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**UPDATE**

 The TLAER course curriculum has been modified to offer TLAER Certification Levels - Awareness, Operational, and Technician.

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To find out more information or to register for a class, please contact the sponsoring agency or individual coordinator listed below.  They can advise the details on times, locations, fees, and other logistics. 

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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

AWARENESS - The Awareness Level TLAER training is an intensive 2 day (14 hours) course featuring lecture, dynamic powerpoint visuals, and student interaction.  The practicum portion is short and only provides demonstrations.  This course contains minimal hands-on for students.  The Awareness Level TLAER course is intended for a general audience (CART / SART members, large animal owners / groups, EOC and management level personnel in emergency services) and anyone that needs to understand the overall picture of TLAER and will rarely if ever actually complete a live rescue. 

Didactic instruction covers the foundation principles of all methodologies, techniques and procedures that are considered to reside within the "inventory" of modern tactics for response to the various types of TLAER rescue incidents; including an overview of heavy / confined space / fire / hazmat / swift & floodwater, unstable ground and vehicle extrication rescues, concluded with slingloading operations for large animal incidents. Incident Command System and the personnel that typically will respond with their duties and roles are introduced, with special attention to evacuation planning, disaster prevention, animal containment, and field euthanasia scenarios.  Additionally, a heavy background is provided in the areas of large animal behavior in normal and rescue circumstances, critical medical issues encountered, and stress responses.

Practicum is limited and emphasizes instruction in basic animal behavior, containment and basic manipulation methods. Live animals will be used for simple demonstrations and basic handling skills only. The use of live, trained large animals for the more difficult demonstrations (vertical lifts, recumbant animals, trapped, etc.) and hands-on rope/mechanical advantage work is recommended for Operational level only. A realistically weighted mannequin should be used in Awareness training scenarios to reduce the chance of injury.  

OPERATIONAL - The Operational Level TLAER training is a 3 day (26 hour) course consisting of 4.5 hours of lecture (each morning), 3.5 hours of hands-on laboratory techniques each day, and a 2 hour night operation on the second evening to practice SAR techniques and the Rescue Glide for recumbant animals. Hands-on experience is provided for all students and the overarching emphasis of the use of Incident Command System is featured throughout the course.  The Operational Level TLAER course is intended for a specialized audience (CART/SART members, large animal owners/groups, operational personnel in the emergency services, veterinary staff, animal control officers and specialty rescue teams such as USAR, etc.) and anyone that needs to understand the specifics of TLAER and will expect to complete live rescues.

Didactic instruction covers the foundation principles of all methodologies, techniques and procedures that are considered to reside within the "inventory" of modern tactics for response to the various types of TLAER rescue incidents; including a detailed of heavy / confined space / fire / hazmat / swift & floodwater, unstable ground and vehicle extrication rescues, concluded with slingloading operations for large animal incidents. Incident Command System and the personnel that typically will respond with their duties and roles are introduced, with special attention to evacuation planning, disaster prevention, animal containment, and field euthanasia scenarios.  Additionally, a heavy background is provided in the areas of large animal behavior in normal and rescue circumstances, critical medical issues encountered, and stress responses.
Practicum is intensive and emphasizes instruction in rescue scene management regarding animal behavior, roles of responders, use of containment and basic to advanced manipulation methods. Live animals will be used for simple to difficult live demonstrations, students will perform these procedures and techniques with supervision from an instructor, to include basic to advanced handling skills. The use of live, trained large animals for the more difficult demonstrations (vertical lifts, recumbant animals, trapped, etc.) and hands-on rope/mechanical advantage work is a feature of this course. A realistically weighted mannequin may be used in selected training scenarios to reduce the chance of injury to students and to demonstration animals (based on environmental factors, etc.).  

 

TECHNICIAN - Technician level training is available through TLAER.ORG with intense coordination from the Primary Instructors.

 

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CURRENTLY SCHEDULED COURSES

MAY 2009

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