Lloyd Jeffries, K1LGJ, of South Texas Section has developed PowerPoint instructional aids for the Introduction to Emergency Communication (EC-001). He has shared these materials for others to use as a foundation for instruction.
This Williamson County, TX ARES/RACES member is currently teaching this class at monthly sessions to everyone concerned with emergency communication (not just amateurs). The 29 topics are arranged in 6 sessions with room in the 6th session for the final assessment exam.
The format that Lloyd uses is 6 nightly meetings of four hours over a three week period (24 hours). He alters the evenings to accommodate people’s schedules. Flexibility is the key to attendance. If a student misses more than one session, he asks them to attend the missed sessions in the next class offering before taking the exam. Lloyd says “learning the content is more important than passing the exam”.
Many students do not buy manuals so Lloyd gives a hard copy of exam questions for each session (single handout) so the student can write down notes and mark the correct answer while in class.
There is much discussion to prevent PowerPoint overload and the exercises are covered as a group. The focus is local issues applicable to the needs of the community. Every question and answer is covered.
A local Certificate of Completion is issued to everyone who completes the course measured by attendance and participation. ARRL issues the Course Certificate after the final exam is successfully passed.
You are free to use this presentation by downloading it into your own organizational presentations and be sure to give the author credit. Remember to include the ARRL registered trademark statements in the introduction. The presentation is in Microsoft Power Point 2010 and may require a Microsoft patch to operate with earlier versions of Power Point.
To download the PowerPoint files, click HERE.
You may contact the author directly at k1lgj@arrl.net.
About the Author
Work Experience:
31 years with NCR all as Customer Service Support. Repaired everything NCR made from mainframe to personal computers, ATMs and business machines. Became a certified Instructor in 1982 and has been teaching adults ever since. Lloyd has held several managerial positions along the way. Worked for Lucent Technologies and Computer Science Corporation before retiring in 2008. His last position was Manager of Curriculum and Instructor development at the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center.
Amateur Radio Activities:
- First licensed in 1978 as WD5CXN in New Mexico
- Amateur Extra Class License
- Webmaster for www.hotera.org
- Administrator for KE5RCS D-Star repeaters
- ICS 100, 200. 300, 400
- IS 001, 120, 130, 139, 240, 241, 244, 250, 288,
- IS 700, 800,
- ARRL PR 101
- ARRL EC-001 (2011)
- ARRL EC-016
- ARES
- RACES
- CERT
- Skywarn
- W5YI VE
ARRL Appointments:
- ARRL ASEC Training and Skills Development
- ARRL VE Liaison (Volunteer Examiner)
- ARRL Registered Instructor
- ARRL Field Instructor
- ARRL Field Examiner
- ARRL Mentor
Other: ·
CompTIA A+ ·
CompTIA Network+ ·
CompTIA Server+ ·
CompTIA CTT+ (Certified Technical Trainer)
