Tracking Team Leader

Definition

An advanced Tracker who possesses all equipment and qualifications of a Basic Tracker, an Apprentice Tracker and possesses a Journeyman Tracker Certification from JHPTS and/or Tracker II Certification from UTS and/or the equivalent Certification from an approved Tracking School per our Executive Board.

Tracking Team Leaders are capable of organizing a Tracking operation, supervising tracking teams, and reporting to Incident Base.

Skills Required

• Demonstrate a personal presentation of yourself and your credentials as a professional tracker as you should when reporting to the person in charge of a tracking mission. Express your training, knowledge and experience to be of assistance to this incident;


• Demonstrate full understanding of all portions and practices of the training program, the certification levels and all criteria, the evaluation format and all elements, the “Train the Trainer”, Tracking Field Coordinator, Tracking Field Team Leaders, etc;


• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of MSO/ICS/MLPS or MLPI management concepts and practices that would most probably be in effect at a tracking mission requesting your assistance;


• Demonstrate your training and ability to obtain incident critical information, PLS, LKP and other pertinent details from an Incident Commander/SAR Manager or other authorities and witnesses as appropriate;


• Demonstrate your knowledge and experience to evaluate the application of tracking as an incident resource to a particular incident described. Articulate reasoning and the decision making process you would offer with on site authorities, other resources and witnesses;


• Demonstrate during training simulations or actual mission documentation your professional assistance to the Incident Commander/SAR manager through physical evidence verification of factors to establish or assure identifications and factors such as sign aging, direction of travel, number of persons, conflicting witness statements, physical and mental characteristics of the sign maker which could effect overall operations;


• Demonstrate your knowledge, ability and experience to maintain appropriate and adequate communications of sign observation with incident officials and your ability to assist by making reasoned and appropriate tracking team assignments;


• Demonstrate leadership abilities and professionalism in assisting the on scene official to coordinating and briefing tracking teams using accepted SAR management concepts;


• Demonstrate the training, experience and ability to work compatible and efficiently in any tracking team without regard to other team members experience or training and remain disciplined to proper teamwork techniques and operations;


• Demonstrate leadership characteristics, knowledge of inter-personal relationships, decision making techniques and take charge in a Tracking Team Field Coordinator role when appropriate to insure overall mission effectiveness;


• Demonstrate your knowledge and ability to recognize inter-personal relationship issues that negatively effect teamwork and articulate you knowledge and experience in discussing and taking actions to resolve issues;


• Demonstrate and articulate your knowledge, reasoning, experience and tracking skill to recognize and resolve sign contradictions, conflicts and contamination complexities;


• Demonstrate your ability and tracking skills to follow a somewhat complicated sign routing, with areas of complexity and utilize available trained personnel to reach a logical conclusion expeditiously;


• Demonstrate and articulate understanding, experience and tracking skills to cut sign effectively and efficiently using all recommended Sign Cutting practices, procedures and techniques. Articulate your reasoning to determine the most appropriate technique to be used when, where and how by which team. Further, articulate your expertise in determining the “best” cutting zone for each technique;


• Demonstrate your ability to document your participation in a tracking mission. Upon completion of an actual tracking mission (may be accomplished during simulated missions) complete and submit a timely and comprehensive written report to proper authorities of tracking actions, decisions and operations, and the results based on information provided and actions requested;


• Demonstrate your knowledge, experience, and comfort to initiate and make Basic and Apprentice level training presentations, including field practices;


• Present documentation of response to requesting regional units, organizations and interested persons to introduce tracking principles and concepts with Basic Level presentations;


• Document your adequate preparation of Basic students to become a viable SAR resource and with your recommendation apply for and receive basic tracking certification; (Students may request opportunities to demonstrate these aspects during training sessions from instructor staff. Basic students submitting completed training logs, requesting and receiving evaluation from basic tracking certification will be considered as evidence of the criteria element.


• Complete and initial Basic Tracking Training Logs noting appropriate evaluation comments and remarks including recommendations for basic tracking certification;


• Remain professional at all times, tactful, sensitive and considerate for all persons, displaying courteous demeanor and supportive of all training program members and aspects.