Value or form.value is undefined - angular7

Question

I am trying to define undefined values for a angular form as nulls until the form data is entered. I am getting ERROR TypeError: Cannot read property 'value' of undefined. Which I know comes from having my values not defined rather then nulls. I have them defined in the file but I am not sure why the form is not picking linking them.
I have tried multiple suggestion from Stackoverflow, Youtube, and The Angular Documents.
Associate.component.ts
constructor(private service: AssociateService) { }
ngOnInit() { //put null check
this.resetForm();
}
resetForm(form?: NgForm) {
if(form != null)
form.resetForm();
this.service.formData = {
EmployeeID: null,
FirstName: '',
MiddleName: '',
LastName: '',
EmployeeType: null,
EmployeeStatus: null,
EmployeeLevel: null,
EmployeeRole: null,
Proactive: false
}
}
onSubmit(form: NgForm) {
debugger;
if (form.value.EmployeeID == null)
this.insertRecord(form);
else
this.updateRecord(form)
}
Assocaite.component.html
<form #form="ngForm" autocomplete="off">
<div style="margin-left: 10px">
<div class="form-group">
<label>EMPLOYEEID</label>
<input name="EmployeeID" #EmployeeID=ngModel [(ngModel)]="service.formData.EmployeeID" class="form-control">
</div>
I have the rest of the Html for all the the other formData. Just wanted trim the code as much as possible.
I need form.value.EmployeeID to pull the values of this.service.formData. Any help or guidance would be amazing. I have been stuck on this for 2 days now.

Answer 1

Another approach could be:
Step1- Create model object Employee.model.ts
export class employee{
employeeID:number,
name:string,
lastName:string,
...
...
...
}
Step2: Initialize in component.ts
emp:Employee | undefined;
constructor(private service: AssociateService) {
this.emp= new Employee();
}
onSubmit() {
if (form.valid && this.emp.EmployeeID == undefined)
this.insertRecord(this.emp);
else
this.updateRecord(this.emp)
}
Step3- Html file finding of model binding
<input name="EmployeeID" #EmployeeID=ngModel
[(ngModel)]="emp.EmployeeID" class="form-control">