The Director of Human Resources Management shall have the following general responsibilities with respect to employee training, subject to funding availability: To develop and conduct, on a continual basis, an appropriate orientation program for all employees upon initial appointment; To develop and conduct, on a continual basis, centralized employee and management level training programs where such programs have common application to the training needs of a majority of departments, agencies, and offices; To assist all appointing authorities and supervisors in the development of intradepartmental or intraoffice training programs designed to meet the special training needs of their departments, agencies and offices; To develop and conduct a centralized employee counseling service designed to insure that all employees are aware of and are participating in, applicable intradepartmental and interdepartmental training programs; and To provide guidance to employees on available tools and resources to further career growth and development. In furtherance of the responsibilities set forth in Subsection (a), above, the Director of Human Resources Management shall prepare, in consultation with appointing authorities and supervisors, an annual County training plan. All appointing authorities and supervisors shall have the following general responsibilities with respect to employee training: To assist the Director of Human Resources Management in the development of the applicable components of each of the County's annual training plans; To make all employees under their respective jurisdictions aware of all applicable training programs and to otherwise assist and facilitate said employee's participation in such programs; and To recognize and utilize the increased skills and capabilities of employees under their respective jurisdictions developed as a result of participation in such training programs to the extent possible.