Date: 8/16/19 – 8/18/19
Time: 08:00 a.m., Friday, 8/16/19 through 2:00 p.m., Sunday, 8/18/19
Location: Indiana University Geological Site, Cardwell MT
Course Cost: $380 payable to Cody Hagerty, 151 Mt Hwy 2 East, Whitehall, MT 59759 $100 deposit required to reserve space in this class, due by 8/3/19.
Meals & Accommodations: Dormitory style
accommodations are provided Thursday through Saturday nights. Bring
your own bedding. Meals and snacks are provided from breakfast on Friday through lunch on Sunday.
There
are NO prerequisites for this training presentation. This tracking course is open to all persons
with tracking interests regardless of previous experience or training and will
focus on primary training for beginning or novice student interests. This will
be a certification course for all eligible students. All tracking students will be provided
training at an appropriate level for their development and upward progress.
Directions: Take the Cardwell exit off of I-90, exit
256. Head south on Highway 359 for about
5 miles. Turn right onto S Boulder Rd. Indiana University Geological Station is
about 6 miles up the road on your left.
633 S Boulder Rd, Cardwell MT 59721.
Course Content: This will be a 24
hour course beginning at 8:00 am Friday _8/16/19 with
registration and lecture including power point presentation to provide Novice
and Basic tracker understanding of training methodology, techniques and
procedures. The presentation supports
field training by providing student understanding of training methods, manner
and objectives. “Tracking” is a first
response primary search resource used to verify witness statements, establish
the “PLS”, direction of subject travel and following the physical evidence to
the missing person. Field training will
allow “student tracking team” experimentation and “hands-on” practice of
fundamental tracking techniques. Novice
students will progress from initial identifying a print, to “step-by-step”
every track concept of following an identified sign line and practical tracking
team response.
This
is a “skill development” training program for Apprentice and Journeyman Tracker
students. Students at these levels have
acquired Basic Tracker understanding and will be introduced to practical
tracking techniques and applications necessary to become a viable resource for
SAR missions. Students at all training levels will be individually challenged
with additional advanced tracking concepts and techniques. Journeyman Tracker
students will be provided advanced training objectives working with Novice and
Apprentice students and separately in simulated actual SAR and law enforcement
mission scenarios.
Please bring to this training course your current training manual and tracking logs. Should you anticipate challenging the certification board for advancement: Please advise your trainer in advance so that person may prepare a recommendation and your training records; you must bring your personal tracking and training logs and records.
Student Needs: Students should be
physically fit and equipped for SAR field response. Field practice will
continue during any inclement weather, students should be properly prepared
with wet/dry, cold/hot weather gear. Knee pads may be helpful. Students need to bring a pen/pencil, note
pad, small measuring tape, 5/8 inch doweling or similar, 36 to 40 inches long,
with three
rubber bands to use as a tracking stick and a three cell flashlight. Signed copies of Joel’s book are available by direct contact with Joel
Registration: Students must
pre-register by 8/3/19 for this course with a $100 deposit. If you have any questions regarding the class
or class location please contact Cody Hagerty at (406) 479-0090 or by
email. Send your deposit to: Jefferson Valley SAR - c/o Katy James - PO Box 582, Whitehall, MT 59759. Pre-registered students failing to attend
this course without a reasonable excuse will be assessed the $100.00 service
fee.
Sponsor Information: This course is
sponsored by Jefferson Valley SAR. All interested law enforcement and
SAR volunteer personnel are invited to attend.