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Ok guys and girls, you have a trainee on staff with minimal experience, keen to learn, all round good guy. How do you approach the training? Fit him in with a fully qualified guy as a two man crew or insert him as part of a three man team? How do you teach him in the tree? What jobs do you let him do and what jobs do you take on?

 

 

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Age can be a contributory factor, probably better defined by maturity rather than age though.

 

A balance between the energy, enthusiasm and eagerness of yoof, against the (life) experience, responsibility and wisdom of age.

 

Not suggesting yoof, or age, provide exclusivity of either life skill set above, but assessing the presence, or absence, of these attributes might help with the decision making.....

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Variety is key. I would have 1 person that specifically is help them they teach them and any problems the trainee comes to them. Mentor sort of.

 

When it comes to jobs it will be down too the time you have on the job the money and what you need doing.

 

Little bit by little bit. You could get them to climb and fetch a sling at the end of the day before the rope comes out. When you do aerial rescue training add some extra time for them and mentor to teach him some climbing. Give it time and don't rush the training.

 

Wishing you all the best for you and your trainee

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I d always put him as an extra man on site rather than the 2nd man so no reason for a job not getting finished and he can be more closely supervised and taught as the jobs progress.

As his skills and compatancy increase give him more responsibility but on simple/safer jobs that have slacker time constraints therfore helping improve confidence. Ask him to suggest solutions to problems then explain the good and bad points of hus view and possibly how it could be attacked in a different way, it's all about getting them engaged and thinking not just saying this is how we do it and that's that.

 

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