Service Activity Advanced

Service Activity Advanced (SAA) is a multi-session, cohort-based and instructor-led certification course offered by System Government Costing. This course is divided into four sessions and builds on the concepts in the prerequisite Service Activity Basics (SAB) certification course. It guides participants through performing compliant service and storeroom rate calculations. It is the second and final course in the Service Activities certification track. You will be amazed at how much easier rate calculations can be!

Requirement for Establishing a 3E Self-Supporting Fund

In addition to being beneficial for everyone, both the Financial Manager and the Rate Calculation Contact must complete the Service Activity Basics certificate course prior to establishment a new 3E self-supporting fund. Additionally, the Rate Calculation Contact must complete the Service Activity Advanced certificate within six months of fund creation.

What You'll Learn

In this training you will learn how to develop compliant service activity rates through a step-by-step walk-through of the entire rate calculation process utilizing templates, reports, and job aids.

Lesson Topics Include:

• Managing 3E Funds
• Internal/External Customers
• Revenue & Usage Base
• Adjustments, Projections, and Allocation methods
• Expenditures, Salaries, and Equipment Depreciation
• Over/Under Recovery
• Other topics such as Subsidies and Markup Rate Structures

Outside of class participants should expect to spend approximately one hour per week on homework examples and exams. Participant should have two monitors and moderate proficiency in Excel. Please make sure you can attend all four sessions before applying.

What Participants Are Saying

“Absolutely phenomenal training! I loved how interactive and challenging it was. The training team was so helpful and made this easy to understand. Having the in-class workbooks, homework, and assessments were fantastic! I learn best by "doing" so this format was tremendous. Highly recommend, and the training team made things entertaining too with their jokes and "welcome back" song, very funny!”

Service Activity Basics is a prerequisite to this course and must be completed prior to applying for SAA. Together, SAB and SAA ensure proper training for managing 3E funds.

Apply to Service Activity Advanced course using this form:

Cohort Application Form 

FY26 Schedule

Note: Sessions are held once a week from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm

Fall Cohorts 2025

Spring Cohorts 2026