The Staff Training Unit (STU), Directorate of Extension, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad is organizing institutional training courses; field oriented training programmes for various personnel of private, government and quasi-government organizations. The ‘Foundation Course Training’ is one such course where the Agricultural Officers of the Karnataka State, Department of Agriculture are trained. The present investigation was undertaken to study the satisfaction and usefulness of the training with regard to the Foundation Course organized by STU of UAS, Dharwad. The study was conducted in seven districts, of the state falling under the jurisdiction of UAS, Dharwad. The sample for the study composed of 150 officials of the KSDA who had attended this training during 2013-2014. Mailed questionnaire was used to collect information and suitable statistical tools were used for analyzing the data. The study revealed that, majority (63.30%) of the trainees fall within the age group 36-50 years and 31 per cent of the trainees had were Postgraduates. About 35 per cent of the trainees had 14 to 23 years of total experience. A large majority of the trainees (90.70%) had high level of information seeking behavior and 80.70 per cent of the trainees perceived their workload as average. More than 90 per cent of trainees were fully satisfied with training atmosphere and break timings during the training. Between 86-88 per cent were fully satisfied with facilities provided in the classroom, food & accommodation, preparation of lectures and clarity of presentation. About 86 per cent of trainees were partially satisfied with balance of theory-practical ratio, followed by duration of training (81.30%). Majority of the trainees (66.00%) expressed that training programmes organized on Integrated Pest Management and Integrated Farming Systems were most useful.