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September 4, 2026

Class Scheduling

Covalent Class Scheduling gives industrial teams one shared calendar to plan training, pair trainers with trainees, track progress, and catch overdue training before it impacts production.

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New in Covalent

Class Scheduling

Class scheduling brings trainers, trainees, and objectives onto one calendar, so you can see what is planned, who is running it, and what is at risk of slipping.

Why this matters

Training you can see coming

For industrial companies, training happens whenever a trainer and trainee find time. It's opportunistic. There is no forward plan, so leaders cannot see who is being trained, by whom, or when it will finish.

That makes it hard to balance trainer load, protect production, or catch training that is falling behind until it is already late.

Covalent puts training on a shared calendar, with trainers paired to trainees and a clear view of what is on track and what is overdue.

1 Schedule a window and locationSet a planned start and finish, for example 1 hour for a classroom session or 10 days for OJT

2 Pair trainer and traineeMatch availability and trainer capacity

3 Track progressSee what is on track and likely to complete

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            Catch what slipsOverdue starts and completions surface automatically
          

What you get

Plan and manage training in one place

Four capabilities working together so training is something you plan ahead, not something you reconstruct after the fact.

Schedule training windows

Set planned start and completion dates for assigned objectives and groups, across employee calendars and long time horizons. You can also set a location, including a classroom for instructor-led sessions.

Plan training weeks or months ahead
Schedule windows for objectives and groups
Set a location or classroom for the session
See the whole team on one calendar

Pair trainers to trainees

Match each trainee to a trainer for the scheduled period, with trainer capacity and availability built into the plan.

Respect how many trainees a trainer can take at once
Account for shift and availability
Balance load across your trainers

Track likely completion

See how training is progressing and when each window is likely to finish, against the time it actually takes.

Compare the planned window to actual duration
Spot training likely to run long
Keep ramp plans realistic

Catch overdue training

Training that starts or finishes late surfaces on its own, so nothing sits unnoticed until it is a problem.

Overdue starts flagged automatically
Overdue completions flagged automatically
Act before it affects the floor

Product preview

A look at what your team will use

Simplified views of the training calendar and how scheduled windows work.

Training calendar

The whole team's training on one calendar

See every scheduled training window across your workforce, color coded by status, with trainers and trainees in one view.

Week and month views across long horizons
Scheduled, completed, and overdue at a glance
Click a window to open its details

Windows and overdue

Know what is on track and what is late

A scheduled window sets the planned start and finish for a training. Covalent compares it to what actually happens and flags anything that slips.

Planned window measured against actual duration
Overdue start when training begins late
Overdue completion when it runs past the date

Who benefits

Real outcomes for every team that plans training

The same capability, framed around what each team is accountable for.

Training & L&D

Plan trainer time with intent

Lay out training weeks ahead, balance how many trainees each trainer carries, and keep ramp plans grounded in real availability instead of best guesses.

Operations

See readiness coming

Know when people will finish training and be ready for the floor, so you can plan coverage around production instead of reacting to it.

Quality

Nothing slips quietly

Overdue training surfaces on its own, and the schedule gives you a clear record that required training happened when it was supposed to.

Good to know

Common questions

How does this compare to classroom management or instructor-led training?

It covers many of the basics, especially for direct or technical workforces. You can schedule a training for a particular location, which can be a classroom. Instructors and trainers are synonymous. We are also adding enrollment and attendance concepts. Happy to chat through the finer details.

What is a scheduled training window?

It is a planned start and completion date for an assigned objective, with a trainer paired to a trainee for that period. The window sets the time the training should be completed within, for example ten calendar days.

How is overdue determined?

Two ways. An overdue start is training that has not begun by its scheduled start date. An overdue completion is training that has not finished by its scheduled completion date. Both surface automatically, so you can act before it affects the floor.

How does trainer capacity work?

Each trainer can be set to handle a number of trainees at once, and that can vary from one training to another. Scheduling respects this, so you do not overcommit a trainer beyond what they can realistically run.

Does this connect to objectives and qualifications?

Yes. Windows are scheduled against the same assigned objectives and groups the rest of Covalent already tracks, so the plan sits on the same records as the work and the sign-offs rather than in a separate tool.

See it on your own training calendar

We will walk through how scheduling windows, trainer pairing, and overdue tracking fit the way your team already runs training.

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