These courses build the knowledge and skills needed to make better decisions. Most courses are based on the Problem, Objectives, Alternatives, Consequences & Tradeoffs (PrOACT) model and the Structured Decision Making (SDM) process.
Biologists, managers, and decision-makers with the responsibility to prepare, evaluate, or make decisions using scientifically based natural resources information. Workshop content is geared toward assisting biologists and managers working on complex problems involving...
Only observers/mentees should register using this course code.
Summary and Objectives:The goal of these workshops is to develop applications of structured decision making for real, applied FWS problems that are local in scope and in the process increase capacity...
Federal and state biologists and managers who work on natural resource issues and are interested in taking an experimental approach to project management. Participation is based on teams of two to three individuals that have conservation of the natural environment and/or...
FWS biologists and partners who will be using the Open Standards process in decision-making.
Summary and Objectives:This course will equip project teams with the skills necessary for effective project cycle management in the conservation sector. The course will...
Biologists, managers, and decision-makers with the responsibility to prepare, evaluate, or make decisions using scientifically based natural resources information. Workshop content is geared toward assisting biologists and managers working on complex problems involving...
Only observers/mentees should register using this course code.
Summary and Objectives:The goal of these workshops is to develop applications of structured decision-making for real, applied FWS problems that are local in scope and in the process increase capacity...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Survey biologists (GS 9-11-12) and managers (GS 13-14) without background or experience in structured decision making who have a tie to decision making or have the responsibility to prepare materials for decision makers on...
Biologists and natural resource managers without background or experience in structured decision making who want to learn more.
Summary and Objectives:Federal, State, Provincial, Tribal, and non-governmental organizations recognize that their management of natural resources...
Decision analysts who want to improve their skills in facilitating group decision making processes and expert elicitation.
Summary and Objectives:This course is designed for structured decision-making practitioners who want to develop their skills as decision analysts,...
Decision support staff who want to improve their quantitative skills in decision analysis.
Summary and Objectives:This course is designed for structured decision making practitioners who want to develop their analytical skills by gaining a greater practical understanding of...
Conservation professionals or students who want to improve their quantitative skills in decision analysis.
Summary and Objectives:This course is intended for structured decision-making practitioners who want to develop their analytical skills by gaining a greater practical...
Natural resource practitioners and conservation professionals who would like to obtain knowledge and tools in the field of decision analysis.
Summary and Objectives:The National Conservation Training Center's (NCTC) Decision Analysis for Natural Resources Certificate...
Natural resource practitioners and conservation professionals who would like to obtain knowledge and tools in the field of decision analysis.
Summary and Objectives:The National Conservation Training Center's (NCTC) Decision Analysis for Natural Resources Certificate...
Conservation professionals who want to develop expertise in decision analysis, who have completed the Introduction to SDM course, and can commit to an accelerated learning schedule.
Summary and Objectives:A knowledgeable and skilled workforce will be our foundation for...
Conservation professionals who want to develop expertise in structured decision-making, who have completed the Introduction to SDM course, and can commit to an accelerated learning schedule.
Summary and Course Objectives:A knowledgeable and skilled...
Conservation professionals who want to develop expertise in structured decision making, who have completed the Introduction to SDM course, and can commit to an accelerated learning schedule.
Summary and Objectives:A knowledgeable and skilled workforce will be our foundation...
Natural resource managers and conservation professionals who engage in collaborative group decision processes.
Summary and Objectives:Natural resource professionals involved in multiparty collaborative decision processes face increasingly complex decisions where...
Managers or those in a quasi-management role who have decision making authority either solely or as part of a larger decision making body. In the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, managers would include those in roles such as project leader, assistant regional director, regional...
Active practitioners of structured decision making who have experience facilitating and analyzing decisions.
Summary and Objectives:This course builds on the fundamental principles taught in ...
Biologists and managers in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and scientists in the U.S. Geological Survey who has basic experience with structured decision-making and/or have completed the Introduction to Structured Decision Making course (ALC3171).
Summary and Objectives:...
