This course shows how to perform pre-use inspection on a helicopter and on a fixed-wing aircraft.

This course provides technical training and procedures for agency personnel performing helicopter external load operations. Participants will receive classroom and field training and will be asked to demonstrate proper procedures to safely conduct helicopter external load operations. Participants will be given the opportunity to develop the skills to safely perform hover hookups and/or longline operations, via a live helicopter. The Instructor may choose to incorporate one or both activities.

Interagency Aviation Trainer (IAT) qualification. This 32-hour course is designed to provide training to select employees with aviation and training backgrounds to qualify them as Interagency Aviation Trainers (IATs). Course emphasis is on increasing program knowledge and enhancing presentation skills.

The purpose of this course is to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to safely instruct the A-312 Water Ditching & Survival course. Scheduling this course requires authorization from the DOI OAS Chief ASTPE, or USDA-FS NATPM.

This course designed to assist students with maintaining currency as an IAT Instructor, providing a review and update of current IAT Instructor policies and processes (i.e., IAT website course offerings webpage, class roster, instructor/student course evaluations) and training techniques that support the instructor in successfully delivering IAT courses.

This course provides an understanding of personal and organizational responsibility and liability in aviation program operations.

This course provides the basic principles of human behavior relevant to general aviation accident prevention and the human physiological and psychological factors that affects aircrew performance.

This course provides an overview of what aviation managers should look for to ensure that proper aircraft maintenance is being performed. Topics include:

• Roles and Responsibilities
• The Maintenance Process
• Return to Service
• Return to Contract Availability

This course presents the practical application of deliberate risk management techniques, tools, and resources and how they may be used to identify hazards and to assess risks in natural resource aviation operations. Information presented will allow the students to utilize the five steps of the risk management process and the 5M Risk Model, as well as working through an operation risk scenario utilizing risk management tools. The course references relevant elements from the following:

• Air Force Pamphlet 90-803
• FAA Systems Safety Handbook - Chapter 15
• NWCG standards for Aviation Risk Management PMS 530
• NWCG Aviation Risk Management Workbook PMS 530-1
• DOI OPM-06 Aviation Management Plans

This course covers both DOI AQD/USDA-FS aviation contracts and was designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to administer aviation contracts.

The focus of the course will be:

• Roles and Responsibilities
• Policy
• Contract Typesv
• Procurement Process
• Payment
• Documentation
• Emergency Hiring of Aircraft

This course provides participants with a working knowledge of aviation directive systems within each agency for the management and use of government aircraft (e.g., DOI Departmental Manuals and USDA-FS Forest Service Manual 5700).

The purpose of this course is to understand the layout and information contained in the Rotorcraft Flight Manual (RFM). This information is used to support performance planning requirements of the Helicopter Manager-Resource position.

The purpose of this course is to provide participants with an overview of crew resource management (CRM) skills and techniques, and to illustrate the importance of practicing CRM to accomplish safe aviation operations. Topics covered include:

• Situational Awareness
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Task Allocation
• Decision Making

Note: USDA-FS requires N9059/RT9059

This course provides aviation personnel with an overview of the aviation planning process for state and federal agencies, including how and when to prepare an Aviation Plan.

This purpose of this course is to provide classroom and hands-on training to better prepare students in the event they experience an aircraft water ditching.

This course provides a synopsis of US Forest Service aviation program management and overview, as it relates to Line Officers and Supervisors responsibilities. The course units are broken up into the 4 components (pillars) of Aviation Safety Management Systems (SMS) to provide the framework for the course content.

This course provides the participants with the knowledge of the proper procedures to follow in the event of water ditching of an aircraft; to include discussion on egress, hypothermia, utilization of PFDs, life raft, and water survival equipment. The course is an academic refresher ONLY.

The refresher course is required by USFWS only, but other Bureaus/Agencies may benefit by taking this course.

Remote Pilots must complete UAS Refresher Training (A-452R), or approved equivalent, every 24 months, following the issuance of their UAS Pilot Qualification card (OAS-30U).

Current DOI/USDA-FS Remote Pilots participating in either A-450 or A452R, as a student or an instructor, will receive credit for refresher training. This training can be completed 4 months in advance, or within 30 days after, the date of expiration on the OAS-30U, and shall be documented on the Interagency Aviation Training (IAT) website.

Whether or not you complete A-452R before or after your expiration date, you will retain your original carding date.

Remote Pilots operating low complexity UAS will be able to complete this requirement via distance learning opportunities. Remote Pilots operating more complex aircraft may be required to attend a refresher course in-person. For further information, see DOI OPM-11 DOI Use of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) or Forest Service Standards for UAS Operations.

This course is for individuals who have previously attended A-450 Small UAS Basic Remote Pilot Course. Students receiving add-on UAS training need to be approved by their supervisors and appropriate UAS managers. Contact your National Bureau UAS Manager or Regional UAS Specialist for further information.