This 6-day course is designed to provide training officers with the essential tools and skills to lead and manage the training function in fire/emergency medical services (EMS) organizations. It is not designed to enhance presentation skills.
The target audience is people who have management and supervisory responsibility for the organization's training function, which typically includes:
- Responsibilities for obtaining and managing personnel.
- Fiscal and facility management.
- Program planning.
- Development and maintenance of training schedules.
- Training records management.
- Instructor management.
- Performance evaluation.
- Program delivery.
Pre-course materials and course syllabus
| Welcome Letter and Pre-course Assignment: | https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/pcm_r0445.pdf PDF 168KB |
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| Course syllabus: | https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_r0445.pdf PDF 125KB |
Training officers, training managers and other personnel assigned to provide oversight of training functions within a fire, EMS or other emergency services organization.
This course is not an instructional methodology course but will examine the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to effectively manage the training function within an organization.
Incident Command System (ICS)-100-level and ICS-200-level training. Preferred courses are Q462 and Q463 available through NFA Online. Chief's signature attests that the applicant has completed required training.
Upcoming offerings
| Dates | Availability | Location | Contact(s) | CCP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2 - 7, 2023 | Full | Emmitsburg, Maryland | ||
| May 21 - 26, 2023 | Full | Emmitsburg, Maryland | ||
| September 17 - 22, 2023 | Full | Emmitsburg, Maryland | ||
| December 10 - 15, 2023 | Apply between 4/15/2023 - 6/15/2023 | Emmitsburg, Maryland | ||
| March 10 - 15, 2024 | Apply between 4/15/2023 - 6/15/2023 | Emmitsburg, Maryland | ||
| June 16 - 21, 2024 | Apply between 10/15/2023 - 12/15/2023 | Emmitsburg, Maryland | ||
| July 7 - 12, 2024 | Apply between 10/15/2023 - 12/15/2023 | Emmitsburg, Maryland |