The Forest Service is announcing
the National Accelerated/Advanced Training Program (NATP) for 2020. This
program is a great opportunity for leadership development in the Agency with a
foundation on the advancement of incident management knowledge and experience. Participation
is aimed at highly motivated nominees that would benefit from exposure to regional
and national issues and mentoring by mid-level and senior leadership. It
establishes an environment that brings our experienced leaders together with
those developing leadership skills in a relationship of mentoring and learning.
NATP requires a dedicated
commitment of one year but the relationships and experience can benefit the
individual and the Agency for an entire career. Applicants need to have a targeted
position of leadership (Line or Staff position) that they aspire to, a current
position task book in the ICS system or working toward a non-task book
position, and approval from their supervisor to be away from the home unit and
regular position duties for up to two weeks at a time. Travel, training, and
salary while away from the home unit will be covered under a special project
code.
Objectives:
1.
Build leadership and incident management capacity to
meet fire management and Forest Service challenges.
2.
Commitment towards enhancing and accelerating both
leadership development and incident management skills.
3.
Streamline training and qualification timeframes
through focused training plans.
4.
Work in coordination with National, Geographical, and
Zone training groups on selection of applicants and implementation of the
program.
Key Dates:
·
July 15, 2019 – Announcement and Applications Released
·
August 16, 2019 – Applications Due to Regional
Training Officers
·
September 20, 2019 – Selection Process Complete
Interested applicants should return
the enclosed application to their respective Fire and Aviation Management Regional
Training Officer by August 16, 2019. Applicants should be permanent employees. There
are no restricting criteria on grade level, position, or incident qualification
for acceptance into the program; however, participation is limited to
approximately 25 people in 2020.
Contacts: Regional Training Officers
or NATP Coordinators Russ Long (202) 281-7671 or Dana Reid (541) 215-0420, WO
Fire and Aviation Management.
