NPS Fundamentals
may be the most important training
you take in your National Park Service career.
Why?
It matters …
NPS Fundamentals training is a genuine agency effort to invest in its most important resources of all – its employees. NPS Fundamentals is the foundation of any National Park Service career, creating opportunities for agency understanding, work excellence, and commitment to fulfill the National Park Service mission.
It fits your schedule …
NPS Fundamentals is training organized into five sections, taken in sequence and completed within a one-year period. Online courses are taken at your own pace, and classroom courses are offered multiple times a year to fit your schedule.
NPS Fundamentals I: NPS Mission and History (online course)
NPS Fundamentals II: Introduction to NPS Operations (classroom course)
(location: Albright Training Center, Grand Canyon, AZ)
NPS Fundamentals III: NPS Career Management and Retirement Planning (online course)
NPS Fundamentals IV: Managing Work Life in the NPS (online course)
NPS Fundamentals V: Building Trust, Teams, and Leaders (classroom course)
(location: Washington DC area; staff based at Mather Training Center, Harpers Ferry, WV)
It’s free!
Tuition, travel, and per diem costs for NPS employees are paid for by Servicewide Learning and Development funds.
What did recent NPS Director Mary Bomar say about NPS Fundamentals?
“Our success as a Bureau hinges on every employee understanding the mission of the NPS. Communication of that mission and our associated values are taught through Fundamentals training.”
NPS Fundamentals testimonial video (6 minutes): Click below to hear what people are saying about NPS Fundamentals! If a yellow bar appears at the top of this page, you will need to allow ActiveX controls to play video. Click on the yellow bar and then on "allow blocked content."
