Importance: Critical! You will be required to deliver a safety briefing as part of your assessment.
This lesson looks at the safety briefing(s) that must take place at the start of every session. This is an absolutely essential part of the process, and it’s important that the right things get said. This lesson will take around 30 minutes to complete.
The training video discusses:
- Why we do the briefing
- The various topics that should be covered
- Briefing the other instructors and/or staff members.
- Practicing your briefing
You will be required to present a safety briefing at the practical assessment. Download this template card and practice doing it – you can make it relevant to your own venue. You may use the card as a prompt when delivering the briefing at the assessment (indeed, we highly recommend using prompts when delivering any safety briefings, no matter how well practiced you may be!).
Here is a recording of a full safety briefing. It’s about 5 minutes long in total – 5 very valuable minutes that sets up your lesson and ensures the best possible safety outcomes for your clients. (Plus removing any embarrassment caused by clients losing hats, sunglasses or inadvertantly taking their carkeys onto the water!).
Remember, it doesn’t matter if you get things in the wrong order. All that matters is that you cover everything that needs to be said.
Check Understanding!
- Do you understand why we do the safety briefing?
- Can you deliver a safety briefing? Remember, you will be required to demonstrate this at the practical session.
- Do you understand what sort of things you should run through with other instructors or team members before the session?
If you’re unsure on any of these, go back and review the lesson again. Otherwise, you can move on to the next lesson.