enrollment for emi courses - Emergency Management Institute ...

fEma/fEDEral partnErs
cOursEs—It traInIng
EmE r g E n c y ma n a g E m E n t In s t I t u t E • 2010-2011 • ca t a l o g of co u r s E s
Disaster training for Information
technology (It) managers (E817)
This is an exercise-based course for FEMA
Information Technology (IT) Managers designed
to test the efficacy of Joint Field Office (JFO)
policies and procedures in the areas of information
technology and communications. Participants
are taught the current operational standards and
participate in tabletop exercises designed to simulate
JFO conditions.
Selection Criteria: Participants must be FEMA IT
Managers.
Course Length: 2½ days
advanced phone book Exchange (pbx)
Operations (E819)
This course provides advanced installation,
operations, and maintenance training as well
as in-depth administrative training for systems
operators to manage a G3 Phone Book Exchange
(PBX) system.
Selection Criteria: FEMA Communications/Information
Technology (IT) and Operations disaster planners
and responders.
Course Length: 2 days
Information technology Enterprise
system (E835)
This course trains Information Technology System
(ITS) staff in Enterprise Systems Administration.
Selection Criteria: FEMA ITS staff with Enterprise
Systems Administration responsibilities.
Course Length: 4 days
FEd E r A L Em E r g E N C y mA N A g E m E N T Ag E N C y 134
Employee Development
curriculum
posting Integrated financial management
Information system (IfmIs) transactions
(E337)
This course trains participants in posting financial
transactions to the Integrated Financial Management
Information System (IFMIS). Classes are conducted
using the computer laboratory at the Emergency
Management Institute, National Emergency Training
Center, in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Participants will be
instructed by an expert system user about transactions
for the following: disaster assistance, travel advances,
receiving reports, invoices, expenditures, approvals,
reports, and more. For each type of transaction,
participants will be guided through an exercise, and
then given a similar exercise to perform on their
own. Successful completion of the course is required
before access to the system will be granted.
Selection Criteria: Required for any FEMA financial
staff member who needs to record transactions to
the accounting system as part of his or her duties.
Course Length: 4 days
CEUs: 2.6
performance Excellence series II—
communication and customer service
(E526)
This 4 day resident course teaches FEMA professional
employees in grades GS 11/12/13 in the course
elements of oral and written communications to
meet and exceed the performance expectations in
those areas. This course will instruct participants
in appropriately, accurately, and succinctly relaying
information. Participants will learn to independently
and effectively communicate messages, even when
their viewpoints are counter to the audience’s ideas
or beliefs, in a respectful manner tailored to the
audience. This course is a highly interactive course.