In the summer of 2018, the Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, in cooperation with the USGS Volcano Disaster Assistance Program, will offer the International Training Course in Volcano Hazards Monitoring that will begin Sunday May 27 and extend through Friday July 20.
The course is an introduction to a broad suite of volcano monitoring techniques, rather than detailed training with just one. Topics of primary emphasis for the course will include: volcano seismology; acquisition and analysis of geodetic data; methods of analysis and monitoring of gas geochemistry; interpretation of volcanic deposits and landforms; and response to and management of volcanic crises. The course is not geared towards academics, but rather addresses hazards management through monitoring and analysis of volcanic unrest and working in a crisis response mode when unrest reaches the eruptive state. The course is intended for professionals and technicians working in the field of volcano hazards management.
The duration of the course is now eight weeks: the first 6 weeks will be conducted in Hawaii, and the last 2 weeks at the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington. The latter two weeks will focus on stratigraphy and mapping at Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens, ash processes, and telemetry.
The cost of the eight week course per person is $5,000 USD, which includes course fees, housing, and ground transportation. This price does not include food or air fare.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP), which generously supported some of the past CSAV participants’ costs, will be able to provide support for some of our participants for the upcoming course. However, the VDAP resources are limited, and thus, if your institution is able to provide funding for you to attend the CSAV course, either course fees or air fare or both, there will be a greater likelihood of acceptance to the course.
For 2018, in the interest of providing the best possible training, we will only be accepting a limited number of participants. The course will be conducted in English and we strongly encourage applicants to develop their fluency in English prior to attending the course to ensure that they obtain maximum benefit from the training.
If you are interested in attending the course, please submit, no later than January 1, 2018, an International Application Form (which can be downloaded from our web page http://hilo.hawaii.edu/~
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