Classes

TRAINING COURSES AND EVENTS

Certified Animal Control Officer (ACO) Course
Raritan Valley Community College/
Somerset Police Academy
Start: Monday, July 7, 2025
End: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Week Days

Certified Animal Control Officer (ACO) Course
Raritan Valley Community College/
Somerset Police Academy
Start: Monday, October 20, 2025
End: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Week Days

Certified Animal Control Officer (ACO) Course
Raritan Valley Community College/
Somerset Police Academy
Start: Saturday, November 1, 2025
End: Saturday, December, 20, 2025
Saturdays

For More Information Contact:
Career Development Institute
732-821-6997
www.cditraining.org

Certified First Aid and Emergency Preparedness Courses

Career Development Institute (CDI), the leading learning institution for animal welfare in the state of New Jersey, is pleased to offer Certified Pet First Aid, Pet CPR, and Emergency Preparedness for Animals courses.

This interactive course will focus on the topics of:

• Pet First Aid

• Animal CPR

• General Pet Care

• Preparing for and Reacting to Pet Emergencies

• Animal Behavior

• Hands on Practicals

• "Best Practice" Tips

• Planning and Preparing for Disasters

Class dates and times coming soon!

ASPCA Professional Web Site Offers Training

The ASPCAPro web site offers live webinars, recorded webinars and information on in-person training opportunities. A resource library is available as well. Many pertinent topics are covered with information on grant writing and more. Follow the links on the home page to the Training area of the site to select from the menu. Areas include Disaster, Cruelty, Shelter Management and more.

NJCACOA members may access this information at:

http://www.aspcapro.org/webinars

MORE COURSES (Please Check Dates Carefully):

Oil Spill Volunteering: An Introduction

Rutgers Online Certification

FREE Courses Available On-line

from NJ State Veterinarian

The following are all FREE interactive web-based courses that are either required or recommended by most animal response teams. In addition to the opportunity to take them on-line, some of these courses are occasionally offered through community training centers or OEM training centers. If you prefer classroom learning to on-line learning, check with your County OEM to see if any of these courses are being offered locally. Click on the link below the course title for additional information.

IS-700.a NIMS An Introduction:

http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS700a.asp

ICS 100b – Introduction to Incident Command

System (ICS-100):

http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is100b.asp

ICS 200b – ICS for Single Resource & Initial Action Incidents (Recommended for supervisors):

http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS200b.asp

IS-10.a - Animals in Disasters

Awareness and Preparedness:

http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS10a.asp

IS-11.a - Animals in Disasters: Community Planning:

http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS11a.asp