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The National Employee Development Center (NEDC) is accepting enrollments for the 2008 Conservation Boot Camp(CBC) sessions from states with reserved slots for FY-08. (See attached spreadsheet). The enrollment deadline for reserved slots is February 8. After February 8, enrollment for the sessions will be open to all states. Remember there is a $7000.00 tuition for CBC. Additional instructions for paying tuition cost will be provided at that time. All enrollments are on a first come first serve basis.

All CBC sessions will be held in Oklahoma City, OK. Dates and session numbers are:

  • April 8-24, 2008 (11658)
  • May 6-22, 2008 (11659)
  • June 10-26, 2008 (11660)
  • July 8-24, 2008 (11661)
  • August 5-21, 2008 (11662)
Remember that National Bulletin 360.7.28 states that reserved seats are non refundable and will not carry over into FY-09. States with FY-08 reserved slots do have the flexibility to sell them to other states. The following courses are prerequisites for CBC and should be completed prior to participants attending their session. Each course is approximately 1-2 hours in length. Supervisors should be notified of this requirement so time is allowed to the employee for their completion.
  • Conservation Planning, Part 1 (NRCS-NEDC-000019)
  • Cultural Resources Training Series, Part 1 (NRCS-NEDC-000141)
  • Environmental Compliance for Conservation Assistance (NRCS-NEDC-000190)
  • Introduction to NRCS (NRCS-NEDC-000008)
  • Introduction to the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG)(NRCS-NEDC-000149)
  • Introduction to Conservation Forestry Planning (NRCS-NEDC-000195)(course is presently being updated and will be back online on or before February 1, 2008)
These courses have been put into a curriculum along with the CBC course. You will need to add the curriculum to the employee’s learning plan. The curriculum id is NRCS-NEDC-BOOTCAMP. Instructions for adding the curricula are attached.
Once the curriculum is on the employees learning plan, he/she can then request the training session of their choice. (Note the request from the employee will still go through the approval process.) I have also attached instructions on the students’ responsibilities.

If you have questions, please contact Tony Lovell at tony.lovell@ftw.usda.gov.

Below are the additional information provided for your reference, please follow the direction below to download the content to the computer and view.

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Boot Camp Handouts
FY08 CBC Reserved
How to add curriculum
Employee Registration

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