Australasian Mining Review
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HEIGHT • Working at height • ERT Vertical rescue • Roof access • Tower climbing • Refresher training • Advice/consulting • Incident investigations SAFETY SPECIALISTS All enquiries: Web: www.paci.com.au Ph +61 7 47214746 Email: info@paci.com.au Your Emergency Response Team is a valuable asset You have just spent a signifi cant amount of time and money training your ERT Team. They are skilled-up and fresh with eagerness. The real challenge has just begun…so how do you retain personnel and also maintain a high level of skill profi ciency? paramount to ensuring your ERT Team is ready to respond to any emergency call they receive. The process of keeping current is known as Skills Maintenance Training (also commonly referred to as refresher training). S ERT Team members are typically volunteers who normally work on site. They are people who have made a commitment to saving lives in the unlikely event of an incident on site. The key to retaining them is that you need to ensure your training activities meet three simple yet important principles. Your training must be: • interesting • challenging • relevant A proven technique to capturing all three principles is to utilise scenario-based training. The scenario must include elements such as; patient erious consideration needs to be given to what you do after the initial ERT training has concluded otherwise your investment will be lost. Ongoing training to maintain skill levels is treatment and packaging, effective leadership, use of specialist skills (e.g. roping techniques), team member communication, safety checks, patient egress and post exercise debriefing. A lot of useful learning takes place during debrief sessions — and the patient should be involved in the debrief since that person can provide a first hand account of his/her experience. Training with live patients is a very effective tool to add realism provided risks can be properly controlled. How effective has your past ERT refresher training been? Do you outsource refresher training or is it handled internally? Trainers who are outsourced often bring fresh ideas and introduce up-to-date techniques — this can help ensure that your team remains current and effective. Right Training utilises the PACI philosophy to ERT training. This means a strong emphasis is placed on developing realistic practical skills within a scenario-based context that is relevant to organisational needs. We have a proven track record in delivering quality training that consistently meets our client’s expectations. We believe in effective ERT training. [Fall Protection] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ issue 2.2