Train the Trainer Courses for Fall
When we have trainers in each region, we can bring your training closer to home. Consider becoming an instructor in one of these classes this fall. Eventually, we will want you to attend our internal instructor training, but for now, you can get started by taking a train the trainer class in a specific subject. The time commitment for most of these training sessions is a couple of times a year, along with a day or two of prep to get ready for your class.
Traffic Direction - Train the Trainer
To meet the requirements of Policy 16-49, anyone who directs traffic within a State Park must complete an approved traffic direction training course.
Maryland Park Service civilian employees may direct traffic, within the guidelines provided in this policy, only after having completed an appropriate training curriculum conducted by, or approved by, the Maryland Park Service Training Division, or while acting under the authority of a specific exception granted by this policy.
Instructors will be provided with a hands-on session, all training materials and lesson plans to deliver this training on behalf of the Maryland Park Service Training Division. In follow-up to the classroom session, the instructor in training will lead/assist with one traffic direction training this fall. During this classroom session new instructors will be evaluated and receive approval to conduct Maryland Park Service Traffic Direction Training, as long as all training requirements are met to the satisfaction of the evaluating instructor.
Join the Maryland Park Service Instructor ranks and sign up for Traffic Direction Train the Trainer - September 26th at North Point State Park.
Basic Chainsaw Train the Trainer
This course meets OSHA Safety and Operations requirements. Becoming an instructor allows you the ability to ensure that all personnel at your facility are meeting this minimum requirement to operate a chainsaw. To become a Basic Chainsaw Trainer you muat have successfully completed an S212 Chainsaw Operations course.
The Basis Chainsaw course provides basic safety and saw operations only to the level of working with already down timber. Those students who successfully complete a basic chainsaw course may not fell trees they may only work with timber that is already on the ground.
Basic Chainsaw instructors prepare the beginning sawyer to assist with down timber along and on trails, site cleanup when S212 and Maryland Park Service Hazardous Tree specialists are felling trees, and to operate and maintain a chainsaw in a safe manner. Instructor candidates will be provided with all instructional materials, and an opportunity to practice skills for delivering this training. After the classroom portion is completed each instructor candidate must lead/assist with a training session, where they will be evaluated by a current instructor and receive final approval to conduct this training during sanctioned training sessions or during park based training sessions.
Do you train your seasonal employees in chainsaw operations? If so, then having a trainer on staff provides for greater flexibility in ensuring that your employees meet the minimum requirements to operate a chainsaw in our parks.
Sign up now for Basic Chainsaw Train the Trainer on October 12th at Martinak State Park.
Without adjunct instructors, the Maryland Park Service Training Division would not be able to offer the variety of courses, nor the volume of courses that we currently provide. Having instructors spread across the State increases the chances of training opportunities close to the employee's home base.
