SFI Approved Electives

Approved for 4 hours of SFI Continuing Education:

There are several conferences and workshops held throughout Wisconsin and Michigan during the year other than those that FISTA provides. 

 Many of these events (“electives”) have the potential to meet the SFI Training Standard requirement for a Continuing Education credit.  

The correct procedure must be followed to have electives approved by the State Implementation Committee’s (SIC) Education & Training Committee.  

Credit can be requested by the hosting company or by individuals attending the event.    The following is an outline of the specific requirements and procedure for obtaining approval for electives: 

Requirements: 

    According to the SFI 2010 – 2014 Standard, training courses must address the following topics:

• Awareness of sustainable forestry principles and the SFI program
• Best management practices, including streamside management and road construction, maintenance, and retirement
• Reforestation, invasive exotic plants and animals, forest resource conservation, aesthetics, and special sites
• Awareness of responsibilities under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, the Canadian Species At Risk Act, and other measures to protect wildlife habitat
• Logging Safety
• U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (COHS) regulations, wage and hour rules, and other provincial, state and local employment laws
• Transportation issues
• Business Management
• Public Policy and outreach
• Awareness of emerging technologies

For an event to be approved for 4 hours of Continuing Ed it must have at least 3.25 hours of actual instruction time.  (This excludes the time for registration, “welcome” remarks, breaks, lunch, and “closing” remarks.)

Procedure:   

 If the event meets the requirements listed above, you will need to contact the FISTA office at least one month in advance of the event to alert them that you, or your organization, would like to receive credit. 

 FISTA will need the name, date, and an agenda of the event you are attending and/or hosting.  We will pass that information onto the SIC’s Education & Training Committee for them to review.  Once the Education & Training committee has made their determination, the FISTA office will contact you and, if approved, will give you the necessary paperwork at that time. 

There is a $35/person charge for obtaining credit for an Approved Elective.  The charge is to cover the cost of time and expenses associated with the approval process and entering the data into individual’s records. 

 HOSTING ORGANIZATION Pre-Approval Form.pdf

INDIVIDUAL Pre-Approval Form.pdf

Below are events that have been approved for 4 hours of 2012 SFI  Continuing Edcuaction credit: 

Wisconsin DNR 2012 MFL Recertification Sessions:

• January 11th Ladysmith, WI
• January 12th Minong, WI
• January 17th Fitchburg, WI
• January 18th Plover, WI
• January 24th La Farge, WI
• January 25th Black River Falls, WI
• January 26th Baldwin, WI
• January 31st Delafield, WI
• February 1st Ashland, WI
• February 2nd Woodruff, WI
• February 15th Green Bay, WI

Wisconsin DNR: 2012 Statewide Cooperating Forester Meeting, Stevens Point WI

• February 14, 2012