Off-site Training
Training Courses Overview
For more information about each course, please select from the menu on the left.
Educational Visits Coordinator (EVC) Training - Wednesday 11th June 2008
A 1-day course for the appointed EVC in primary and secondary
schools and the youth service.
Course includes:
- Roles and responsibilities
- Risk assessment
- Competence, leadership and supervision
- What the EVC needs to know and do
Evolve Training - Thursday 24th April 2008 2pm - 4pm
This course is designed for group leaders running off site school trips to introduce the new IT system which will reduce the admin and organisation required to produce the necessary documentation.
Visit Leader Training - Wednesday 12th March 2008
A 1-day course for staff and volunteers operating in a
supervisory capacity on an off-site trip.
Course includes:
- Active risk management
- Group management
- National and local guidance
- Working by water (canals, streams, ponds, rivers etc)
Organising a Snowsports Visit - TBA
A ½ day workshop for teachers/youth workers involved in
organising ski and snowboard trips.
Workshop includes:
- Current local and national good practice in the supervision of young people
- Key guidance documentation and sources of advice and support
- Training in risk assessing snowsport visits
Organising a Foreign Exchange Visit - TBA
A ½ day workshop for teachers/youth workers involved in
organising exchange programmes.
Workshop includes:
- Current local and national good practice in the supervision of young people
- Key guidance documentation and sources of advice and support
- Training in risk assessing foreign exchange visits
Countryside Leader Award - TBA
A 2-day course for adults taking groups out walking in
non-mountainous and non-moorland terrain. The Award has been
designed for Herefordshire Council and is non-transferable.
Course includes:
- Navigation
- Planning (including risk assessments)
- Equipment
- Group management
- Overnight camping
Risk Assessment Workshop - Arranged on request
A short workshop covering all aspects of the risk assessment
process from initial planning to evaluation. This course is run in
schools/organisations as a twilight session (1.5 hours).
Please contact Sean Taylor (contact details below) if you would
like a workshop put on in your school.
For more information about each course, please select from the menu on the left.
Programme for Winter 2008
*Educational Visits Coordinator (EVC) training; 1 day; No cost;
June 11th 2008; Hedley Lodge, Hereford
*Evolve Training; 2 hours; No cost; 24th April 2008; Thorn Offices,
Rotherwas
*Visit Leader training; 1 day; £50; March 12th 2008; Castle Green
Training Centre, Hereford
***Exchange Visit Workshop; 3 hours; No cost; TBA; Herefordshire
Council Offices, Hereford
***Snowsport Visit Workshop; 3 hours; No cost; TBA; Herefordshire
Council Offices, Hereford
+Risk Assessment Workshop; 1.5 hours; No cost; Dates on request at
your school or centre
**Countryside Leader Award; 2 days; £30; TBA; Dinedor Outdoor
Centre, nr. Hereford
*Courses run each term
**Courses run once a year
***Courses run once every two years
+Courses available on request and delivered at your school/youth
centre
To book a place on any of the courses above, please contact: Cathrine Stone, Youth Service, PO Box 4, Plough Lane, Hereford, HR4 0XH. Tel: 01432 383373 Email: youthservice@herefordshire.gov.uk
For more information about any of the courses listed above,
please contact:
Sean Taylor on 07792 880778 or by email:
staylor2@herefordshire.gov.uk
