2020 TRACKING COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT
DUAL TRAINING LEVELS
ADVANCED
TRACKERS - NOVICE & BASIC TRACKERS
Date: August 21, 22, 23, 2020
Time: 08:00 a.m., Friday, Aug 21, 2020
through 2:00 p.m., Sunday, Aug 23, 2020
Location: Indiana University Geological Site,
Cardwell, Montana
Course Cost: $400.00
payable to Katy James, P.O. Box 582, Whitehall, MT 59759 -- $100 deposit
required to reserve space in this class, due by August 8th, 2020. We cannot accept credit card payments – please pay via
check or money order or you may utilize PayPal at account Joel@jhardin-inc.com.
Meals & Accommodations: Dormitory style accommodations are
provided Thursday PM through Saturday, Aug 22nd, night. Meals and snacks are provided from 7AM
breakfast, Friday, Aug 21 through lunch August 23, 2020.
BASIC TRACKING TRAINING
There are NO prerequisites for this August 21 through Aug 23rd,
24-hour Basic Tracking Training course 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 Novice or beginning 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. Students at all training levels will be
individually challenged with “plans of instruction” appropriate for and within
training guidelines for each level and stage of JHPTS-Visual Tracking training.
Law Enforcement officers, this is a primary training
course for NOVICE level trackers desiring to become certified at the Basic
Tracker level to produce criminal incident tracking evidence.
Course Content: This will be a 24 hour course beginning at 8:00 Friday August 21st, 2020 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 exercises 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. ADVANCED TRACKERS TRAINING
This is a “skill development” training program for
Apprentice and Journeyman Tracker students.
Instructors will have a plan of instruction designed to provide credit
and further your learning as set forth in modular training! 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.
We
want to encourage all “Designated Trainers” in the region to attend this course
so as to ensure that you have the information and understanding in keeping with
the most recent changes to the training program. All Level 3 Basic Trackers, Apprentice and
Journeyman trackers are trainers and as such you need to know the program. We encourage everyone at these training
levels to join with us for this class.
This
training course is designed to assist all Trainers and trackers which were
unable to attend the TTT seminar at Boise with knowing and following the 2020
training program changes and get credit for training and tracking missions.
For more information regarding the Advanced
Tracking course please contact Joel with your questions at email: Joel@jhardin-inc.com or phone
360-319-9002.
Please bring
to this training course your current training manual and tracking logs and
Training Verification Sign/Off booklet. 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: All 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 at Joel@jhardin-inc.com
Registration: Students
must pre-register by
August 8th, 2020 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 at (c_hagerty25@hotmail.com) .
Send
your deposit to: Jefferson Valley SAR -
c/o Katy James – P.O. Box 582 Whitehall, MT 59759. We cannot accept
credit cards – please pay via check or money order or You may pay via PayPal
account Joel@jhardin-inc.com.
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.