I’ve had a thought whilst ripping my hair out trying to get the region arms drill team weapons training/whts.
Now there is this lesson 1 - 4 specifically for arms drill. Shouldn’t there be an option to select that as a separate WHT to stop little.johnny from attending a wing shoot with a WHT. Currently we have to mark it as a standard WHT on SMS
You should NOT be doing this.
There is no test here just the completion of the lesson. Should be recorded in 3822
By definition you cannot issue a WHT unless.
The trainee has received ALL the lessons as per the PAM from a Saai or WI.
The trainee has passed a WHT, conducted by a Saai or WI.
As to what you need for arms drill I havent a clue.
But for a WHT to be valid and the cadet SAFE it’s the above.
So not a WHT but a training record then
If there isnt an Arms sign off already on SMS then maybe there should be.
But TBH.
Why aren’t cadets and staff required to have a full WHT for arms drill?
And it’s not really good enough to simply say they dont need a full one.
Seems to create confusion and if you have managed to get weapons, cadets and instructors in the same place anyway, the priority should be getting a full WHT done anyway!
Especially in certain wings nudge nudge cough cough… where it is so bloody difficult (thanks incompetent blocking wing shooting officer) to get any training done anyway.
Fully support the full WHT stuff
I see no point half assing the training, you’ll end up repeating those lessons anyhow.
Primarily the focus should be shooting/ft, not arms drill. Those both need full training 
I don’t see the issue - doing the L98 properly is a full weekend. You don’t need to know it all to wave it around on the drill square.
They didn’t even use L98s at nationals last year…
but that’s drifting on a completely different thread
<rant about WHTs deleted - it is off-topic and I’m sure I’ve said it somewhere here already!>
Quick question, what is specifically required WHT/Arms Training wise to be signed off to undertake or conduct Arms Drill exercises?
Parts of the IWT etc…?
Lessons 1 to 4.
And no WHT or any silliness, just 1-4!
That is correct. The recording of that has always been a contensious point
and 4 years on there still isn’t a way of recording it on Bader (unless I’ve missed something?)
Nope.
We start the day with NSPs to make sure none of the little darlings are lieing to us
Hmmm, not as if they can cheat via Google → YouTube? 
Hmmm, most cadets these days are not that smart…
…last cadets I had that thought they had been so clever got chewed out big time by me:
And I did several minutes without hesitation, deviation or repetition - my Cranwell DIs would have been so proud of me 