Indians Fire fire shelter deployment. NIFC video

Fire shelter deployment case studies with quiz assessment

The course will consist of one page that is an embedded video player from Brightcove. The video that plays is Tribal Sovereignty.

Target Audience:

DOI Employees except for those in ASIA, BIA, BIE, and BTFA.

This course is for:

• Program & Project Managers 
• Contracting Officers and Contract Specialists 
• Contracting Officer Representatives 
• Government Purchase Card Holders 
• All Department of the Interior (DOI) employees with oversight or involvement in the acquisition process 

Goals and Objectives:

In this course, you will be introduced to the Buy Indian Act, the Act’s history and its purpose, as well as regulations, policies and regulations implementing the Act. The course will also discuss the acquisition process and requirements when using the Buy Indian Act authority.

Objectives:

After completing this course, you will be able to:

1. Understand the history of the Buy Indian Act. 
2. Understand the importance of the Buy Indian Act 
3. and its impact on native American owned businesses and communities.
4. Understand the applicability of the Buy Indian Act.
5. Understand key terms and definitions.
6.  Apply & implement the Buy Indian Act regulations and policy to federal procurements and government card purchases within DOI.
7. Determine when a procurement can and cannot be set aside using the authority of the Buy Indian Act.

Intended Audience:  Hydrographers whose duties include establishing elevations of survey reference marks at streamgages and wells and others that work with geodetic control of spatial datas that requires Level II NAVD 88 elevations.

Course Summary and Learning Objectives:

• This course has two online modules to complete.  Both must be completed before your transcript will show a "Complete" status.
• After participating in the course, students should have a better understanding of the materials and methods used to
  install geodetic bench marks that meet NGS standards.  Adherence to NGS standards will provide consistency in elevation information used in USGS products and save time and money.
• The course will help the USGS to ensure that the vertical datum for projects mimics NAVD 88 with Level II accuracy (generally within 0.26 feet) (Office of Water Information Technical memorandum 2002.01).

NOTE:  If you need to leave the course at any time, please Exit the course and open it again after the interruption.  DOI Talent will log you off after several minutes of inactivity and it will not log your completion status for the course.

Description: This BLM 4X4 Safe Driving Program is designed to provide drivers with the knowledge to handle the increased challenges of driving off-highway vehicles. The program will give you a better understanding of the unique characteristics associated with 4X4 vehicles such as:

• Vehicle handling
• Preventive maintenance checks
• Cargo security
• Engaging and disengaging four-wheel drive systems
• Tire chain installation
• Vehicle recovery

You will also better understand the unique characteristics associated with driving vehicles on:

• Unpaved or poorly maintained surfaces
• Sand
• Snow
• Mud, and
• other conditions unique to off-highway driving

This course is strictly knowledge/comprehension base and will address the hands-on application that will occur in the field. Contact your local state safety lead for more information on Instructor-led hands-on training opportunities.

Target Audience:  USGS Employees

Summary and Objectives:  The goal of this course is to provide students with the basic knowledge needed to attend the SW1321 Streamflow Measurements Using ADCPs training course, including a familiarity of:

• ADCP computation methods
• ADCP deployment methods
• Manufacturer software
• Field procedures when using ADCPs

Course Contact:  SW1321 Instructional Team GS-W_SW1321_TEL_Help@usgs.gov or Travis Knight tknight@usgs.gov

Target Audience:   All BLM employees.

Description:   The purpose of this training presentation is to provide you with information necessary to operate a Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) on the job for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

After successfully completing this on-line course you will have the basic knowledge necessary to participate in the required field training segment of BLM's UTV Operator training course (BLM-I-020).

Purpose

Introduction to DO21 and prerequisite for increased delegation of authority for covered activities.

Audience:

This course is for all staff working closely with philanthropic partners or accepting donations.

Purpose:

To ensure the audience has a clear understanding of the laws, policies, and ethics around the acceptance and use of donations from partner organizations and other sources according to Director’s Order (DO) #21.

Course Objectives:

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

1. Describe how nonprofit organizations operate.
2. Understand more about the culture of your philanthropic partner.
3. Provide a high-level overview of critical sections of DO21 policy to colleagues and partners.
4. Evaluate risk, rewards, accountability, and ethics guidance related to partnerships and philanthropy.
5. Find guidelines to support work with philanthropic partners and making decisions about whether to accept donations.

This course will take about four hours to complete. It consists of 11 modules and an Introduction and Conclusion. You must take all 13 modules to earn a course completion certificate.

You can exit the course at any time and pick up where you left off when you return.

Course Summary: 

This course guides you through key considerations for rebuilding after natural disasters with an eye on the climate's changing patterns. You'll explore how to protect our natural and cultural heritage, grasp the impacts of climate change, and develop strategies for a resilient future. It's about collaborating to create a smarter, stronger recovery plan.

Course Learning Objectives:

1. Explain the relationship between climate change and natural disasters and why a climate-smart approach is critical for recovery efforts.
2. Identify major factors influencing climate change and impacts on cultural and natural resources.
3. Describe a range of possible climate-smart recovery strategies for cultural and natural resources.
4. Connect Department of Interior guidance and other federal resources to climate-smart recovery efforts for cultural and natural resources.
5. Identify elements of a climate-informed recovery plan incorporating effective communication principles and scientifically valid climate change data sources.

Target Audience: Anyone involved in Riparian & Wetland AIM monitoring data collection, interpretation, or application, including monitoring field crews (BLM seasonal employees and current Riparian & Wetland AIM contractors/agreement holders), BLM resource specialists, and other agencies. Any other interested parties not involved in AIM data collection must first obtain permission from the national Riparian & Wetland AIM team to enroll in this course and an enrollment fee may apply, including non-government contractors and local community members. 

Prerequisites: 

1. You must be a DOI employee, an active AIM contractor, or actively collecting AIM data through an agreement.  Please refer to the Riparian & Wetland AIM Data Management Protocol for more details on who should enroll and how often. Any other interested parties not involved in AIM data collection must first obtain permission from the national Riparian & Wetland AIM team to enroll in this course and an enrollment fee may apply, including non-government contractors and local community members.
2. Once enrolled in the class, you must complete the mandatory pre-training material prior to attending the in-person, 6-day field training component.

Course Summary: Riparian & Wetland AIM monitoring data collection, interpretation, or application, including monitoring field crews (BLM seasonal employees and current Riparian & Wetland AIM contractors/agreement holders), BLM resource specialists, and other agencies. This course shows/instructs employees how to create a spatially balanced random sample design (if applicable). Instructs and assists in data collection following all Riparian & Wetland AIM core, contingent, covariate, and annual use methods, which focus on: Biodiversity, vegetation cover and composition, and habitat quality (e.g., species inventory, vegetation cover and height, woody structure), Assists in the understanding of water quality (e.g., pH, conductance, temperature, nutrients) and hummocks. Calculates annual use (e.g., stubble height, soil alteration, riparian woody species use) by wildlife and livestock. Helps understand the collection of riparian or wetland covariate data (e.g., plot classification, hydrology, photos, soil description, and disturbances). Explains and uses electronic data capture applications (Survey123 and Field Maps). Is geared toward data quality assurance and quality control procedures for field going employees.

Course Objectives: To ensure standard, consistent, and proficient implementation of: 

• Spatially balanced random sample design (if applicable). 

• Data collection following all Riparian & Wetland AIM core, contingent, covariate, and annual use methods, which focus on: o Biodiversity, vegetation cover and composition, and habitat quality (e.g., species inventory, vegetation cover and height, woody structure), o Water quality (e.g., pH, conductance, temperature, nutrients) and hummocks, o Annual use (e.g., stubble height, soil alteration, riparian woody species use), o Riparian or wetland covariate data (e.g., plot classification, hydrology, photos, soil description, and disturbances). 

• Electronic data capture applications (Survey123 and Field Maps). • Data quality assurance and quality control procedures.

Duration: 40 hours

Special Requirements: Requests for interpreters or other special requirements must be received at the NTC no later than 45 days prior to the start of the class.  Form can be accessed at:  https://www.ntc.blm.gov/krc/uploads/982/Reasonable_Accommodation_Request_Form.pdf

Target Audience:

Objectives:  Using landscape and site level characteristics, the participant will use a process to plan, implement, evaluate and maintain a restoration project.

Special Requirements: Requests for interpreters or other special requirements must be received at the NTC no later than 45 days prior to the start of the class. Form can be accessed at: https://www.ntc.blm.gov/krc/uploads/982/Reasonable_Accommodation_Request_Form.pdf NOTE: NUMBER OF SEATS AS LISTED ISN'T ACCURATE. PLEASE REGISTER IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING. Upon approval, all names will be put on a Waiting List. Notifications of selection will be sent prior to the course start date.

Keyword: 1730-60

Target Audience: Anyone involved in terrestrial monitoring data collection, interpretation or application; including monitoring field crews (BLM seasonal employees and partners), BLM resource specialists, other agencies, local community members. 

Prerequisites:  You must complete the pre-work before you are able to request to attend a specific location and time for an in-person class. First you must enroll in this course to find and compete the prerequisite training.  

This class provides the framework and skills to understand the condition and trends of terrestrial resources through implementing a monitoring program which is consistent with the BLM Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) Strategy. 

Objective:  

• • Measure and calculate the AIM terrestrial quantitative indicators using standard field methods 
  • Ensure monitoring data quality through calibration, electronic data capture and data management 
  • Implement monitoring in a structured and consistent manner. 

Special Requirements: Requests for interpreters or other special requirements must be received at the NTC no later than 45 days prior to the start of the class.  Form can be accessed at:  https://www.ntc.blm.gov/krc/uploads/982/Reasonable_Accommodation_Request_Form.pdf

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.