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Gavin 
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Joined: 22 March 2008 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 30 |
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 Topic: Group TrainingPosted: 10 October 2009 at 20:28 |
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Evening all, I was 'selected' to be Training Officer for my group, and have done some considerable work in preparing a manual for my group to use, and I have devised a package of doing a training evening once a month, although due to work this has been very ad hock as if and when I am free.
My question is... Are there other likeminded people who are interested in training and doing what they can to assist and take their group forward?
If so, what have you done and what ideas have you. There is only so much one person can do and think of, so all ideas are greatfully recieved.
Maybe if there are some of us that are trainer for your group, we could look at sharing ideas and have some sort of training officers section for us to discuss and move our groups further forward.
Thanks guys and gals!
Gav
Gavin Hunter
M3VGH
Training Officer
Keighley RAYNET
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M3VGH Training Officer Keighley RAYNET www.raynet.keighleyradio.co.uk |
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MW0YAA
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Posted: 23 November 2009 at 22:00 |
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As no one offered a reply to you, i shall...
We don't have a training officer as such. We do have a manual that tells you how to transmit messages in such a way as to not scramble them. Most training is done on exercises. I learnt how to use a talk through unit at 2am sat in a freezing cold car park, deep end, dropped in oh yes lol.  |
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GW4KJW
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Joined: 18 January 2004 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 272 |
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Posted: 09 January 2010 at 19:51 |
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As good a place as any to start from.
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Gareth GW4KJW
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Posted: 04 June 2010 at 20:36 |
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Hi Gavin
Sent you the info from SEHR. Hope it is of help. There doesn't seem to be much in the way of people sharing their info, so either they are Secret Squirrels or most Groups don't train. I would have thought that the National team would have produced something by now. Looking forward to receiving your comments and seeing the info you are producing. Hopefully what I have sent you will make your job a little easier in writing your syllabus. Good luck. |
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Gavin
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Posted: 06 June 2010 at 17:31 |
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Thanks Mark,
The information is great and already being looked at. Personally I feel that the National Training Team have dropped the ball and missed a real opertunity to do some very good work. It does sadden me that there have been so few responses, and it is either a case of groups do not want to share, know it all already or just not bothered.
In my eyes the National Training team have just written a manual, published it and then disappeared again. There are so many things they could do and release to groups for training. We are a national organisation, who will be called upon in an emergency, and i find it absolutely rediculous that groups are just left to their own devices.
If you think about St John Ambulance or the Red Cross attending t o undertake First Aid duties at a major event - You do not see their members coming in, having a uniform and a First Aid manual thrown at them on the first night they attend, and immediately expect the new members to go and perform First Aid duties.
So why should RAYNET or any other organisation who do such important tasks be any different? We should be striving to be the best we can, and only by training can we better ourselves, and be better prepared to carry out a vital role in an Emergency.
Only by persistance, have Mark and I got our heads together, are we working together and sharing all of our information, and making a difference to our groups. If you have read this posting and have a training officer in your group, then please ask them to have a look at this thread.
My goal would be to get some Training Officers together, share information and assist each other. You never know, this thread may actually spark some life into the National Training Team! If your interest has been sparked by this, please let me know. I hope that Mark and I can work together for a long time, make our groups better trained, and more professional, and maybe other groups will come on board, maybe the National Team will kick into gear and start to do some more work for the Networks members rather than coming with a manual and disappearing again.
In my view, the national team should be actively seeking out training officers, and working with all groups on a regular basis to come up with training subjects, powerpoints, trainers notes, trainee notes, and feed them to each group that are involved. Yes it is a bit of work, yes we are all volunteers, but if I have done it, and Mark has done it, why can't this be taken on board at a National level?
If anyone wants to contact me, please feel free to e-mail me at: training@raynet.keighleyradio.co.uk
please note that the comments written above are my thoughts and do not necessarilt represent the thoughts of my group.
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Gavin Hunter
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G1HUL
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Posted: 06 June 2010 at 19:34 |
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Just some background on the national manual, and the training team as it currently stands.
The manual was not produced by the training team, rather by the Emergency Planning team, who designed it as a "policies and procedures" document, not a training manual. The training team had a change of Team Leader at the beginning of the year and is now headed by Chris, M0AZQ. He has a lot of plans for getting the training team going again, but as always things take a little time when you are working almost from scratch. If you have any input/suggestions/offers of help etc., Chris would be more than happy to hear from you. He can be contacted on training@raynet-uk.net I have produced a local training manual for Leicester (work in progress in may areas, based in part on the SEHR modules), happy to share and see what approach others have taken. |
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2E0EFA
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Posted: 07 June 2010 at 12:47 |
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The info I sent Gavin was the modules used by SEHR (which were written long before I joined so I can't take credit for them) and a few powerpoints I have been playing with. The powerpoints are still not quite complete, and need to be passed to the Training Officer for comment and any adjustments made.
As with any change in Leadership/Management, there is likely to be a period of time where they find their feet. But as we are a national organisation, surely there should have been progress made before the change. It doesn't matter now why there was no (or very little) output from the previous postholder to all groups and members, but hopefully with new blood things can progress for the benefit of everyone. I'm sure Gavin will join me in wishing the new Team Leader success. |
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Gavin
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Posted: 19 July 2010 at 21:29 |
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Well I am shocked once again!
Following Jim's post, I asked the Training Team Leader if he wanted like minded members to help him. I recieved an e-mail saying he would like to have Mark and myself on the National Team.
Well several e-mails, and one month later, still have heard nothing. I have to be honest, That I am disapointed that following an offer to join the national team, I and a colleague who really want to help are treated in such a way. I cannot speak for Mark, but I will just keep doing what I do for my group.
In closing, I would be grateful if a senior member of the COM would actually post some form of reply to this (although on previous experience, I will not hold my breath) .Not so long ago, I remember that the forum was closed and the mention of a lack of Communication.I have to ask, how can we communicate when the team who are placed in a real position of trust and authority by the COM, cannot communicate! Shocking!!!
If there is any one else who is interested in training and would like to be a member of the unofficial training gang,let me know, and we can share information etc.
Cheers,
Gavin
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Gavin Hunter
M3VGH Training Officer Keighley RAYNET www.raynet.keighleyradio.co.uk |
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Cathy Clark
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Posted: 20 July 2010 at 13:23 |
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Gavin
I know that the Training Team Leader is currently forming a new team, but that work commitments have meant that he has been away from the UK and has not been able to make as much progress on this as he would like. I will ask that he make contact with you asap. |
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GW4KJW
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Posted: 20 July 2010 at 15:19 |
Which prompts the obvious question.... Is somebody with extensive work commitments keeping him away from the UK the best choice for the job? Given the present economic climate, I would have thought it unlikely his work commitments, which naturally and quite rightly take priority, will lessen in the near future. |
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