# Training

The categories every training programme is filed under, and the colour that makes a long course list readable.

Training holds one list: the categories a programme is filed under.

![The Training Categories screen, headed Training Categories above the line Configure the categories used to organize employee training programs, with a blue Category button at the right. Five rows follow, each a coloured pill carrying the category name and a count of the programmes using it: Compliance, Health and Safety, Leadership, Systems and Technical Skills. Each row ends in a three-dot menu.](https://www.sorviai.com/help/worklink/settings/training-categories.png)

*Each category wears its colour as a pill, which is how it appears on every programme.*

- Go to **Worklink Settings > Training**, then select **+ Category** at the top right.
- Enter a **Name**, such as `Compliance`.
- Pick a **Color**, then select **Save**.

Each row shows how many programmes use the category, which is what tells you whether retiring one is safe.

## The colour is not decoration

A category's colour is the badge it wears on every programme, on the training list and on an employee's assigned courses. Two categories in similar colours make a long list harder to read, so spend the moment choosing.

> **Tip:**
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> **Categorise by why somebody takes the course**
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> Compliance, onboarding and skills development answer different questions and get reported on differently. Categorising by subject instead leaves you with thirty categories and no way to see who still owes their statutory training.

> **Note:**
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> **Deactivating keeps the programmes intact**
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> An inactive category is no longer offered when a programme is created, while everything already filed under it keeps its badge and its history.