Emergency Response and Risk Management for Youth

1. Emergency Response and Risk Management for Youth

2. Programme objectives • Recruitment pathway/workforce sustainability: developing a pathway into career and volunteer emergency and rescue work. • Work ready: pre-trades training for senior secondary students • Community resilience: safety and risk awareness for senior secondary students. • Identify learning needs: preparing for the next generation emergency and rescue workers.

3. Working with Careers Advisors: managing successful transitions Students need to be supported in developing the capability to self-manage their life and learning to enable them to successfully transition from school to further learning and work. -(Career Education benchmark self review tool

4. What they said… “Everything was awesome.” “I enjoyed learning heaps of new skills.” “Real fun while you learn.” “The physical demands were good.” “It makes me think girls can do it.” “I wouldn’t usually do something like this. It’s good to do it and I’ve made good friends over the week.”  “It’s been exciting.” “Awesome.” “It was good to learn and do.”

5. Community and Workplace Fire and Emergency Management L2

6. A few facts and stats

7. Success factors • Students exhibit safe behaviours and make safe choices • Students achieve unit standards

8. Success factors • Positive feedback from students parents • TEC, NZQA and Ministry of Education requirements met

9. Success factors

10. Success factors • Students volunteer for fire and rescue emergency management • Employers recognise value of programme

11. Success factors Learn new skills and open opportunities Work in police or fire service Progression and direction

12. Potential partnershttp://upperhuttleader.realviewdigital.com/?startpage=1&iid=82381http://thewellingtonian.realviewdigital.com/?startpage=14&iid=82435