Arizona Rangeland Management Specialist Training Plan

Agency Overview

Mission

Organization

Conservation Districts

Personnel and Administration

Employee Responsibilities

Appraisals

Plan of Operations, Workload Analysis

EEO and Civil Rights

General Manual, Bulletins, File System

Timekeeping

Travel Vouchers

Procurement

Field Office Technical Guide

Soils and Soil Surveys

Major Land Resource Areas

Ecological Sites

Resource Management Systems

Practice Standards and Specifications

Conservation Effects

National Planning Procedures Handbook

Standards for the 9 Step of Conservation Planning

National Planning Policy

Arizona Planning Policy

Resource Management Systems

Adaptive Management

Practice Design

Pipeline

Pond

Tanks and Troughs

Prescribed Burning

Brush Management

Range Planting

Prescribed Grazing

Deferred Grazing

Well

Wildlife Upland Habitat Management

Wildlife Wetland Habitat Management

Wildlife Watering Facility

Pasture and Rangeland Handbook

Rangeland Ecological Sites

Inventory and Monitoring Procedures

Plant establishment and growth

National Forestry Manual

Forest Ecological Sites

Forest Inventory and Monitoring

Other Tools and Procedures

Plant Identification

Interagency Handbooks

Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation

Wind Erosion Equation

Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Guides

Water Quality Assessment

Economics

Holistic Resource Management

Computer Systems

Grazing Land Applications (GLA)

Field Office Computer System (FOCS)

Microsoft Office

Internet tools (browser, mail, ftp)

Plants Database

Ecological Site Information System (ESIS)

National Soil Information System (NASIS)

Programs

Conservation Operations

Food Security Act

Farm Bill Programs

Environmental Quality Incentives Pgm (EQIP)

Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP)

Forestry Incentives Program (FIP)

Wetland Reserve Program (WRP)

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)

Stewardship Incentives Program (SIP)

National Cooperative Soil Survey

National Resource Inventory (NRI)

Small Watersheds Program

Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP)

Pasture Management

Irrigation Systems

Irrigation Water Management

Nutrient Management

Pest Management

Soil Fertility

Forage Crops

Animal Husbandry

Nutrition

Supplemental Feeding

Breeds

Classes

Controlled Breeding

Commercial Operations

Registered Operations

NUTBAL Software

Interagency Relations

Coordinated Resource Management

Southwest Strategy

Mapping

Topographic Maps

Aerial Photography

Stereoscopes and Planimeters

Geographic Positioning System Tools

Geographic Information System

Laws and Regulations

Endangered Species Act

Clean Water Act

Clean Air Act

Cultural Resource Protection Laws

Arizona Native Plant Law

Arizona Smoke Management Laws

Formal Courses

Conservation for New Employees

Conservation Planning

Range Ecology

Plant – Herbivore Interaction

Working Effectively with Livestock Producers

Pasture and Hayland Ecology