What it meant to me
The experience built-up obtained through participating in the Hotazel project was more distilled by conducting co-training for Morden SHEQ Risk Management (MSRM) course with Wim Nortier.
The process of conducting an observation through sitting in the first Monday morning during which the course began prepared me for the days ahead; namely for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday respectively.
Amongst other tabs that I presented; I covered Legal liability exposure, Inspections and so forth. With the idea to maintain continuity as much as possible; I sat in to align my method of delivery in harmony with that of Wim Nortier’s.
His was a more practical sense based approach to concepts; which gave them life by making it easier for the candidate to familiarise with their application when candidates get back to the workplace. Remember, the idea behind conducting courses is more than just only informing candidates but most importunately of all is that they understand what they learn in order put concepts learned into practice day-in day out.
The facilitation team
Like I alluded before that Wim Nortier was the principal facilitator for the course, Gomotsegang Lekalakala and I had to co-present together with him in order to sharpen our presentation skills. Since lately business for training piles up; this calls for more trainers to facilitate courses to meet course demand with appropriate trainer supply. By the looks of the inclusion of PDP candidates in IRCA’s core functions; all roads lead to permanent placement with adequate assessments paving a way where each candidate best fits. However, personally I subscribe to the perception that training makes a core requirement since it underlies whatever work or unit one may eventually belong in at IRCA.
The time breakdown
The course began early in the morning around 08h30 or so on Monday; ended around 16h00 in the afternoons. Much it depended on the candidate’s quest for more knowledge to cover in preparation for their final assessment on Friday, hence they requested to meet earlier than the normal 08h30. They were a hard working bunch of men I had ever seen; demonstrated by their dedication to learn as much as they could about the subject material at hand.
Public-course offering
The training was a public course type offering; hence it was held at IRCA Global training facility situated at the Randburg head office. This is one of the three main ways courses can be offered by IRCA; with the other two being in-house and correspondence. MSRM is provided over a six month period through correspondence; while 5 days period for either in-house or public course offering.
The one also falling squarely into the latter way of course offering is the Risk Management Qualification, also known as Riskmaq. Primarily broken down into three parts, Certificate, Diploma as well as Degree through e-learning.
The method of presentation
The MSRM was rolled out using the MS PowerPoint slides containing summary points on relevant topics in-line with the candidate’s files, obviously comprising more detailed info. The facilitation covered explanation of key points in detail; coupled with illustrative examples and the rest was for future reference and personal enrichment.
The manner in which I presented the course indicated to me how practical experience plays a critical role during presentations. For it helps in transferring concepts from theory into practical application for candidates; by using plenty of necessary examples befitting their respective industries.
Objective of my participation
The purpose of participating in the course may have had other objectives from the perspective of my managers; alternatively it helped me personally to identify what I need in conducting high-end courses like MSRM in comparison to lower end courses i.e. Health and Safety Rep., etc.
With the feedback I obtained from the principal facilitator; I managed to budget my time and efforts accordingly to align my developmental goals in line with the needs identified. And I cannot wait to get another opportunity to grow in this great experience.
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