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EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
Basic Human Resources (HR) for Disaster
Supervisors (E/L/B545)
This course is designed to assist disaster supervisors
in understanding the basics of human
resources in FEMA. Topics covered include hiring
of local hires; deployment of Disaster Reservists;
Orientation of New Employees; Use of Task Books;
Credentialing; Payroll Issues; Signature Authority;
Travel Responsibilities; Appraisals; Attendance;
Safety/Wellness; Rotation/Retention; Reward/
Recognition; Performance Issues; Conduct Issues;
and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).
Selection Criteria: The primary audience is limited
to JFO supervisors who supervise and manage
employees at a JFO. This course will be offered to
Permanent Full-Time (PFT) employees, Cadre of
On-call Response Employees (CORE), and Disaster
Reservists.
Prerequisites:
Required: IS-101, Deployment Basics: Federal Disaster
Workforce Readiness.
Recommended: E/L269, Managing FEMA Staff on Disaster
Operations.
Course Length: 2 days
CEUs: 1.4
FEMA Mission Readiness (E696)
In 2010, FEMA instituted a new “Employee
Readiness Program” for all new permanent full-time
(PFT) hires. Four courses and elements comprise the
program: Duty Readiness, Mission Readiness, Career
Readiness, and Deployment Readiness. This course,
“Mission Readiness” (E696), is a signature piece
of this process—a week-long, cohort-style, in-residence
course at the National Emergency Training
Center (NETC)—designed to give new employees
a comprehensive understanding of FEMA’s mission,
culture, structure, and organizational responsibilities
to help them navigate the organization.
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Selection Criteria: Permanent Full-Time (PFT) FEMA
hire: This means if you are employed as a CORE, a
DAE, a TFT or in any other type of non-PFT position,
you are not currently eligible for this training.
Beginning in FY2012, all FEMA PFTs are eligible for
Mission Readiness, with priority placement for new
employees.
This course is required for all new PFT employees.
Prerequisites: IS-100.b or IS-100.FW, Introduction to
Incident Command System, ICS-100; IS-700.a, National
Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction;
and IS-800.b, National Response Framework (NRF), An
Introduction.
Course Length: 4 days
Disaster Contracting (E706)
This course is designed as basic training for any
FEMA Joint Field Office (JFO) Contract Specialist,
most specifically for members of the FEMA
Acquisition/Procurement Disaster Workforce Cadre
or any personnel with FEMA Automated Deployment
Database (ADD) deployment title of Procurement
Unit Leader, Contract Specialist, or Procurement Clerk.
Selection Criteria: This course is for any FEMA
Acquisition/Procurement Disaster Workforce Cadre
member who will serve as a Contract Specialist in
JFO disaster operations or any personnel with FEMA
ADD deployment title of JFO Procurement Unit
Leader, Contract Specialist, or Procurement Clerk.
Approval to attend this course is made by the FEMA
Acquisition/Procurement National Cadre Manager,
or a member of the Office of Procurement/FEMA
Headquarters who can sign on behalf of the
Acquisition/Procurement National Cadre Manager.
The signature of the aforementioned is required. If
the person is also a FEMA Regional employee, the
signature of the FEMA Regional Training Manager is
also required.
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