****NEW**** Per IQCSCMB decision, submission of IQCS role-based user training certificates will no longer be required for an IQCS standard user accounts beginning Wednesday, November 1, 2023.**** Please check with your IQCS agency lead to determine if there are agency-specific requirements for role-based training.
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Incident Qualifications and Certification System (IQCS) role-based user training is hosted on the NWCG Wildland Fire Learning Portal (WFLP), https://wildlandfirelearningportal.net/. To locate the IQCS user training, search for course name "IQCS 2021". An WFLP user account is required to access the training modules.
IQCS role-based training is divided into five (5) different training modules. The Core training module is the introduction of the application while the other modules are designed to fulfill training knowledge for the user role(s) it supports.
Module Descriptions:
- Core: This online course will introduce the student to the Incident Qualifications and Certification System (IQCS) and instruct how to navigate and run reports in the application (estimate 2.0 hours).
- Account Manager: This online course instructs the student on how to enter IQCS responders and manage their experiences, task books, qualifications and training; the emphasis is on the end product, the printed Qualification Card (estimate 6.5 hours).
- FMO/Certifying Official: This online course instructs the student on the tools available in IQCS to counsel the IQCS responder for career paths and qualifications (estimate 3.0 hours).
- Group Leader/Supervisor: This online course instructs the student on how to setup incidents and enter incident experiences for existing IQCS responders (estimate 1 hour).
- Training Officer/ Training Coordinator/ Nomination Coordinator: This online course instructs the student on all aspects of training from managing IQCS Course Sessions and enrolling students into permitted sessions to submitting electronic nominations for existing IQCS responders (estimate 3 hours).
| *Core | Account Manger | FMO/Certifying Officer | Group Leader/Supervisor | Training Office/Training Coordinator/Nomination Coordinator | |
| Introduction | X | ||||
| Navigating the IQCS | X | ||||
| Reports | X | ||||
| Managing Responder Data | X | X | |||
| Managing Competencies | X | ||||
| Qualification Evaluations & Certification | X | X | |||
| Position Task Books | X | X | |||
| Emergency Responder Experience | X | X | X | ||
| Training Administration | X | X | |||
| Nomination Process | X | ||||
| Control Tables | X |
The modules consist of instructional slides, Show Me, Try Me and Knowledge Checks. Clicking on the “Show Me” guides you the material just presented in the instructional slide. The “Try Me” will give you an opportunity interact with the demo application. Finally, the “Knowledge Checks” are mini quizzes throughout the module. While the Show Me, Try Me, and Knowledge checks are not required, you are strongly encouraged to go through each component. Doing so will strengthen your knowledge of the application.
There are options for accessing reference material after a course is complete. Within each course are job aids. Select “Reference” at the bottom of the module screen. A browser window will open; clicking on any of the links will open a PDF file of that topic. You can save or print the reference topic.
At any time, you can log back into WFLP and review an entire module or just sections you feel you may need a refresher.