Confronting Bias: Thriving Across Our Differences Course

What will I learn?

Make your firefighting team work better together and be more effective with our "Fighting Bias: Growing Strong With Our Differences" course. Dig deep into understanding bias at work, how it affects choices, and how the team works. Learn ways to make everyone feel included, reduce bias, and talk to each other well. Come up with plans that you can actually use, with team-building activities and training sessions. Check how well things are going by getting feedback and looking at numbers, so you know your team is doing well in different situations. Join us to help your firefighting team include everyone and work even better.

Apoia's Unique Features

Online and lifetime access to courses
Certificate aligned with educational standards
PDF summaries for easy printing
Online support available at all times
Select and arrange the chapters you want to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet required

Develop skills

Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below

Spot biases at work: Identify and understand the biases affecting the choices you make.

Push for inclusion: Create a workplace where everyone on the team feels welcome, no matter where they come from.

Make plans to reduce bias: Create real strategies to make bias smaller.

Improve how you talk to each other: Master how to talk to each other so the team works well together.

Check if the plan is working: Use what people say to make things better and see if you are succeeding.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.