Showing posts with label Training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Training. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Media training - bookings closing this week

If anyone is still interested in media training could you please RSVP by COB this Friday, 27 July.

At this stage, the only course that will be able to go ahead (due to numbers) will be Advanced Spokesperson training on 13 August. There are still four places left in this course, which is being held for Operational staff and Managers – Regional Directors/Managers of Community Safety/Operations Officers/Operation Managers/RDOs/Incident Controllers. Etc.

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Water quality at Fiskville - message from the CEO

As you may be aware the Herald Sun recently reported on the quality of water being used for training purposes at Fiskville. We take very seriously the health, safety and wellbeing of our members and indeed all persons using the training facilities at Fiskville.
To provide certainty and comfort for all people doing live fire training at Fiskville, we made a decision last week to only use mains water until further notice.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Emergency Services Foundation Scholarship Scheme

Emergency Services Foundation (ESF) has advised us that scholarships are available for CFA Volunteers through the Emergency Services Foundation Scholarship Program which is funded by the Victorian Government.


Sunday, October 23, 2011

Off road skills maintenance

Group is running an off-road skills maintenance day on Sunday 13 November. It's for cars and tankers, there are morning and afternoon sessions, and it's being held in Pheasant Creek. Refer attached for more information.

Names are required by 26 october.  If you are interested, please contact Warren: 0439 355 104

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Annual training schedule - updated

The annual training schedule has had a few small updates.  Refer attached for the latest:
The schedule is also available from the "Training" tab.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Methanol tanker fire and explosion

Lachie suggested this video would be of interest when considering hazmat incidents.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Trainer and Assessors Course

St Andrews CFA is running a CertIV in Training and Assessment and we would appreciate you advertising the following to your Brigade, as we have a few places available.

Our members have completed the Instructor and Assessor units and we are now about to commence the final units to complete the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.

CFA members will need to have completed the Training and Assessor units:
TAEDEL401A.
TAEASS401A,
TAEASS402A,
TAEASS403A
and elective TAEDEL301A (or another elective)

The units to be undertaken now include
TAEDES401A Design and develop learning programs; TAEDES402A Use trainng packages and accredited courses to meet clients needs; TAEDEL402A Plan organise and facilitate learning in the workplace; TAEASS301A contribute to assessment (via RPL); BSBCMM401A Make a presentation

The final part of the course will be involve 5 Wednesday evening and a Sunday Assessment and commence on Wednesday August 10th. Cost approx. $800 The course is provided by Double Edged Training and Consultancy.
If you are interested in joining us or finding out more information please contact Kieran Thorpe on 0422 056 888 or 9710 1065

Regards,
Kieran Thorpe
St Andrews RFB Training Team Leader

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Updated Skills Matrix

The skills matrix has been updated.  Please check your records to make sure that they look correct, and contact Geoff or Andrew if there are any ommissions.
The matrix is also available on the 'Training' tab.

Geoff

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

D14 Trainer and Assessor Courses

Please be advised that we have recently scheduled both a Provide Instruction Program and an Assessor Program course for District 14. Attached please find an information flyer which provides details of these two courses as well as nomination forms for each. The flyer can be displayed and promoted at the brigade.

Both courses are now open for nomination.

If you have any queries in relation to these courses, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards

Rachel Scott
Coordinator Training & Development

CHALLENGE - Leadership and Development Program 2012

Please find enclosed information brochure, application & selection guidelines and application forms for the Challenge 2012 Program. The program which runs from Saturday 7 January to Wednesday 18 January is designed to assist in leadership development skills.
Applicants will need to submit their completed application form to their Brigade Captain/OIC by Friday 29 July. The application should then be forwarded to District 14 Manager Training & Development, Susan Beatty by close of business on Friday 12 August. All applicants will be notified in writing of the outcome.

Further information is available on Brigades On-Line however if you have any queries regarding this program, please do not hesitate to contact me on 8746 1400.

RACHEL SCOTT
Coordinator Training and Development
Northern & Western Metropolitan Region

Monday, February 28, 2011

Class A foam training

Warren is conducting Class A foam training as follows:
  • Theory - Monday 7 March 7:30pm Arthurs Creek station
  • Practical - Monday 14 March 7:30pm location TBD
All members should attend as Warren will be instructing on the use of the new Class A foam on Class B fires.

Need to brush up on fire classes?  Check: http://wiki.cfastream.info/index.php?title=Classes_of_Fire

Geoff

Sunday, February 6, 2011

District 14 Training Calendar - March-June 2011

The District 14 Training Calendar - March-June 2011 has been published:
Contact Andrew if you wish to attend any of the courses.  Note that all applications for training require BMT approval, so do not leave it to the last minute.

The above documents can also be found on the "Training" page.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

FEEDBACK: D14 Exercise - Sunday 5th December

I would like to thank everyone that was involved in last weeks exercise. An exercise of that size and scale requires everyone involved to participate in the spirit for which it is intended to be a success. This includes the crews on the trucks, the facilitators and the people that undertook roles at the ICC & “Div Comm”, without the commitment and enthusiasm that everyone displayed we would not have had such a successful outcome.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Statewide Courses

Some upcoming statewide courses:
  • CFA282 Assessor Program - 2-3 March & 9-10 March (4 days), Bangholme, closing 17 January
  • CFA281 Plan & Facilitate Group Based Learning - 15 March, 23-24 March & 8 April (4 days), Bangholme, closing 31 January
  • CFA280 Provide Training - 16-17 April & 15 May (3 days), Fiskville, closing 28 February
Brochure is on the board at the station.  Contact Andrew if you wish to apply.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Responding to natural gas explosions

Responding to natural gas explosions (Everyone Goes Home - Learning Media Center presentation)

CFA Dangerous Goods Department have viewed this presentation and recommend it for distribution as you see fit – especially pertinent is the section of the fire-fighter’s recovery

The Natural Gas industry is expanding or even “exploding” in its’ application both domestically and industrially – so please forward this on to front line members especially as you see fit

Regards

Peter J Lucas
Fire Services Liaison Officer
Victoria Police
Counter Terrorism Co-ordination Unit and
Emergency Management Department

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Group Exercise cancelled

The Group Exercise originally scheduled for this weekend has been cancelled. Thank you to those that volunteered to participate.

Unfortunately, despite their promises, CFA operations management did not do the exercise planning that they had committed to and insisted on doing themselves.

Geoff

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Group Exercise - 24 October

Refer to the linked list on who has volunteered to do what at the Group Exercise.  If you want to be a crew leader or driver, or be involved with the ICCs on the day, please contact Geoff, Andrew, David or Michael.


PS: I am trialling Google Docs in the above link to provide more dynamic documents.  You will see the latest version when you click on it, rather than a static saved version frmo whenever I post it.  Please provide feedback as to whether this works OK or not.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Training Visit to VicFire & FIRS

Hi all

We are arranging a visit to VICFIRE & FIRS located at CFA Head Quarters Tally Ho on Monday 8th November 2010.  This is to familiarise ourselves with how VICFIRE take 000 calls and turn us out. 

Also we will visit the FIRS Reporting section.  All fires have to be reported on by contacting FIRS so you can see how and why we do this!!! If you want to find out more about FIRS go to CFA Connect as there was an article about them a few weeks ago.

The plan is to take 20 people per visit.  When we get to CFA Head Quarters 10 will go to VICFIRE & 10 will go to FIRS then we will swap around.

If we get more that 20 people wanting to attend we can can arrange another visit for the remaining members on the Monday 16th November.

So please email or call Geoff or myself to put your name down. For new members this is must, you will be able to put a face to a voice that you hear over the radio and get a proper understanding on how the despatching system works...

Kind Regards

Michael Chapman

Sunday, June 27, 2010

FDI & Weather Meters

Lachie has provided the slides from the skills maintenance night:

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Training Calendars

Updated training calendars have been published:

If you are interested in any of the training, contact Andrew Alford. Note that all training applications need to be approved by the BMT.

Training calendars are always avaiable at CFA Online: https://cfaonline.cfa.vic.gov.au/mycfa/Show?pageId=courseCalendar

If you don't have a login yet, contact Geoff Schmidt to get it activated.