Nominations to the Northern California Training Center must be submitted through your supervisor and the established training channels by the nomination due date identified.

AUTOMATED NOMINATION FORM

COMPLETE AN ON-LINE NOMINATION FORM
ALL FORMS NEED TO BE TYPEWRITTEN, NOT HANDWRITTEN. 

Once completed, save it to your computer and e-mail it to your supervisor. This form must be complete with all signatures on both pages to be accepted by the training center.  Any incomplete forms will be returned. 

The above nomination procedures are required for all BLM, NPS, BIA, FWS, USFS, local, State and County Employees. All geographic areas have agreed to a single point of contact for the most efficient coordination of courses. This process allows for prioritization and tracking of nominations. 

All applications need to be typed

For California Applicants: Submit your nomination to the Area Training Officer for your unit for submission to the respective Training Center. Your nomination has to come through the Training Officer on your unit in order to be accepted.  An incomplete nomination form could affect your selection to attend a course.  

For Out-of-Region Applicants:  Submit your nomination through your respective Geographic Area Training Representative (GATR) who will forward to the California Geographic Area Training Representative, Robert Bell rebell@fs.fed.us for Northern California Area and Dennis Baldridge dbaldridge@fs.fed.us for Southern California Area.  For information you can contact Bob at (530) 226-2710 or Dennis at (951) 320-6146.  Nominations due to the respective California GATR  by November 1 of each year, unless otherwise indicated different for a course that is earlier than others.

CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellations of students selected to attend courses at the Center will be subject to a charge, not to exceed the tuition if the slot is not filled.  Notification of cancellation by the Agency/Forest is required before two (2) weeks prior to the start of the course.