This is the fundamental small UAS course for individuals wanting to become qualified to operate small UAS for the Department of the Interior (DOI)/US Department of Agriculture's Forest Service (USDA-FS). A-450 will utilize small UAS aircraft (less than 55lbs) to provide the basic academic and flight training necessary to conduct missions as Remote Pilot-in-Command (RPIC) for DOI/FS.

Candidates must be nominated by National UAS Program Managers or designee.

Students should meet the prerequisite requirements prior to attending A-450. Some required IAT courses may not be available prior to A-450 training selection, but UAS pilots must complete all IAT training requirements within 6 months of A-450 selection.

Note: For further information, contact your DOI National Aviation Manager or USFS Regional UAS Specialist for guidance regarding how to begin a UAS program.

This course provides mandatory training required for all DOI managers and supervisors who are responsible for administering oversight of programs that utilize aviation personnel and resources, both manned and unmanned (UAS/Unmanned Aircraft Systems), to accomplish missions and flight activities.

Note: This course meets the DOI requirements of 352 DM (1.5 B)

This course provides an annual overview of the National Transportation Safety Board releasable information from the DOI and USDA-FS aviation mishaps and lessons learned. Instructors authorized to teach this course are required to coordinate with the appropriate agency DOI OAS Chief, Aviation Safety, Training, Program Evaluations & Quality Management, or USDA-FS Regional Aviation Safety Manager (RASM).

For additional USDA-FS information, contact the USDA-FS National Aviation Training Program Manager.

The purpose of this course is to provide the aviation user with a foundation of knowledge, skills, and abilities, to safely utilize aircraft to accomplish agency missions. Topics include Mission Preparation and Planning, Pilot and Aircraft Briefings, Operational Safety, Post-Flight Duties, and UAS. Note: A-100 now Incorporates A-116 General Awareness Security Training, which is no longer a separate course.

The Aviation Transportation of Hazardous Materials course purpose is to ensure flight safety when transporting hazardous materials (HAZMAT). This includes HAZMAT aboard, attached to, or suspended from government aircraft, under the exclusive direction and operational control of the Department of the Interior (DOI), the US Department of Agriculture's Forest Service (USDA-FS), or other Grantees with a written Grantee Status.

This training complies with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulations General Requirements, whereby agency employees who transport hazardous materials by air must receive training on the requirements and conditions under the terms of the DOT Special Permit-9198.

Topics may include:
- Handling Procedures
- Policy Requirements
- Mishap Notification
- Packaging
- Identifying Hazardous Materials
- Safety Requirements

This course is the IG video

This course is designed as an introduction to basic concepts of museum collections care and management for DOI employees, collateral duty employees, contractors, and volunteers. This course will help you to identify when it is appropriate and necessary to call a curator, conservator, or specialist.

Departmental policy and section 412.202 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations require all supervisors to receive and complete supervisory refresher training every three years of their career as a supervisor.  This certification has been assigned to you as a supervisor of record in the Department who is required to complete supervisory refresher training. 

To meet this requirement you will need to create a supervisory IDP to track your progress towards your supervisory development goal.   

This course is a self certification for the creation of a supervisory Refresher IDP. This course will be a part of the Supervisory Refresher certification and when a user creates and completes a supervisory IDP the user will mark this complete.

This course is designed to provide Privacy Act System Managers with guidance on the handling and safeguarding of privacy protected information in the course of performing official duties in compliance with the Privacy Act and related privacy laws and policies.

This course is designed to provide staff with Privacy or Significant Security responsibilities with an Overview for departmental Incident Response (IR) policy and guidance. Learners will develop an understanding of guidance related to incidents and events. Training Objectives: • Define terms, identify organizations, and outline the general functions of a Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT).

• Awareness of laws, Departmental policies, and procedures, and will identify best practices employed to protect against these threats.
  
• Understand scenarios to build IR skills and identify potential issues that may be encountered during the IR processes. 
  

Subject Matter Expert: Lance Kelson

Target Audience: New Employees

Description:  As a part of the mandatory initial and annual Information Management and Technology (IMT) training, this course fulfills legal requirements for:

• Privacy Awareness

• Paper Reduction Act

• Records Management Awareness

• Section 508 Awareness

• Federal Information System Security Awareness (FISSA)

• Annual acknowledgement of Rules of Behavior for Computer Network Users

Target Audience:  Materials will be used by the thousands of participants already registered as users of Nature’s Notebook, including USGS, NPS, BLM and USFWS professionals, as well as new participants from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds.

Course Summary and Objectives:  A presentation to help you use Nature's Notebook for recording species (plants and animals), phenology, and other biological/environmental activities within a site you choose to observe.

This course will provide you with step-by-step instructions for getting started with tracking plant and/or animal phenology using Nature’s Notebook. You will learn a standardized approach to observing phenology; these methods have been broadly vetted, published in the peer-reviewed literature, and can be adapted to a variety of questions, sampling designs and ecosystems.

Performance Objectives:  At the conclusion of this course, you will be able to:

• Navigate through the Nature’s Notebook program.
• Recognize relationships between plant and animal seasonal life cycle events (phenology) and environmental variation including climate change.
• Design and implement a phenology monitoring program in a variety of settings to enhance existing science, management and outreach/education goals.
• Recognize the value of phenology to research, natural resource management, and decision-making.
  

Intended Audience:  Any scientist who performs surface-water data collection activities. 

Course Summary and Objectives:  This is an introductory course.This course is designed to introduce and review basic procedures that underlie much of what is done in the field and office when producing daily and instantaneous values of streamflow discharge.

• Demonstrate basic procedures used to collect surface-water data.
  
• Explain why we use those procedures.
  
• Define why USGS employs these procedures where we do.
  
• Demonstrate safe conduct of these procedures.
  

Duration:  6 hours