The Association of Public Safety Communications International has opened a public review and comment period for its Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Communications Training Officers document.

The public review and comment period closes Monday, Aug. 20. To download the standard for review, click here.

The focus of the document is to provide training necessary to foster levels of consistency for training officers providing on-the-job training to active 911 operators and telecommunicators, as well as to promote the leadership role of the standard in a public safety communications center. The standard will respond to the valid needs of the industry in dealing with the rapidly expanding and ever-changing service environment, providing competent training standards while defining training in certain knowledge, skills, and abilities. The standard specifies the minimum training requirements of all personnel assigned to a one-on-one communications training function in an emergency communications environment while recognizing the need to supplement basic competencies with agency-specific information and existing equipment-use parameters, as revised.

It will ensure base-line literacy requirements in 911 and emergency communications while providing the important guidance in monitoring and ensuring the maintenance of complete training records in all areas of required performance and certifications through competent training.

To comment on this standard, please click here or e-mail comments to apcostandards@apco911.org. You will receive a response regarding all relative comments submitted; if for some reason you do not receive a response within 30 days of submitting your response, please contact APCO International’s Comm Center & 911 Services Department at apcostandards@apco911.org or call 888-APCO-911.