Course Catalog

"This course will cover and overview of why/how Applicants use contracts with specifics on the process involved for using and the documentation requirements, an overview of the reimbursement process for Alternate/Improved Projects to include the definition of Alternate/Improved projects and the necessary documentation, and an overview of the reimbursement process for general debris removal operations to include the definition of Debris Management and the necessary documentation.

This course was previously separated into 3 separated courses: ""Documents, Contracts, & Procurement Overview,"" ""Documents, Contracts, & Procurement Basic Fundamentals (DCP 101)"", ""Documents, Contracts, & Procurement Alternate/Improved (DCP 102)"", and ""Documents, Contracts, & Procurement Debris Management courses (DCP 103)"". All three separate courses or this one combined course will satisfy this course requirement.

This course is not to be confused with the ""Documents, Contracts, & Procurement Overview"" is in fact a different course."

Instructed by LSU NCBRT; Awareness Level course

"This course examines the facets of dealing with difficult people including motivators, behaviors, and tips. This course must be completed within the first 9 months of GOHSEP employment.

This course was formerly named ""Dealing with Difficult People."" ""Dealing with Difficult People"" does satisfy this course requirement but ""CPTP Dealing with Difficult People WBT for GOHSEP"" must be taken upon renewal every three years."

"This course allows the participant to interact respectfully with people with disabilities, use people first language, and apply specific etiquette to different types of disabilities."

"This class provides tips and techniques designed to help you improve your ability to delegate. This course must be completed within 2 years of promotion. This course is a pre-requisite to ""CPTP 2015 Group 1 Capstone.""

This is one of three course options: ""Delegating Effectively,"" ""Conflict Management WBT,"" and ""Developing Effective Teams 1."" Only one of the three options must be taken."

This course is intended to introduce the Public Assistance Grants Management staff to the Expense Review Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Policy and Process manual. The Expense Review Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Policy and Process manual outlines the standard processes which are to be followed. By outlining standardized processes, this SOP Policy and Process manual will allow for consistency amongst the Grants Management staff in completing Expense Reviews.

"This course will help you recognize each feature of communication and will provide you with tips to help you reach maximum communication potential. Having an understanding of and practicing these communication basics can improve your teams cohesion and increase productivity. This course must be completed within 2 years of promotion. This course is a pre-requisite to ""Developing Effective Teams, Part 3: Group Dynamics GOHSEP.""

This course was formerly named ""Developing Effective Teams, Part 1: Communication"" and ""Developing Effective Teams, Part 1: Communication GOHSEP"" and was a classroom training. ""Developing Effective Teams, Part 1: Communication"" and ""Developing Effective Teams, Part 1: Communication GOHSEP"" do satisfy this course requirement.

This is one of three course options: ""Delegating Effectively,"" ""Conflict Management WBT,"" and ""Developing Effective Teams 1."" Only one of the three options must be taken."

"This course is designed to help participants identify their personality preferences as well as the preferences of your team members. Understanding these preferences can help you understand your personality, improve your relationships, and increase your team's productivity. This course must be completed within 1 year of promotion. This course is a pre-requisite to ""Developing Effective Teams, Part 3: Group Dynamics GOHSEP.""

This course was formerly named ""Developing Effective Teams, Part 2: Understanding Individual Preferences"" and ""Developing Effective Teams, Part 2: Understanding Personality Differences "" and was a Classroom training. ""Developing Effective Teams, Part 2: Understanding Individual Preferences"" and ""Developing Effective Teams, Part 2: Understanding Personality Differences"" do satisfy this course requirement.

This is one of three course options: ""Critical Thinking,"" ""Conflict Management WBT,"" and ""Developing Effective Teams 2."" Only one of the three options must be taken."

"This course discusses strategies and techniques for developing effective teams. Participants will learn about the stages of team development, skills essential to working in a team environment, relationship-building roles, and strategies for handling team conflict, and problem solving strategies. Discussion will emphasize building and maintaining a sense of community in the workplace. Pre-requisites for this course are ""Developing Effective Teams 1"" and ""Developing Effective Teams 2.""

This course was formerly named ""Developing Effective Teams, Part 3: Group Dynamics."" ""Developing Effective Teams, Part 3: Group Dynamics"" does satisfy this course requirement."

"This course is designed for supervisors to learn motivational strategies and goal setting as components of managing employee performance. Areas covered during this course include linking goal setting with individual action plans and strategies, objectives, and agency goals. This course must be completed within 1 year of promotion. This course is a pre-requisite to ""CPTP 2015 Group 2 Capstone.""

This course is an alternate for the ""Organization Dynamics"" course. ""Organization Dynamics"" does satisfy this course requirement, as long as it was taken after 1/1/2012."

Three day program offered to municipal security officials and state and local law enforcement to provide knowledge and skill necessary to establish surveillance detection teams that protect critical infrastructure and key resources during elevated threats. Classroom and practical settings using five modules of informal lectures and two street exercises.

This 3-day Surveillance Detection (SD) course provides a guideline for mitigating risks to critical infrastructure through developing, applying, and employing SD protective measures by developing a SD plan. Instructors explain how this protective program can be applied to detect and deter potential threats to critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) as well as the fundamentals for detecting surveillance activity. Students apply skills such as Vulnerability and Red Zone Analysis, Surveillance Detection and Observation and Reporting during practical exercises throughout the course.

"This course provides participants an overview of the issues associated with debris removal operations and provides recommended actions necessary to plan for, respond to, and recover from debris-generating events.

This course is not to be confused with the ""Document, Contract, & Procurement Debris Management (DCP 103)"" course, which is in fact a different course.

Disaster Oversight Cross-training

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) under the Department of Transportation requires that Hazmat Employers* train all Hazmat Employees** within 90 days of starting in the position and conduct recurrent training every three years thereafter. The Hazardous Materials Transportation Train the Trainer course, offered at no-cost, is designed for personnel who will be preparing and conducting this training. Course participants will learn applicable PHMSA requirements as well as principles of adult education and effective instructional design. In addition, participants will learn how to develop a systematic training program to ensure that hazmat employees are trained in the five areas required by 49 CFR 72 Subpart H: General awareness/familiarization, Function-specific, Safety, Security awareness, and In-Depth security.

* Hazmat Employer: a person who uses one or more employees regarding: transporting hazmat in commerce; causing hazmat to be transported or shipped in commerce; or designing, manufacturing, fabricating, inspecting, representing, marking, certifying, selling, offering, reconditioning, testing, repairing, or modifying packaging as qualified for use in the transportation of hazmat.

** Hazmat Employee: a person employed by a hazmat employer, or person who is self-employed, and who directly affects hazmat transportation safety including: an owner-operator of a motor vehicle that transports hazmat; a person who: loads, unloads, or handles hazmat; designs, manufactures, fabricates, inspects, tests, reconditions, repairs, modifies, marks, or otherwise represents packaging as qualified for use in the transportation of hazmat; prepares hazmat for transportation; is responsible for safety of transporting hazmat; or operates a vehicle used to transport hazmat.