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Online Course Catalog

Here you'll find detailed information about ARRL online courses:

Online Course Catalog

  • Course Descriptions:

    Click on the name of the course below for more information, including a course description, pre-requisites, a syllabus with a list of topics, course requirements, and examples of course activities.

  • EC-001: Introduction to Emergency Communication

    Course #: EC-001

     

    This is a revision of our former Emergency Communications Basic/Level 1 course. 


    Description. This course is designed to provide basic knowledge and tools for any emergency communications volunteer. The course has 6 sections with 28 lesson topics, and includes a selection of student activities, knowledge review quizzes, and a final assessment. The course is conducted entirely online and can be completed at your own pace, allowing you to work according to your own schedule.

     

    Prerequisites. Before you begin the course you should have completed the following prerequisites. These courses provide a foundation for the content of this course.  These are free mini-courses you can take online:

    Please note: When you enroll for this course you will be asked to provide your date of completion of these courses.  

     

    Completion of the free ARRL EC‐001 “Intro to Emergency Communications” is required for completion of the Level 2  portion of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES) Emergency Communicator Individual Task Book. To download a free copy of the Task Book: http://www.arrl.org/ares

     

    Course Completion Requirements. At the end of the course students must successsfully pass the Final Assessment with a score of 80%. ARRL staff must verify successful completion before students can receive their Certificate of Completion.

     

    Course Table of Contents:

    To review the Table of Contents for the course click here


    Registration:

    To register for the EC-001 course click here

     

  • EC-016: Public Service and Emergency Communications Management for Radio Amateurs

    Course #: EC-016

     

    Description. This course is designed to train licensed Amateur Radio operators who will be in leadership and managerial roles organizing other volunteers to support public service activities and communications emergencies. In this course you will learn how radio amateurs prepare and organize to support local community events, and, working in coordination with governmental and other emergency response organizations, deploy their services to provide communications when needed in an emergency.  

     

    This course is made available on our Web site to all ARRL members. It is a self-study course that you may complete at your own pace. 

     

    This is not a course which you can easily complete in a weekend - it is not intended to be. If you are currently serving in a leadership role in your local ARES organization or are training to assume more management responsibility, you may want to complete the final assessment for this course and earn the certificate of completion validating your study. Students who successfully complete the curriculum activities and receive their certificates will indeed be ready for leadership roles in situations where lives and property are at stake. 

     

    We understand that you are volunteers and "amateurs." Your and our interest in this training is to provide the best possible assistance to our communities when our services are needed. Thank You! for all that you do. 

     

    Completion of the free ARRL EC-016 “Public Service & Emergency Communications Mgt” is required for completion of the Level 3  portion of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES) Emergency Communicator Individual Task Book. To download a free copy of the Task Book:

    Prerequisites. Before you begin the course you should have completed the following prerequisites. These courses provide a foundation for the content of this course:         

    • ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 1/ Basic (EC-001)
    • Skywarn Training

    And the following Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) courses::

    Throughout this course you will find additional FEMA courses that are referenced as preparation for topics within the course.  The additional courses required are within the FEMA Professional Development Series, which includes the following:  

    Final Assessment & Certificate. Students must submit an application in order to take the Final Assessment and earn a Certificate. The application includes a reference from your Section Manager and documentation showing completion of the pre-requisite courses. For complete information and an application form:

    Course Syllabus.

    1. Amateur Radio Relevance in a Changing World

    2. Key ARES Management Positions

    3. ARRL Field Staff and Section Level Support Positions

    4. ARES Management and the Incident Command System

    5. Review of Basic Net Operations

    6. Health and Welfare Traffic Management

    7. Digital Options in Message Handling

    8. Working with Served Agencies

    9. Building Your ARES Organization

    10. Training

    11. ARES and the Media

    12. FCC Rules on Emergency Communication 

     

    Student Activities. Here are a few examples of typical suggested student learning activities in the course:

    • Develop a list of topics or questions you would use to guide the post-emergency debriefing.  
    • Consider the modes that do and do not have forward error correction or other ways to assure that their transmissions are correctly received. 
    • Match these modes' utility in deployments and activities in which you have participated in the past. Which ones could have worked out well? Why - or why not?  
    • Prepare a presentation outline you could use in talking to public safety leaders about your own group.  

    To register for the EC-016 course click here.

     

  • PR-101: Public Relations 101 for Radio Amateurs

    Course #: PR-101

    Description. This is a basic training course for PIOs and anyone interacting with the media and promoting Amateur Radio.

    This course is designed to give members a quick overview in public relations activities. It uses the skills of experts in various aspects of public relations to provide volunteer Public Information Officers with the basic skills and expectations that a PIO needs to know to be effective in their home region. PR-101 covers everything from the basic news release to Web sites and video work.

    To begin the PR-101 course click here

     

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