{"id":30973,"date":"2020-07-20T12:34:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T16:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=30973"},"modified":"2020-07-20T12:34:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T16:34:49","slug":"dnr-in-person-safety-education-and-certification-classes-will-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/07\/20\/dnr-in-person-safety-education-and-certification-classes-will-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"DNR In-Person Safety Education and Certification Classes Will Resume"},"content":{"rendered":"

Safety Protocols Must Be Followed for Boating, Hunting, and Trapping Courses<\/span><\/i>
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Boating safety test being taken in 2019. Photo by Stephen Badger.<\/p><\/div>\n

Beginning in August and September, the Maryland Natural Resources Police will resume in-person safety education and certification classes<\/a>. For all classes, face coverings and social distancing will be required to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and assure the safety of students and instructors. Online hunting and boating classes will remain a regular option.<\/span><\/p>\n

Effective Aug. 1, traditional classroom instruction for Maryland\u2019s basic boating safety courses will resume being scheduled. <\/span>Class listings<\/span><\/a> can be found on the department website. Online classes will remain an option<\/span><\/p>\n

Also on Aug. 1, trapper education test-out sessions will resume. Anyone who previously completed the trapper education self-study manual and workbook and still require a test-out course should contact the Safety Education and Outreach Unit office at 410-643-8502 to schedule an appointment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Effective Aug. 15, field day workshops for hunter education students who previously completed Maryland\u2019s approved internet-based course will resume. <\/span>Class listings<\/span><\/a> can be found on the department\u2019s website. Face coverings will be required and social distancing requirements will be in effect, even outdoors. Anyone who previously signed up for a Field Day Workshop will need to register for a new class.<\/span><\/p>\n

Effective Sept. 1, traditional classroom instruction for hunter education students will resume. Class listings<\/a> can be found <\/span>online<\/span><\/a>. Anyone who previously signed up for a traditional class, will need to register for a new class.<\/span><\/p>\n

Students will be required to provide their own face coverings and bring them to class. Also, any student displaying signs or symptoms of COVID-19 should refrain from attending any of the above classes. Each student will need to complete a COVID-19 screening questionnaire before entering. Anyone who fails to follow these guidelines or who appears to be ill\u00a0 will be denied access to the teaching facility.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Students should be aware that due to social distancing requirements, there will be limits on the number of students allowed in a facility and class times may be extended.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Online hunting and boating classes will remain a regular option.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Safety Protocols Must Be Followed for Boating, Hunting, and Trapping Courses Beginning in August and September, the Maryland Natural Resources Police will resume in-person safety education and certification classes. For all classes, face coverings and social distancing will be required to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and assure the safety of students and instructors. Online  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,3171,3172],"tags":[3197,3736,5022,4960,3687],"class_list":["post-30973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-boating","category-hunting","tag-boating","tag-boating-safety","tag-hunter-safety","tag-hunting","tag-trapping"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30973"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30975,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30973\/revisions\/30975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}