| Trainer and Assessor Network Update Royal Life Saving Society Queensland (RLSSQ) would like to thank all trainers who attended our August Trainer’s Workshop. We greatly appreciate the time, effort and dedication trainers put into RLSSQ’s courses to save lives and prevent drowning.This Trainer and Assessor Network Update provides details about our next professional development workshop, suggestions from trainers, overall feedback, Q&A about training and administration, as well as information about upcoming improvements/additions to the Training Department at RLSSQ. Next Trainer’s Workshop: Date: Sunday 13 November 2022 Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm Cost: $75.00 per Trainer The Trainers Workshop will include information about First Aid in an Education and Care Setting, Oxygen Resuscitation, Advanced Resuscitation, and Low Voltage Rescue. Please would you avoid booking courses on this day. To register for the workshop, please visit lifesavingtraining.com.au and use the course ID #1923909 Suggestions/Questions and Answers from August Trainer’s Workshop:Below are suggestions/questions and answers from the August trainer’s workshop. If trainer’s wish to provide additional feedback regarding the August workshop, please contact our administration team. Question: “If the course is online why can’t the certificate be issued straight away?” Answer: To issue a certificate we have to check pre-requisites (get them verified), check the e-learning has been completed and go through the steps to issue. We issue our certificates by date order, so we stay compliant. Suggestion: “Quicker response to emails” Answer: We aim to respond to emails within 24 hours. We receive emails, calls and enquires all day long that we attend to. Suggestion: “Website & axcelerate working properly” Answer: Please contact us if there are problems as we may not know what is happening from a participant/trainers perspective. Suggestion: “First Aid certificates verified by RLSSQ before the course, if the person registers and the trainer provides the certificate.” Answer: We prefer receiving pre-requisites before a course as it speeds along the certificate process, We are unable to control how long it will take other RTO’s to verify a certificate for us. We do follow it up with the RTO but required to wait. By providing pre-requisites prior to a course, allows us more time to ensure checks are completed and ready for certificate issuance. Question: “If someone is doing a full Pool Lifeguard in 2022 and their First Aid was completed in 2019, so it expires in 2022, do they have to update their First Aid before the Pool Lifeguard?” Answer: When we issue a Pool Lifeguard certificate we do ask for at least 6 months left on a First Aid certificate. Regional Workshops:As a training organisation, we greatly understand the importance of delivering courses for communities in regional locations. We also understand the difficulty of holding professional development workshops in regional areas. If RLSSQ were to hold professional development workshops in regional areas, a significant price would incur to cover all expenses. We hope in the future to conduct workshops in different locations. However, we will continue to hold workshops within the Brisbane region in the mean time. Course Material Updates:Our team has received course material feedback from trainers which we are in the process of updating. These updates include:Adding answer guides to TAG’s (Trainer and Assessor Guide) that do not already have oneReviewing the TAG for each course and making changes where neededMinor formatting and spelling errors in assessment workbooks and TAG’s Additions to Training:After reviewing the feedback provided by trainers at the previous workshop, we have taken these suggestions under consideration and will begin to implement these suggestions. The additions to our Training Department include of: Creating a procedure for the use of Kahoot in the face-to-face component of courses. This procedure will be a step-by-step guide on how to access and use Kahoot. Informing trainers via email once new versions of assessment workbooks, TAG’s and PowerPoints have been released. This will generally be acknowledged in our monthly newsletters on top of our Course Materials Update section of the newsletter. Monthly Zoom Meetings for trainers. This is an opportunity for trainers to address any problems and provide suggestions or feedback. We are currently in the process of arranging a schedule for these Zoom Meetings, and will inform trainers of the dates for the meetings as soon as we can. A timetable for new releases of course materials. During the cooler months of the year, our team reviews and updates our course materials. The timetable will consist of a review date for the course materials, an opportunity for trainers to provide any feedback for changes by a specific date which will be addressed in our monthly newsletters, as well as an estimated release date of the course materials. Our team is currently in the process of creating a timetable for 2023. If trainers wish to provide feedback on our course materials for 2023, please contact our administration team. Creating a Resource Hub and a Trainer Working Group. This is a great opportunity for trainers to share training resources, and ask questions and learn about different training methods for particular types of learners. Our team is currently looking into this addition to our Training Department and will keep trainers informed of the process. Workshop Ideas (August, 2022):Below are ideas suggested by trainers from the August professional development workshop in regard to VET and Industry related components, the key elements required in an Emergency Action Plan (EAP) and a Supervision Plan, as well as tip’s and tricks for trainers to consider to enhance engagement from participants during courses. |
VET Professional Development Suggestions:
| Knowledge | Skills & Experience |
| RTO Trainer Update | Team teaching and peer reviews |
| Readings, conferences, tutorials, and webinars for trainers (ASQA, NCVER, VELG) | Delivering, updating and collaborating |
| Online learning | Mapping/ Comparison |
| Participating in validation for Units of Competency | Synopsis/ Review |
| Updating qualifications | |
| In-Service Training |
Industry Professional Development Suggestions:
| Knowledge | Skills & Experience |
| Forums, webinars and conferences | Working as a lifeguard or first aid officer |
| In-Service training | Obtaining new qualifications |
| Volunteering | GSPO updates |
| Subscriptions | Delivering in-service training |
| ARC/GSPO Readings | Community workshops |
| Reports e.g. National Drowning Report |
Please Note: Trainer’s are required to show both VET and Industry Professional Development in knowledge, skills and experience annually. Re-sitting the course is not enough to satisfy ASQA requirements.
Tips & Tricks for Engagement of Participants:
| Competitions | Ice Breakers |
| Regular movement of group | Activities aligned with topic |
| Brainstorming | Open discussions |
| Re-organising training rooms | Break out areas |
| Venue analysis | Role play |
| Visualise supervision plan | Self-assessment after scenarios |
| Demonstrations | Peer assessments |
| Regular breaks | Interaction with participants |
Key Elements (Pool Lifeguard):
| Emergency Action Plan (EAP) | Supervision Plan |
| Flash to Bang | Identifying risks and blind spots in the pool/s |
| Pool Evacuation | Identify areas of concern |
| Lifeguard 2. Acknowledge and assists evacuation | Glare in pool/s |
| Ensure safety of others | Identify pool layout |
| Contact emergency services | Staff announcement |
| Obtain emergency equipment | Evacuation point |
| Follow up advice with team | |
| Advise when safe to return | |
| Clean pool/s | |
| Activity and weather monitoring |
Our training team at RLSSQ greatly appreciates the feedback and ideas from trainers during the previous prfessional development workshop. As mentioned earlier, we have taken all suggestions into consideration and will begin to implement these suggestions in due time.
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