic schedule award information
11. How injuries that happen off your work station may be covered
12. How injuries you may have had before you became a federal employee may be covered
13. Question and answer session

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