Course Description:

This is a five-day course designed to provide skills and teaching techniques for those who will be instructing emergency services courses. The objective of this course is to allow candidates to effectively teach a fire fighting class with pre-assigned curriculum. Areas covered include methods of instruction, lessons planning, objectives, learning environment, instructions techniques, and principles of learning.

Course Topics:

• Challenges of a fire service instruction
• Safety & training function the instructors role
• Legal & ethical considerations
• Effective interpersonal communication
• Instructional facilities & props
• Report writing & record keeping
• The psychology of learning
• Student attributes & behaviours

Prerequisite:

• Must be an active member of the fire department
• Must be 18 years of age
• Firefighter Level 2 or ten years experience as a Fire Officer
• Willing to commit to attend as a student instructor to one course in the current fiscal year. Please provide us with your availability to commit when registering.