Development of Education and Training Program of Gyeonggi-Do Fire Service Academy Based on the DACUM

The purpose of this study was to suggest the education and training program for fire-fighter by job analysis, curriculum development, and comparison between present curriculum and new-developed curriculum. First, job classification of Gyeonggi provincial fire-fighter was consisted of five jobs - adminstration, prevention, correspondence, rescue, and emergency - by three times discussions of expert panels. and Job analysis and curriculum development were performed by the DACUM panels who consisted of five subject-matter experts and one educational expert on each field. DACUM committee was held four times, orientation about DACUM technique was given to panels in first meeting. Job classification of Gyeonggi provincial fire-fighter was consisted of five jobs; (1)adminstration job was consisted of eleven duties and forty-seven tasks, (2)prevention job was eight duties and sixty-nine tasks, (3)correspondence job was twelve duties and forty-two tasks, (4)rescue job was two duties and forty-six tasks, and (5)emergency job was two duties and forty-three tasks. Considering importance, difficulty, and frequency of each task, if it was high order priority of education and training, key tasks was chose; (1)adminstration job was thirty-one tasks, (2)prevention job was forty-seven tasks, (3)correspondence job was twenty-four tasks, (4)rescue job was thirty-nine tasks, and (5)emergency job was forty-one tasks. Then task elements, concerned knowledge, skills, attitude and tools wre derived from each task, and job analysis step was completed by compiling key tasks vs. knowledge, skills, attitude, and tools matrix. Considering time and teaching method for understanding and proficiency of them, education and training type and course type were determined by discussion of 5 panels. Then, courses were named, and subjects of each course were derived by reviewing synthetically these required knowledge, skills, attitude and tools upon three principles; continuity, sequence, integration, and curriculum development step was accomplished by making course profile and subject profile. These profiles were consisted of title, goal, contents, time, target, and tools and materials. Finally, it was proposed that it is very necessary of reconstruction of the education and training system for fire-fighter by comparing present curriculum and new-developed curriculum. Several suggestions for reconstruction of education and training system were proposed; application of new-developed curriculum, improvement of education and training delivering system, introduction of always-learning system, continuous research on fire-fighter job.