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Form to sign up for Tracking Evaluations Coming Soon
Form to sign up for Tracking Evaluations Coming Soon
Prerequisites to evaluations:
Prerequisites to evaluations:
- Personnel must be at least 18 years of age or older.
- Applicants must be currently certified as either a VDEM Search Team Member (STM) or Search Team Leader (STL)], or an equivalent as recognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Department of Emergency Management Search and Rescue Program. Proof of current certification must be presented along with the application for certification as an O.T.
- Applicants must have a background check completed within the last three years before applying for certification, and agree to allow the applicant’s member group to perform a background check when re-certifying or three years from the last one, whichever is first.
- Current CPR and First Aid Certifications.
- Completion of the NIMS Courses; 100, 700, and 800.
Tracking Evaluation Stations Descriptions:
Tracking Evaluation Stations Descriptions:
Tracking Written Test
Tracking Written Test
Description:
Testing will include written and practical exam stations and will be conducted within the scope of the knowledge, skills and abilities conveyed in the Foundations for Awareness, Signcutting and Tracking Training Standard.
Testing will include written and practical exam stations and will be conducted within the scope of the knowledge, skills and abilities conveyed in the Foundations for Awareness, Signcutting and Tracking Training Standard.
Tools Station
Tools Station
Description:
An evaluation station will be conducted to allow candidates to explain conceptual tracking tools and to demonstrate the tools carried in their pack. Each candidate will explain the uses for these and other tracking tools. This will be called the tracking tools station. There is no time limit for this station, but most candidates complete it in 15-20 minutes. This station contributes scores to the Tools, Professionalism and Communication categories.
An evaluation station will be conducted to allow candidates to explain conceptual tracking tools and to demonstrate the tools carried in their pack. Each candidate will explain the uses for these and other tracking tools. This will be called the tracking tools station. There is no time limit for this station, but most candidates complete it in 15-20 minutes. This station contributes scores to the Tools, Professionalism and Communication categories.
Aging Station
Aging Station
Description:
An evaluation station will be set up to evaluate a tracker’s knowledge, skill and ability to determine the age of tracks and sign. This station is called the aging station. This station will contribute to the overall evaluation scores of a tracker’s ability to interpret the amount time that has passed since a track or sign was made.
An evaluation station will be set up to evaluate a tracker’s knowledge, skill and ability to determine the age of tracks and sign. This station is called the aging station. This station will contribute to the overall evaluation scores of a tracker’s ability to interpret the amount time that has passed since a track or sign was made.
Sign Interpretation Station
Sign Interpretation Station
Description:
The COVSAR tracking standards list knowledge of tracks and sign as an important, though not critical, skill for an accomplished tracker. An evaluation station will be set up to evaluate a tracking candidate’s knowledge, skills and ability to correctly interpret sign. This will be called the sign interpretation station.
The COVSAR tracking standards list knowledge of tracks and sign as an important, though not critical, skill for an accomplished tracker. An evaluation station will be set up to evaluate a tracking candidate’s knowledge, skills and ability to correctly interpret sign. This will be called the sign interpretation station.
Sign-cutting Station
Sign-cutting Station
Description:
An evaluation station will be set up to evaluate a tracker’s detection and interpretation knowledge, skills and abilities. This station is called the signcutting station. The signcutting station will evaluate a tracker’s ability to detect clues and sign while traveling along a linear feature. This station will also contribute to the evaluation scores of a tracker’s ability and skill to interpret human or animal sign and direction of travel, as well as explain what s/he has found to the evaluator.
An evaluation station will be set up to evaluate a tracker’s detection and interpretation knowledge, skills and abilities. This station is called the signcutting station. The signcutting station will evaluate a tracker’s ability to detect clues and sign while traveling along a linear feature. This station will also contribute to the evaluation scores of a tracker’s ability and skill to interpret human or animal sign and direction of travel, as well as explain what s/he has found to the evaluator.
Known / Unknown Station
Known / Unknown Station
Description:
A station will be set up to evaluate a tracker’s knowledge, skills and ability to interpret the identification of tracks. This station is called “Known/Unknown.” It will evaluate the tracker’s ability to gather information about particular tread patterns, compare that information to a set of unknown tracks and draw a conclusion as to which known tread pattern made the unknown track. This station will consist of two parts: the ‘knowns’ and the ‘unknowns.’
Sign Squares Station
Sign Squares Station
Description:
Several evaluation stations will be set up to evaluate a tracker’s detection and interpretation knowledge, skills and abilities. One station that contributes to a tracker’s overall score for sign detection and interpretation is called the Sign Squares station. The Sign Squares station will evaluate a tracker’s ability to detect and interpret sign in a small area.
Several evaluation stations will be set up to evaluate a tracker’s detection and interpretation knowledge, skills and abilities. One station that contributes to a tracker’s overall score for sign detection and interpretation is called the Sign Squares station. The Sign Squares station will evaluate a tracker’s ability to detect and interpret sign in a small area.
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