Course Details
| Instructor: | Joel Hardin | |
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| Dates: | Wednesday, May 17th, 8:30 a.m., - Friday, May 19th, 12:00 p.m. | |
| Notes: | There is a fee for this course of $125 per person. Students must pre-register for this course with a $50 tuition deposit by May 8th, 2006. To register please contact Joel Hardin at 7133 Mecklem Rd., Everson, WA 98247, phone 360-966-7707, or email joel@jhardin-inc.com.Meals & Accommodations:Students are responsible for their own meals and lodging. No conference meals are furnished for this pre-conference course.Prerequisite:There is no prerequisite for this tracking training course. Everyone with interest in professional tracking is invited to attend. Experienced trackers will be separately challenged at their appropriate levels with more complex tracking scenario and incident objectives.Course Content:This will be a 24-hour course beginning Wednesday, May 17th at 8:30 a.m. with course 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 step-by-step training methods, principals 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 footprint identification procedures, to the "step-by-step" concept of following an identified sign line and practical tracking team response.This is a "skill development" training program for Apprentice and Journeyman tracking students. Students at these levels have acquired significant tracking 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 to resolve SAR and law enforcement incidents. Student NeedsStudents 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. Students need to bring a pen/pencil, note pad, small measuring tape, a three cell flashlight and a 5/8 inch doweling or similar, 36 to 40 inches long, with three rubber bands to use as a tracking stick. Joel will have copies of his new book "TRACKER" available at $18 for student purchase.Sponsor InformationThis course is sponsored by Joel Hardin Professional Tracking Services and King County Sheriff's SAR/Washington State SAR Conference. Please access the SAR '06 Conference web site for directions, maps and other logistical and conference information. |