Yet another question from me (but thank you for replying to my recent flurry of threads!)
So, back in the day when I was a cadet if we wanted to do something like a night exercise, we would simply trott down to the woods
Now I am aware that the world is a vastly different place since then, so I’m trying to work out how I go about understanding the process to plan activities
For example, if we wanted to do an activity with radios does any staff member have to do any form of training? How would I work out if that was needed? Do people have to go on first aid courses in order to be able to teach first aid, space courses in order to teach space stuff… But then they does not appear to be other courses for things contained in the old classification syllabus?!
If I wanted to teach fieldcraft how would I upskill myself to do such? Same with drill etc
In terms of risk assessments, how specific do they have to be. For example, if we do an exercise on a field, do we need different ones for if it is daytime or nighttime?
Your Wing Training Officer should support you as you learn everything, in theory they will have the most up to date information, and may also be able to help find you a mentor
The Training Hub, and Key Documents will be your main area to focus on. Most of them are laid out well and will link you to the documents that explain what and how you can teach certain things.
For Risk Assessments get onto a Risk assessor course because you can’t write one without out. They have to be specific for the environment you are doing it in - the risks at night would be different to the risks during the day. That being said you can include both in one. There are lots of risk assessments around you can use as a basis but they have to be adapted to your area.
If you haven’t got a teaching Qual I would highly recommend a Method of Instruction course as it will give you a good basis for teaching.
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The best starting place will be ACTO 10, and the online training thing that goes with it. That gives you a good over view of what we can do and who can approve it. Then for each individual activity, you’d be best off looking for the ACTO or ACP for that thing. Some have example RAs too.
These ACTOs and ACPs will give you the information for what upskilling can be done. For example, ACP 16 is all about Fieldcraft.
ACPs are all here.
ACTOs are all here.
ACTO 10 training here.
For getting started, it may be best to run things past your Wing Training Officer. Even if you read a whole policy and organise something in line with that policy, there is a reasonable chance that you may still fall foul of some rules. There is sadly a lot of out of date stuff kicking around, that has been updated within another policy.
And if in doubt. Feel free to ask here again with more specific things if needed. To go for your specific thing:
First step will be to reach out to your Wing Fieldcraft Officer. Say you’re interested, and hopefully you can get on some blue/bronze courses to upskill, with the intention of then moving on to doing the Fieldcraft Instructors Course.
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For Radio Comms the Syllabus is outlined in ACP 44 it states the paperwork and training requirments for a sqn to be allowed to operate on the air.
Namely:
Once a unit wishes to become operational it is to apply for a Master Operating Authority
Certificate (MOAC) from the relevant Wing Communications Officer.
And
Only the following members of RAFAC may operate on the frequencies listed
as assigned to RAFAC:
(1). A Cadet holding a Basic Radio Operator Qualification operating under
supervision.
(2). A Cadet holding the Radio Operator qualification.
(3). Members of staff who have been trained and assessed to at least Basic
Radio Operator level. (NB Cadets should always operate in preference to staff.)