The courses listed below include required training for USACE NIMS compliance* as well as courses desired for formal elevation with the team cadres. Required courses are indicated with an asterisk. Other courses/training/experience listed is desired in an ideal candidate, but not required.
- USACE Civil Level One - Both USACE and DHS Doctrines*
- USACE Civil Level Two in at least two disciplines
- EM certification (George Washington University or comparable)
- Degree (bachelors/masters) recommended
- FC&CE (PL-8499 FF) (attended after being hired)
- EM/RM (completed within first 6 months of employment)
- Leadership training or military experience (Note: leadership training is a general suggestion for professional development, not necessarily the title of a specific course. This suggestion can be met by a myriad of courses, and is left up to the discretion of each individual)
- ICS-300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (EMI Course Number G300)*
- ICS-400 Advanced ICS Command and General Staff - Complex Incidents (EMI Course Number G400)*
- Field experience (deployment/EM/Team/LGL)
- ATL certificate
- FEMA PA courses
- TL course attendance
- TL field deployment (JFO, NRCC, UOC, RRCC)
- Response Operations Course*
- IS-1 Emergency Manager: An Orientation to the Position or experience in a Military Operation Office or District or Division EM Office
- IS-5.a An Introduction to Hazardous Materials (completed after being hired)
- IS-101 Deployment Basics: Federal Disaster Workforce Readiness
- IS-102 Deployment Basics for FEMA Response Partners or at least one year military experience
- IS-230.a Fundamentals of Emergency Management or experience in an EM Office or Military Operations Office
- IS-235 Emergency Planning(completed within first 6 months of employment)
- IS-240 Leadership and Influence or military experience
- IS-393.a Introduction to Hazard Mitigation
- IS-630 Introduction to the Public Assistance Process
- IS-631 Public Assistance Operations 1
- IS-775 EOC Management and Operations
- IS-800.b National Response Framework: An Introduction*
- IS-821 Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Support Annex (completed after being hired)
- IS-1900 NDMS Federal Coordinating Center Operations Course(completed after being hired)
- Basic documentation mentioned above as applicable