***This course is not hosted by the National CERT Association. This event is posted to create awareness of CERT Train-the-Trainer course available through EMI.***
Course Description
This course prepares participants to deliver FEMA's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Basic Training course. This Train-the-Trainer course focuses on preparing instructors to:
Deliver CERT Basic Training.
Convey the messages and intent of the CERT program (e.g., safety, teamwork, place in overall community Emergency Operations Plan).
Assure that participants achieve the objectives of CERT Basic Training.
Create a comfortable yet managed learning environment.
Course topics include:
CERT history, program purpose, and values.
Materials and requirements for the CERT Basic Training course.
Roles of the CERT instructor.
Effective presentation of CERT Basic Training content.
Effective coaching and demonstration of skills in the classroom.
Practices to maximize learning.
Effective evaluation of CERT training participants.
The learner must achieve a minimum passing score of 75% on final knowledge assessments or demonstrate mastery on performance assessments or research assignments to earn the IACET CEU.
Selection Criteria: Individuals who will serve as the Course Manager for the CERT Basic Training course and be CERT Basic Training course instructors.
***This course is not hosted by the National CERT Association. This event is posted to create awareness of CERT Program Manager course available through EMI.***
Course Description
This course prepares participants to establish and sustain an active local Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program. The responsibilities of a local CERT Program Manager are various. This course defines the core components of a local CERT program and focuses on effective practices for:
Planning and interacting with a broad range of stakeholders;
Managing program resources;
Sustaining the program course topics, including:
Developing local CERT program goals and a related strategic plan;
Promoting a local CERT program;
Orienting, managing, and retaining CERT members;
Recruiting, funding, managing, and retaining CERT trainers;
Acquiring and managing program resources;
Delivering and managing effective training and exercises;
Developing policies and procedures for operating a local CERT program; and
Evaluating and sustaining the program..
Course Objectives include:
Define the purpose and core components of a local CERT program.
Use strategic planning to define the mission and goals for a local CERT program.
Describe the purposes and strategies for promoting a local CERT program.
Establish a process for working with volunteers.
Establish a process for working with instructors.
Establish a process for acquiring and managing program resources.
Build a plan for delivering and managing safe training and exercises.
Describe the role of policies and procedures in operating a local CERT program.
Develop a process for evaluating a local CERT program.
Describe how to sustain a local CERT program.
The learner must achieve a minimum passing score of 75% on final knowledge assessments or demonstrate mastery on performance assessments or research assignments to earn the IACET CEU.
Selection Criteria: Individuals who will serve as the Course Manager for the CERT Basic Training course and be CERT Basic Training course instructors.
***This course is not hosted by the National CERT Association. This event is posted to create awareness of CERT Train-the-Trainer course available through EMI.***
Course Description
This course prepares participants to deliver FEMA's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Basic Training course. This Train-the-Trainer course focuses on preparing instructors to:
Deliver CERT Basic Training.
Convey the messages and intent of the CERT program (e.g., safety, teamwork, place in overall community Emergency Operations Plan).
Assure that participants achieve the objectives of CERT Basic Training.
Create a comfortable yet managed learning environment.
Course topics include:
CERT history, program purpose, and values.
Materials and requirements for the CERT Basic Training course.
Roles of the CERT instructor.
Effective presentation of CERT Basic Training content.
Effective coaching and demonstration of skills in the classroom.
Practices to maximize learning.
Effective evaluation of CERT training participants.
The learner must achieve a minimum passing score of 75% on final knowledge assessments or demonstrate mastery on performance assessments or research assignments to earn the IACET CEU.
Selection Criteria: Individuals who will serve as the Course Manager for the CERT Basic Training course and be CERT Basic Training course instructors.
***This course is not hosted by the National CERT Association. This event is posted to create awareness of CERT Train-the-Trainer course available through EMI.***
Course Description
This course prepares participants to deliver FEMA's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Basic Training course. This Train-the-Trainer course focuses on preparing instructors to:
Deliver CERT Basic Training.
Convey the messages and intent of the CERT program (e.g., safety, teamwork, place in overall community Emergency Operations Plan).
Assure that participants achieve the objectives of CERT Basic Training.
Create a comfortable yet managed learning environment.
Course topics include:
CERT history, program purpose, and values.
Materials and requirements for the CERT Basic Training course.
Roles of the CERT instructor.
Effective presentation of CERT Basic Training content.
Effective coaching and demonstration of skills in the classroom.
Practices to maximize learning.
Effective evaluation of CERT training participants.
The learner must achieve a minimum passing score of 75% on final knowledge assessments or demonstrate mastery on performance assessments or research assignments to earn the IACET CEU.
Selection Criteria: Individuals who will serve as the Course Manager for the CERT Basic Training course and be CERT Basic Training course instructors.
***This course is not hosted by the National CERT Association. This event is posted to create awareness of CERT Program course available through EMI.***
Course Description
This course prepares participants to establish and sustain an active local Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program. The responsibilities of a local CERT Program Manager are various. This course defines the core components of a local CERT program and focuses on effective practices for:
Planning and interacting with a broad range of stakeholders;
Managing program resources;
Sustaining the program course topics, including:
Developing local CERT program goals and a related strategic plan;
Promoting a local CERT program;
Orienting, managing, and retaining CERT members;
Recruiting, funding, managing, and retaining CERT trainers;
Acquiring and managing program resources;
Delivering and managing effective training and exercises;
Developing policies and procedures for operating a local CERT program; and
Evaluating and sustaining the program.
The CERT Program Manager course is delivered at EMI sequentially during the same week with E0428, Community Emergency Response Team Train-the-Trainer. Participants who wish to take both courses must submit a separate application for each course. Although either course may be taken separately, EMI encourages participants to take both courses the same week.
The learner must achieve a minimum passing score of 75% on final knowledge assessments or demonstrate mastery on performance assessments or research assignments to earn the IACET CEU.
Selection Criteria: Professionals and volunteers who are designated to be or are interested in being appointed a local CERT Program Manager and those who are already in the CERT Program Manager position.
***This course is not hosted by the National CERT Association. This event is posted to create awareness of CERT Program Manager course available through EMI.***
Course Description
This course prepares participants to establish and sustain an active local Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program. The responsibilities of a local CERT Program Manager are various. This course defines the core components of a local CERT program and focuses on effective practices for:
Planning and interacting with a broad range of stakeholders;
Managing program resources;
Sustaining the program course topics, including:
Developing local CERT program goals and a related strategic plan;
Promoting a local CERT program;
Orienting, managing, and retaining CERT members;
Recruiting, funding, managing, and retaining CERT trainers;
Acquiring and managing program resources;
Delivering and managing effective training and exercises;
Developing policies and procedures for operating a local CERT program; and
Evaluating and sustaining the program..
Course Objectives include:
Define the purpose and core components of a local CERT program.
Use strategic planning to define the mission and goals for a local CERT program.
Describe the purposes and strategies for promoting a local CERT program.
Establish a process for working with volunteers.
Establish a process for working with instructors.
Establish a process for acquiring and managing program resources.
Build a plan for delivering and managing safe training and exercises.
Describe the role of policies and procedures in operating a local CERT program.
Develop a process for evaluating a local CERT program.
Describe how to sustain a local CERT program.
The learner must achieve a minimum passing score of 75% on final knowledge assessments or demonstrate mastery on performance assessments or research assignments to earn the IACET CEU.
Selection Criteria: Individuals who will serve as the Course Manager for the CERT Basic Training course and be CERT Basic Training course instructors.
