Keeping training interesting and enjoyable
Belmont Training Manager, Luan Duong, is pictured here handling a Python at a recent training session for SES Volunteers. Luan arranged for an experienced snake handler to attend the unit training night with a range of venomous and non-venomous snakes to serve as ‘training aids’ for a session on dealing with snake bites.
SES volunteers practiced techniques for dealing with a suspected snake bite and learnt about some of the less known facts related to snakes which included dispelling some of the more common myths. You never know when you might need to use these skills and the knowledge in training and operations.
Everyone had an opportunity to handle the Pythons and lizards, as well as get up close to the venomous snakes in the secured cabinets. The enjoyment was very evident, although some of course, chose to look rather than touch but still left the session much wiser and more confident about dealing with snakes in the wild.
Do you have any examples of training with a difference; not as we know it? Send us your suggestions and pics so we can share them with SES volunteers in WA to sesva.office@ses-wa.asn.au
