Need some briefing topics

[bcw107]

I need some ideas for briefing. There is always something to say, but it seems that over the years we repeat ourselves over and over. I need some help. Email me if you have any good ideas. I have to keep 42 people interested in what I am saying for almost 30 minutes. 'preciate cha!! :D

[Grey_Knights]

Hi there,

Can you give a few more details on what you mean by the term "briefing". Briefing to me means the 5 minutes you brief officers that are "coming on duty". But 30 minutes leads me to think it might be something else for a different purpose?

Thanks

[Niteshift]

You know, I read a book once I think was called "The Games Criminals Play" (or something similar. It turned out to be mainly for corrections (which I'm not), but it was interesting. It had a lot of material on how cons manipulate (or try to) CO's, as well as how they end up corrupting them. Some of it was pretty subtle stuff. Reading it, aside from the information you get personally, might give you some good material for a couple of short programs.

[NLETA]

bcw107:

The best way to get a list of ready topics for In Service Training is to conduct a Job Task Analysis (JTA) and prepare a Training Needs Assesment (TNA).

The JTA is basically an extremely detailed job description. Your personnel office probably already has one. An example of a JTA for, say, a call-taker might start the list off like this: (I'm not going to list the "technical language", but you'll get the point.)

1. Must be fluent in english.
2. Must be able to hear well.
3. Must be able to speak well.
4. Must be able to operate (whatever phone system you have).
5. Etc.

This is just a very detailed break down of what skills or abilities are neccessary to answer the phone.

In No. 4, you see that operating the XYZ Telephone system is neccessary. They have to know how to put calls on hold, transfer calls, patch calls, etc. You can either require this skill as they walk in the door, or, you may choose to develop a training program to teach them how to use it.

A JTA for a CO may include many things. Examine the JTA list, or prepare/improve on one and look for what areas are indicated for training. This is your TNA. From this you develop a list of things that require training.

Go through each identified training need and develop a list of objectives for that need. What do you have to know and do in order to be able to perform that task?

An example for a CO might be "Must be able to utilize handcuffs to restrain a violent prisoner."

Objectives to perform that task might be:

Given a set of standard issue handcuffs, and training in handcuffing techniques as contained in the Handcuffing Training Manual as approved by the Blah Blah Blah, the student CO will:
1. Identify a properly working pair of handcuffs.
2. Demonstrate the proper mechanical working condition for a set of handcuffs.
3. Demonstrate the application of a set of handcuffs that places the backs of the subject's hands toward each other with the handcuffs in such a position as that the key hole faces upwards and the handcuffs are positioned below the wrist bone and above the hands and are tightened to "finger width" which disallows them from being pulled over the hands or from sliding them up and over the wrist bone.
4. Demonstrate the "double-locking" of a pair of handcuffs.
5. Demonstrate the removal of a set of handcuffs.

Anyway...this is all just off the top of my head and is in no way meant as something you should use. I onl offer this to demonstrate how it goes. (Since I am unfamiliar with your training experience.)

Your basic academy should have training outlines and most of this stuff on file. See what you can get from them.

Once you have a set of skils that training is always needed in, you just break down the traiing classess in 30 minute blocks and schedule it out. If something comes up that you feel they need training in, such as they show up with crummy looking uniforms, then you train on that topic soon, like a refresher on unifom policies.

REMEMBER to document ANY training that you conduct. What was taught, what the sources were, how wsa it tested, etc.

If you have a Training Officer, they should be happy to help you set up an informal shift training program. If you don't have one where you are at, then conatact the academy where you all go for training. I am sure they would be happy to help as well.

Hope this helps!

[gazza]

try occupational health and safety im a rep in our prison in aus you can keep people interested a lot longer than 30 mins (THE RELEVANCE OF O.H.A.S IN A PRISON ENVOIRNMENT)