SES Training Night Activities
I write this article with the sincere desire to trigger some action from our SES training gurus around this huge state of WA.
Les Hayter ESM
Margaret River SES Training Manager
SESVA representative for LSW Region
Planned, inclusive and engaging training night activities are essential to keeping newer and older members enthusiastic, current and interactive. We often recruit new community members into our Units, but unless we can show genuine interest in their ongoing development and offer activities that test and extend current skills/knowledge, we will lose their interest to attend regularly. This is especially true for Units south of the 26th parallel with winter chill and raining cats-n-dogs outside.
I want to offer my services to collate whatever members can offer into something that resembles what was captured from across Australia when SES had a national body to collect and collate these training activities, also known as ‘Acti-cards’. While funding is no longer guaranteed to have them typed up, I have the desire and means to get it up and running again. To achieve this I will need help from you, the SES Volunteer members actually involved in organising and running effective training, to tell me about the amazing activities that keep members coming back for more! I have already written up 20 or more activities I have seen run or been told about and I aim to get a group within the current structure of the SESVA to support this project.
What I need from you is the following (it doesn’t need to be “war and peace” but some basic, understandable information) which anyone running your activity will need to successfully use the activity in their training program.
Key aspect of your activity – To build, to rescue, to search, to send and receive, etc
Skill Area – Is it General Rescue, Road Crash Rescue, Navigation, etc.
Timings – Time Setting-it up, running the activity, pack up & debriefing.
Resources – Equipment and Human (co-ordinator/s, team size with TL, Casualties).
Safety Precautions – Risks & Hazards – maybe a Risk Assessment Plan?
Activity Outcome – what it achieves (Builds a team, Leadership, Comms, etc.)
Handy Hints – Anything that can be ‘varied’ to make it more challenging, dynamic. ADDED VALUE: Any photographs of the activity in action / activity title!
To get your ideas to me send an email or text message or give me a call.
If I need further information I may need to contact you to get the right understanding.
I look forward to seeing and hearing about your excellent training ideas in the near future!
email: les.hayter@bigpond.com mobile: 0455 243 602
