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Category - Suppression Skills

S360 - Finance/Administration Unit Leader

Reviewed: 2009     Hours: 30

Course Description:

This course is designed to introduce students to the knowledge and skills necessary to perform the tasks of finance/administration unit leaders: time unit leader (TIME), compensation/claims unit leader (COMP), procurement unit leader (PROC), and cost unit leader (COST). It provides cross training for all the finance/administration unit leaders. Students do not repeat the course to become qualified in other finance/administration unit leader positions, but must complete the appropriate position task book.

Objectives:

  • Describe how to activate, set up, manage, and demobilize a Finance/Administration Unit.
  • Demonstrate knowledge and skills to perform the tasks of the TIME, COMP, PROC, and COST positions.

Target Group:

Personnel desiring to be qualified as time (TIME), compensation/claims (COMP), procurement (PROC), and/or cost (COST) unit leader(s).

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

Lead instructor must be a qualified finance/administration section chief type 2 (FSC2).
Unit instructors must be qualified as any unit leader in the Finance Section.
Also see Instructor Certification at the beginning of the Field Manager's Course Guide.

Prerequisites:

Qualified as personnel time recorder (PTRC) for time unit leader (TIME).
Qualified as compensation-for-injury specialist (INJR) and claims specialist (CLMS) for compensation/claims unit leader (COMP).
Qualified as equipment time recorder (EQTR) and meet agency procurement authority requirements for procurement unit leader (PROC).
Have agency related cost estimation and analysis experience for cost unit leader (COST).

Offer Level:
Regional, state, or area

This Course Description is verbatim from the NWCG Field Manager's Course Guide (156 page PDF: Adobe Acrobat Reader required) and accurate as of 12-17-2009.

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