2 hour lecture/workshop

This program is geared towards company officers, chief officers and training officers involved with developing, implementing and evaluating driver/engineer training programs. The instructor will share his personal experience in building a highly-successful driver/engineer training program and the lessons learned during the process. The class will draw on years of personal experience, training and education in sharing best practices and pitfalls to avoid when developing the standards, curriculum and evaluation methodology. We will also discuss the ingredients of a high-performance driver/engineer culture. Finally, the program will look at successfully training and mentoring firefighters for that pivotal next step in their career path.

Learning Objectives:

• Examine experience driven components of a successful driver/engineer development program.
• Explore key components in program development.
• Discuss strategies for implementation of high-quality driver/engineer training programs.
• Reviewrealistic, mission-driven evaluation processes.
• Examine best practices and pitfalls to avoid.
• Discuss ingredients for building a high-performance driver/engineer culture.
• Reflect on training and mentorship concepts needed to prepare our people for success in their new role.