Location: Thetford Fire Department
Date: March 8 & 9, 2025
Time: 0800 - 1700 both days
Application Deadline: January 17, 2025
**Please email applications to DPS.VFAApplications@vermont.gov
This 2-day course is designed to assist first- and second-level supervisors and Company Officers (COs) in developing knowledge and skills in contemporary approaches to organizational problem-solving.
Topics include:
- Use of creative approaches to identifying trends within their organizations.
- Applying problem-solving methodologies.
- The importance and application of continuous improvement within organizations.
- How to quantify problems and solutions.
- Factors in organizational and individual resistance to change.
- Strategies for implementing change.
The course incorporates facilitated, student-centered methodologies, including lecture, small and large group activities, and individual assessments.