ASTM F3098-16

4.1 This guide establishes the minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities that a person must have to perform as a Non-Wilderness Land Search Team Member. No other skills are included or implied.

4.2 Every person who is identified as a Non-Wilderness Land Search Team Member shall have met the requirements of this guide.

4.3 This guide is to be used by individuals and agencies having jurisdiction that wish to identify the minimum training required for a Non-Wilderness Land Search Team Member.

4.4 This guide can be used to evaluate a document or training program to determine if its content includes the topics necessary for training individuals to operate as a Non-Wilderness Land Search Team Member.

4.5 This guide does not stand alone and must be used with the referenced documents to provide the specific information needed by a Non-Wilderness Land Search Team Member or AHJ.

4.6 This guide by itself is not a training document. It is an outline of the topics required for training or evaluating a Non-Wilderness Land Search Team Member.

4.7 This guide can be used to evaluate a book or other document to determine if its content includes the information required for training a Non-Wilderness Land Search Team Member. Likewise, the guide can be used to evaluate an existing training program to see if it meets the requirements of this guide.

4.8 The knowledge, skills and abilities defined in this guide are not presented in any particular order and do not represent a training sequence.

4.9 A Non-Wilderness Land Search Team Member shall document his or her training by completion of a position task book, or equivalent, or by field demonstration under qualified supervision.

4.10 Unless stated otherwise, an ability or proficiency in a skill shall be demonstrated for initial qualification and then as often as required by the AHJ.

4.11 Except where a physical skill or ability must be demonstrated, the AHJ shall determine the best way to evaluate a person’s knowledge. This may be by written exam, oral exam, demonstration, or by some combination of the three.

1.1 This guide establishes the minimum training requirements for non-wilderness land search personnel as it relates to their general, field, and search specific knowledge and skills.

1.2 A Non-Wilderness Land Search Team Member searches on the surface of the land in non-wilderness areas only, including urban or disaster areas that may be isolated or have lost supporting infrastructure, in accordance with the limits identified in the Scope of this Guide.

1.3 This guide does not provide the minimum training requirements for searching in wilderness areas, partially or fully collapsed structures, in or on water, in confined spaces, or underground (such as caves, mines, and tunnels).

1.4 Personnel trained only to this guide are not qualified to perform rescue.

1.5 Personnel trained only to this guide are not qualified to operate in leadership positions.

1.6 Human land SAR resources that may utilize personnel trained to this guide are classified in Classification F1993.