scholarly journals Understanding skill decay and skill maintenance in first responders

2021 ◽  
Vol 10.47389/36 (36.4) ◽  
pp. 44-49
Author(s):  
Samuel Woodman ◽  
Christopher Bearman ◽  
Peter Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Services ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
First Responders ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Decomposition Methods ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Skill Maintenance ◽  
Key Skills ◽  
Effective Training ◽  
And Training

To carry out their roles, first responders need to have appropriate skills. It is important to identify and train in key skills appropriate for the tasks that first responders will perform. Once these skills have been acquired, they need to be maintained otherwise they will decay to the point where performance of the skill is no longer acceptable. This means that emergency services organisations need programs that appropriately maintain the skills of their volunteers and employees. To deliver cost-effective training, these organisations need a good understanding of what key skills are required for tasks that are regularly performed, why and how quickly these skills decay and how these skills can be maintained. To help emergency services organisations better understand these important concepts, this paper reviews relevant literature on skill decay and skill maintenance. Task decomposition methods and training needs analysis are introduced to assist organisations determine what key skills they require. This provides information to make sound, evidence-based decisions about recurrent training programs that can maintain the skills required by first responders and retain efficacy in the organisation.

Development of a Cost Effective Training System for Roof Bolt Equipment Operators

1980 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 443-443
Author(s):  
L. Bruce McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Training System ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Roof Bolt ◽  
Effective Training ◽  
Reasonable Cost ◽  
And Training ◽  
Safe Working

The objective of this paper is to present two concepts which may assist fellow human factors personnel in selling safety and training programs to hard nosed managers in industry and government. Most often, proposed training and safety programs are presented to management as a means of making employees happy and safe. The justification for the program is that management owes its employees a happy and safe working environment. However, managers are judged by their superiors based on the extent to which they provide a product or service at a reasonable cost.

scholarly journals The Growing Importance Of Operating Employees And Keys To Developing Effective Training Options

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave McMahon ◽  
Jon C. Carr ◽  
Stephen A. LeMay ◽  
Jeff Periatt
Keyword(s):  
Training Needs ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Job Requirements ◽  
Effective Training ◽  
The Common ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
And Training

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">This study provides a description of the changing role of transportation operating employees, their competencies, job requirements, and training needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Four key findings for developing effective training options are discussed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The data come from 43 logistics organizations in 20 states using the Common Metric Questionnaire, formal and informal interviews, and a descriptive newsletter.</span></span></p>

LESSONS LEARNED: THE METHODOLOGY OF CONDUCTING OIL SPILL RESPONSE TRAINING

1995 ◽  
Vol 1995 (1) ◽  
pp. 1015-1016
Author(s):  
Bernard Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Response ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Response Training ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
And Training

ABSTRACT Achieving and maintaining preparedness for oil spill response is similar to other emergency services in that constant training is required to achieve success. Careful consideration of what training is required must be conducted through systematic task and training needs analysis. Only then can the methods and suppliers of such training be selected. Once initiated, the training must be maintained, reinforced, and updated through exercises or other schemes. This paper looks at some lessons learned from conducting oil spill training and concludes that emergency response training for oil spills can be financially justifiable.

Survey of psychologists’ telebehavioral health practices: Technology use, ethical issues, and training needs.

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Glueckauf ◽  
Marlene M. Maheu ◽  
Kenneth P. Drude ◽  
Brittny A. Wells ◽  
Yuxia Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technology Use ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Telebehavioral Health ◽  
And Training

Treating Veterans and Military Families: Evidence Based Practices and Training Needs Among Community Clinicians

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren K. Richards ◽  
Eric Bui ◽  
Meredith Charney ◽  
Katherine Clair Hayes ◽  
Allison L. Baier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Military Families ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
And Training

scholarly journals Unmanned Aircraft Systems Risk Assessment Based on SORA for First Responders and Disaster Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 5364
Author(s):  
Paweł Janik ◽  
Maciej Zawistowski ◽  
Radosław Fellner ◽  
Grzegorz Zawistowski
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
First Responders ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ◽  
Aircraft Systems ◽  
The One ◽  
Risk Assessment Methodology ◽  
Assistance Project

Worldwide, there is a significant increase in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by emergency services. They offer a lot of possibilities during rescue operations. Such a wide application for various purposes and environments causes many threats related to their use. To minimize the risks associated with conducting air operations with UAVs, the application of the SORA (Specific Operations Risk Assessment) methodology will be important. Due to its level of detail, it is a methodology adapted to civilian use. In this article, the authors’ team will try to develop guidelines and directions for adapting SORA to the requirements of the operational work of emergency services. Thus, the following article aims to present the most important risks related to conducting operations with the use of UAVs by first responders (FRs), and to show the sample risk analysis performed for this type of operation on the example of the ASSISTANCE project. The paper describes, on the one hand, possibilities offered by UAVs in crisis or disaster management and step-by-step Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA), and on the other hand, presents possible threats, consequences and methods of their mitigation during FR missions.

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