Fire Instructor Course

COURSE DURATION: 5 Days Training

COURSE DEPLOYMENT: Classroom / Virtual

TARGET GROUP: Senior Fire Fighting Personnel
General Facilitators and Trainers

COURSE AIM: The aim of this is course is to provide up to-date information required to meet and exceed the modern job performance requirements for fire service instructors and any other person wishing to become an instructor. This is the
Train the Trainer Course aimed at preparing any trainer for training requirements.

COURSE OBJECTIVES – UPON COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

• Apply training principles.
• Apply assessment principles.
• Understand and apply the requirements for conducting training.
• Understand and apply the requirements for preparing for training.
• Practice training skills to prepare for training promoted.

PASS MARK: 75%

MINIMUM NUMBER OF ATTENDEES: 12

AMOUNT: (PER DAY; PER LEARNER): R3784,14 (Excl. VAT)

MODULE 1 : LEGISLATION

• Acronyms.
• Understand the South African Qualifications Authority.
• Understand the South African National Qualifications Framework.

MODULE 2 : INSTRUCTIONAL CHALLENGES IN THE 21st CENTURY

• Instructor’s influence.
• The role of the instructor.
• Qualities of a good instructor.
• Traps that instructors must avoid.
• Undesirable mannerisms.

MODULE 3 : COMMUNICATION

• Communication process

MODULE 4 : INSTRUCTOR ROLE

• Feedback.
• Aspects that could negatively influence the role of an instructor.
• Aspects that could positively influence the role of an instructor.
• Preparing for training.

MODULE 5 : SKILLS OF AN INSTRUCTOR

• Instructors’ skills.
• Demonstration skills.
• Lesson plan.

MODULE 6 : TRAINING AIDS

• Use of training Aids

MODULE 7 : TEST FORMATION

• Putting together a test

MODULE 8 : BODY LANGUAGE

• Having awareness of your body language.
• Comparisons of behavior styles.

MODULE 9 : TALKING IN MEETINGS

• Point formular