Search Manager/Criteria

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Revision as of 13:07, 24 March 2011

<large>Selection criteria for possible candidates for SAR Management training/certification.</large>

First established 2003-12-16.

The evaluation of candidates in done by the training coordinator in consultation with other team members.

Criteria

Required

• 2 years with SAR Fundamentals
• moderate to high level of participation in PCSAR
• demonstration of leadership skills
• some previous work on an overhead team, mock or real
• expression of interest
• You would commit to 6 hr/month of preplan work. This is separate from other SAR commitments you've taken on.
• in the case of an emergency, you generally would be available to be called in as a member of the overhead team or as the incident SAR Manager.
• you would be able to attend the course on the given dates.

Preferred

• You would be willing and able to take the manager-on-call role for 3 months of the year. This means that for each day of those months you would assure that yourself or some substitute would be generally available. Day trips are not considered to interfere with on-call requirements. While you're on-call, your other duties (job) won't often prevent you from being able to respond immediately at the start of an incident.
  • preference to commitment to 3 months/year on-call
    • means located 30 minutes from Pincher Creek