Also called: HSEEP Exercise Planner, Exercise Controller
Designs realistic drills, like fake earthquakes, cyberattacks, or mass-casualty events, to test how agencies would respond.
Exercise designers write scenarios, recruit actors to play victims, run tabletop discussions, then grade how hospitals, police, and cities responded and what they need to fix.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in emergency management or a related field; HSEEP training.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Emergency Management, Public Health.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). BLS emergency management directors, 2025-35 (related).
Medium risk for 10 years. AI drafts scenarios and after-action reports; staging drills and coaching agencies stay human.
Classes: Theater / drama, English composition, Government / Civics, Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1199.
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