The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International released the Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Communications Training Officers (CTO).
The focus of the Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Communications Training Officers, a follow up to the Project 33 Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Communications Telecommunicator (APCO 2005), is to provide training necessary to foster levels of consistency for training officers providing on the job training, as well as to promote the leadership role of the CTO in a public safety communications center.
“The need for core competencies necessary to build upon those skills outlined in the P33 Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Communications Telecommunicator creates new challenges for training officers, supervisors and managers,” APCO International President Wanda McCarley said. “This new standard for CTOs addresses these challenges and further upholds the importance of this job function in the public safety community.”
Visit http://www.apcointl.com/about/911/downloads/CTO.pdf to view the full standard.
About APCO International
The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International is the world’s oldest and largest professional organization dedicated to the enhancement of public safety communications. APCO International serves the professional needs of its 15,000 members worldwide by creating a platform for setting professional standards, addressing professional issues and providing education, products and services for people who manage, operate, maintain and supply the communications systems used by police, fire and emergency medical dispatch agencies throughout the world. For more information, visit www.apcointl.org.
