The Fire Service College in collaboration with FPM Training, a specialist provider and a partner of the ‘National Youth Agency’, have jointly developed a program that enables the staff of FRSs to meet the challenges faced when working with Children and Young People.
Entitled ‘Safe & Effective Working with Young People’, the aim of the program is to ensure that staff are effective and professional in order to meet the needs of child protection legislation and good practice. The first part of the program is an e-learning package followed by a two day residential course, either at the FSC or on outreach.
Completion of the program enables the Fire Service to start to implement the Government initiative ‘Every Child Matters’. The first courses commenced in January and will be available as a BTEC through the QA Associates ‘approved BTEC centre’.
Evaluation & Audit•
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Independent External Verification visits in accordance with the requirements of CAP 699 are due to start again in January at East Midlands Airport.
Following discussion with CAA a number of changes to the visits are planned next year – this is particularly important as changes to CAP 699 are imminent.
All of our External Verifiers are either qualified to V2 (the industrial standard) or working towards V2 qualification. For more information/prices, please contact Dennis Fretwell.
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has also approved QA Associates to deliver the ‘Professional Trainer Certificate’ This three day course is ideal for anyone who needs to either understand the basics of training practice, or wants to refine their training techniques. Those who have never delivered training before will find it an ideal basis for their future training activities.
This latest qualification from CIEH expands our range to six courses in health & safety. For further information, please contact Dennis Fretwell.
QA Associates continue to expand its range of services in the Fire, Health & Safety and Learning & Development Sectors with new qualification approvals:
We are extremely pleased to announce the approval of new BTECs from Edexcel:
• BTEC ‘Advanced Award in Facilitation of a Critical Incident Simulation’
The qualification will be delivered exclusively in partnership with Command Dynamics Limited is a Level 3, 40 hour qualification and is appropriate for personnel in corporations, organisations and the emergency services who may have a training role in developing operational managers meet the requirements of being able to deal with an actual or potential risk critical emergency.
The simulator and simulations incorporate the frameworks for ‘Incident Command Systems’ (ICS) and Incident Management Systems (IMS). For further information contact Gordon Gilmour on 01652 648062 or 07951 777289.
• BTEC ‘Advanced Award in Enforcing Fire Safety Legislation’
This qualification will be delivered exclusively in partnership with David Stotesbury and is a Level 3, 30 hour qualification and is aimed at developing the needs of Fire Safety Inspectors who are, or are to be, appointed to carry out the inspections and enforcement functions of Fire and Rescue Services.
QA Associates are currently writing new BTECs for fire safety courses at the Fire Service College. Delivered a Levels 2, 3 & 4, these new qualifications will be available from April 2007.
For further information contact our office on 01773 748866 or The Fire Service College.
From April 2007 QA Asssociates will be the BTEC ‘approved centre’ for the Fire Service College, Fire & Community Safety Section. QA Associates will be responsible for the quality assurance of over 19 BTEC qualifications at level 3 & 4 in this sector.
