diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/uk/co/neviyn/Observations/api/NewObservation.java b/backend/src/main/java/uk/co/neviyn/Observations/api/NewObservation.java
index 2adc9ae..c05f63e 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/uk/co/neviyn/Observations/api/NewObservation.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/uk/co/neviyn/Observations/api/NewObservation.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class NewObservation {
 
   @NonNull
   @JsonProperty
-  private String observed;
+  private String observed, type;
 
   @NonNull
   @JsonProperty
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/uk/co/neviyn/Observations/core/Observation.java b/backend/src/main/java/uk/co/neviyn/Observations/core/Observation.java
index 7de6dc5..e6f204b 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/uk/co/neviyn/Observations/core/Observation.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/uk/co/neviyn/Observations/core/Observation.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 
 @Data
 @NoArgsConstructor
-@AllArgsConstructor(access = AccessLevel.PROTECTED)
 public class Observation {
 
   @NonNull
@@ -29,6 +28,10 @@ public class Observation {
   @JsonProperty
   private String observed;
 
+  @NonNull
+  @JsonProperty
+  private TrainingType type;
+
   @NonNull
   @JsonProperty
   private int monitoring, control, conservatism, teamwork, knowledge;
@@ -53,10 +56,25 @@ public class Observation {
     this.rawData = rawData;
   }
 
+  private Observation(int id, int siteId, String observed, String type, int monitoring, int control, int conservatism,
+                      int teamwork, int knowledge, String rawData, DateTime date) {
+    this.id = id;
+    this.siteId = siteId;
+    this.observed = observed;
+    this.type = TrainingType.valueOf(type.toUpperCase());
+    this.monitoring = monitoring;
+    this.control = control;
+    this.conservatism = conservatism;
+    this.teamwork = teamwork;
+    this.knowledge = knowledge;
+    this.rawData = rawData;
+    this.date = date;
+  }
+
   public static class Mapper implements RowMapper<Observation>{
 
     public Observation map(ResultSet rs, StatementContext ctx) throws SQLException {
-      return new Observation(rs.getInt("id"), rs.getInt("siteId"), rs.getString("observed"),
+      return new Observation(rs.getInt("id"), rs.getInt("siteId"), rs.getString("observed"), rs.getString("type"),
           rs.getInt("monitoring"), rs.getInt("control"), rs.getInt("conservatism"), rs.getInt("teamwork"),
           rs.getInt("knowledge"), rs.getString("rawData"), new DateTime(rs.getDate("date")));
     }
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/uk/co/neviyn/Observations/core/TrainingType.java b/backend/src/main/java/uk/co/neviyn/Observations/core/TrainingType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1672015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/uk/co/neviyn/Observations/core/TrainingType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package uk.co.neviyn.Observations.core;
+
+public enum TrainingType {
+    INITIAL, CONTINUING
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/uk/co/neviyn/Observations/dao/ObservationDao.java b/backend/src/main/java/uk/co/neviyn/Observations/dao/ObservationDao.java
index 23d68c6..9901aab 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/uk/co/neviyn/Observations/dao/ObservationDao.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/uk/co/neviyn/Observations/dao/ObservationDao.java
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ import uk.co.neviyn.Observations.core.Observation;
 public interface ObservationDao {
 
   @SqlUpdate("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS observations (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, siteId INTEGER, " +
-      "observed TEXT, monitoring INTEGER, control INTEGER, conservatism INTEGER, teamwork INTEGER, knowledge INTEGER, " +
-      "rawData TEXT, date DATE)")
+      "observed TEXT, type TEXT, monitoring INTEGER, control INTEGER, conservatism INTEGER, teamwork INTEGER, " +
+      "knowledge INTEGER, rawData TEXT, date DATE)")
   void createObservationTable();
 
   @SqlUpdate("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS observation_tutor (tutorId INT NOT NULL, observationId INT NOT NULL, " +
       "FOREIGN KEY (tutorID) REFERENCES tutor(id), FOREIGN KEY (observationId) REFERENCES observations(id))")
   void createObservationTutorTable();
 
-  @SqlUpdate("INSERT INTO observations (siteId, observed, monitoring, control, conservatism, teamwork, knowledge, " +
-      "rawData, date) VALUES (:siteId, :observed, :monitoring, :control, :conservatism, :teamwork, :knowledge, " +
+  @SqlUpdate("INSERT INTO observations (siteId, observed, type, monitoring, control, conservatism, teamwork, knowledge, " +
+      "rawData, date) VALUES (:siteId, :observed, :type, :monitoring, :control, :conservatism, :teamwork, :knowledge, " +
       ":rawData, :date)")
   @GetGeneratedKeys
   int addObservation(@BindBean NewObservation observation, @Bind("date") DateTime date);