NPS Training Calendar - Monday, November 19, 2001


                  NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TRAINING CALENDAR

This calendar appears every other Monday as an addendum to the Morning Report. 
Please note:

?	Entries are listed no sooner than FOUR months before a training course begins, 
except in cases in which registration dates close much earlier. 
?	Brevity in submissions is required and appreciated.
?	Please send along web sites for additional information where possible.
?	Asterisks (*) indicate new entries; pound signs (#) indicate revised entries.

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Open Enrollment: FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. This intranet-
based course is designed to provide administrative, budget and financial management 
personnel with entry, developmental and full performance competencies in financial 
management processes. Tuition: $100. Refer to the announcement for registration 
procedures.  Contact: The announcement is posted at: http://www.nps.gov/training/; 
for more information, call Jan Gauthier at 304-535-6402. [Joyce Howe, STMA]

Open Enrollment: SMARTPAY CHARGE CARD PROGRAM. Mandatory training via the 
internet is available for the SmartPay (Bank of America) charge card for travel and 
purchase activities. No tuition. Refer to the announcement for details. Contact: The 
announcement is posted at: http://www.nps.gov/training/; for more information, call 
Jan Gauthier at 304-535-6402. [Joyce Howe, STMA]

* Fiscal Year 2002: RISK MANAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIP FUND. Closes on December 
4th.  The program provides up to $600 to each participant to apply toward the tuition for 
any entry, developmental or full performance level risk management training course. 
The training must directly apply to safety and occupational health issues and must 
assist the park safety program in meeting its goal of providing employees with the 
essential competencies to perform their duties. It is NOT to be used for mandatory or 
supervisory training or Servicewide training courses. Contact: Regional employee 
development officers or the Learning Place BB for applications; FLETC for further 
information (912-267-2246, WASO FLETC-NPS). (Wiley Golden, FLETC)

January 14 — May 14: BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR NATIONAL PARK RANGERS 
[NPRI-202], FLETC, Glynco, GA. Closes on November 28th. Basic LE training developed 
for the NPS and specifically designed to meet the basic training needed by rangers to 
qualify for permanent NPS commissions. Contact: Regional employee development 
officers or the Learning Place BB for applications; FLETC for further information (912-
267-2246, WASO FLETC-NPS). (Wiley Golden, FLETC)

January 15 — 17: CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE (CONSTRUCTION AND 
DESIGN PROJECTS), Jean Lafitte NHP, LA. Closes November 26th. This training will 
satisfy the mandatory training requirement for COTR's;  the eight-hour refresher will be 
included in the first day's session. Tuition is $250. Contact: Dale Wilkerson at 662-680-
4009 or http://www.nps.gov/training.  [Joyce Howe, STMA]

* January 16 — 17: CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE (COR) EIGHT-HOUR 
REFRESHER. BLM will be delivering this training via satellite broadcast. Please see 
their website (www.ntc.blm.gov) for a complete course description. Refer to the training 
announcement for registration details. All Servicewide training announcements are 
posted at http://www.nps.gov/training. [Joyce Howe, STMA]

* January 28 — February 1: INTRODUCTION TO PARK PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, 
Anchorage, AK. This course is designed to provide employees from all disciplines with 
tools and processes for analyzing and accomplishing work, techniques for planning and 
organizing the work, management and accountability of funds, and evaluation of 
results. Contact:  http://www.nps.gov/training or Beth Lowthian at 907-224-2122.  
[Joyce Howe, STMA]

February 4 — 8: INLAND SAR COORDINATION, Camp Atterbury, IN. Closes on 
November 19th. Comprehensive, graduate-level look at inland SAR theory and its 
application to planning land and air searches for missing persons and aircraft. Taught 
by USAF National SAR School. Contact: www.nps.gov/training or 
Peggy_Sandretzky@nps.gov. [Joyce Howe, STMA]

February 11 — 15: INTRODUCTION TO PARK PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, Carlsbad, NM. 
Closes January 11th. This course is designed to provide employees from all disciplines 
with tools and processes for analyzing and accomplishing work, techniques for planning 
and organizing the work, management and accountability of funds, and evaluation of 
results. Contact:  http://www.nps.gov/training or Bob Shannon at 505-785-2232 ext 
435.  [Joyce Howe, STMA]

February 25 — June 24: BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR NATIONAL PARK RANGERS 
[NPRI-203], FLETC, Glynco, GA. Closes on January 8th. Basic LE training developed for 
the NPS and specifically designed to meet the basic training needed by rangers to 
qualify for permanent NPS commissions. Contact: Regional employee development 
officers or the Learning Place BB for applications; FLETC for further information (912-
267-2246, WASO FLETC-NPS). (Wiley Golden, FLETC)

* February 26 — March 2: INLAND SAR COORDINATION, Bell Buckle/Shelbyville, TN. 
Closes on December 3rd. Comprehensive, graduate-level look at inland SAR theory and 
its application to planning land and air searches for missing persons and aircraft. 
Taught by USAF National SAR School. Contact: www.nps.gov/training or 
Peggy_Sandretzky@nps.gov. [Joyce Howe, STMA]

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Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation and support 
of Delaware Water Gap NRA.

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xx — xx : INLAND SAR COORDINATION, Ogden, UT. Closes on xxx. Comprehensive, 
graduate-level look at inland SAR theory and its application to planning land and air 
searches for missing persons and aircraft. Taught by USAF National SAR School. 
Contact: www.nps.gov/training or Peggy_Sandretzky@nps.gov. [Joyce Howe, STMA]

xx — xx: XXXXX, FLETC, Glynco, GA. Closes on xxx. 

Contact: Regional employee development officers or the Learning Place BB for 
applications; FLETC for further information (912-267-2246, WASO FLETC-NPS). (Wiley 
Golden, FLETC)