Aviation User and Management Training
The Forest Service utilizes aircraft in the support or accomplishment of many of our programs and projects. The aircraft users are as many and varied as the types of aircraft used. Our goal is to accomplish safe, efficient, and effective utilization of aviation resources. Increasing employee awareness of agency policy, procedures, and safe practices must receive high priority. Aviation training, whether basic safety, specialized, or management, is a method to increase this awareness and a key to meeting this goal.
Interagency Aviation Training (IAT)
The Interagency Aviation Training program, developed by the Interagency Aviation Training Steering Committee, under the National Interagency Aviation Council, is the basis for the IAT curriculum. Interagency Aviation Training meets the training requirements for aviation users as outlined in FSM 5725. Training requirements are specified in the Interagency Aviation Training Guide (FSM 5725.06) and Appendix 1 - Forest Service Requirements. Many courses are available on-line with several more planned for the future. The IAT website is located at: www.iat.gov
The IAT Guide is available online at: https://www.iat.gov/docs/iatprogram.pdf. Please review the Forest Service Appendix to the Guide as well at: https://www.iat.gov/docs/iatguide_appendix.pdf
Regional Aviation Training Sessions Many
Regions are co-hosting Aviation Workshops with our Interagency partners
that include the upper level (300 & 400) IAT courses. These Aviation
Workshops are usually targeted at providing the required courses for positions
such as: Fixed Wing Flight Manager-Special Use, Project Aviation Manager,
Aviation Manager and Supervisor. Information on these training sessions
can be found on the IAT web site.
Aviation Centered Education (ACE) The ACE is upper level (300 & 400) IAT courses. It centers on participants' needs to fulfill requirements in their aviation-related positions and to attend other classes that may be of interest to them. Information on scheduled ACE training sessions can be found on the IAT web site.
Aviation Safety Certificate Program - System Safety Leadership for Aviation Managers (SSLAM)
The Forest Service annually provides scholarships for 27 personnel (three from each Region) to attend the UC Davis Emergency Response Aviation Safety Management certificate program. This program provides students with a wealth of knowledge in the areas of:
- Aircraft Health Management
- Communications: Operations Management
- Communications: Program Management
- Human Factors and Operational Risk Management
- Safety Program Management
- Aviation Leadership
Students who complete the entire program will receive the UC Davis Certificate as well as the Aviation Safety Officer Certificate from GSA.
- Nomination Letter for Scholarship
- Nomination Form
- UC Davis Certificate Program in Emergency Response Aviation Safety Management
Other Aviation Safety Programs
- Southern California Safety institute (SCSI) Aviation Safety Certificate Programs
- Embry Riddle Aeronautical University - Center for Aerospace Safety/Security Education
- University of Southern California (USC) Aviation Safety and Security Program
- Transportation Safety Institute (TSI) Aviation Safety Division Course Catalog
- National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) NTSB Academy
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