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 The
Committee has developed a Training Plan and has appointed Gary
Cooper as Training Co-ordinator who will be responsible for
the day to day running of the Plan.
The object of the
Plan is to establish training needs within the Club and
endeavour to meet those needs by arranging for such training
to be provided by suitably approved Instructors.
The
arrangements will only be for voluntary unpaid approved
Instructors from within the Club. It is not permissible for
non-Club Instructors to instruct on CMFA premises.
The possibility of
paid instruction has been investigated and it has been found
that there are insurance, legal and tax
problems which are insurmountable. Therefore paid instruction
is not an option.
The initial
priority will be to endeavour to match every member who does
not possess an “A” Certificate and who wishes to be
trained, with a suitable Club Instructor.
The
Coordinator will need to contact each Instructor and trainee,
in order to draw up a “profile” containing such information as
type of model, availability, experience and radio equipment,
in order to achieve a suitable match.
Once
matched, the Coordinator will inform both parties. From there
on it will be the responsibility of the trainee to
contact the Instructor in order to arrange dates and times.
The trainee
will be given a “Log Book” in which his progress will be
recorded, both for his satisfaction and for the benefit of the
nominated, or another Instructor. When all the tasks have been
completed the trainee should make arrangements with an
Examiner for the test to be taken.
This scheme does
not preclude private arrangements being made at any time for
instruction between a trainee and an “A” Certificate holder.
It is
important for the success of the Plan that arrangements are
kept once they have been made.
It is better for an Instructor to make and keep only one
appointment than to make and break half a dozen vague
arrangements. The trainee would prefer to be refused a
lesson than to have a wasted journey. It is
of course equally important that the trainee turns up and in
plenty of time so the Instructor has neither had a wasted
journey nor is kept waiting. In the event of
inclement weather, the trainee should contact the Instructor
in order to confirm arrangements.
The initial arrangements will be for
radio control planes for which an “A” Certificate (Fixed
Wing) is required, and for helicopters for which an “A”
Certificate (Helicopter) is required.
The Training will then be extended to
other qualifications such as “B” Certificates if possible.
When the initial
priorities have been met, the Training Scheme will be extended
to cover qualifications for Instructors and Examiners.
All training will
be required to be carried out in accordance with the “BMFA
Member’s Handbook”, “BMFA Up and Away”, “BMFA Radio Control
Achievement Schemes”, and the CMFA “Constitution”, “Governing
Rules” and “Codes of Practice”. All these documents are
available to Instructors and trainees and ignorance of them
will not be tolerated.
There should be
regular dialogue between the Instructor, the Trainee and the
Coordinator to ensure that the training flows smoothly and to
vary the Plan if there seems to be a problem of principle. The
Plan must be flexible and be able to develop to meet the
requirements of the members. |
