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School Trips Training (For Organisers & Support)
This IIRSM approved School Trips Training Course is for the person who organises a school trip or for anyone who helps out, these people may also be known as an Educational Visits Coordinator. It takes a practical look at some of the things which must be considered when planning and delivering school trips, both in the UK and abroad.
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Learning outcomes
- Understand and show commitment to relevant legislation
- Learn about requirements for taking residential trips or trips abroad and any special requirements of students
- Understand Health & Safety responsibilities on school trips
Covered in this course
Course contents
This training course is broken down into 4 sections
- 1 Planning a School Trip
- 2 Health and Safety on a School Trip
- 3 The Trip
- 4 Residential Trips and Trips Abroad
SECTION 1
In this section we look at where you’re going, why you’re going there and how you’re going to get there – by coach, minibus or private vehicle.
SECTION 2
This section looks at the importance of safeguarding, the need for adult supervision on trips and the requirement for first aid provision. It also includes step-by-step guides for emergency procedures – for managing the scene, contacting people and for preparing a written report about an incident.
SECTION 3
Once everyone is properly prepared, the trip can finally go ahead! This section looks at keeping pupils safe whilst on the trip and getting them home safely. It looks at rules and behaviour, headcounts, rendez-vous points, badges, remote supervision and the importance of good communication between everyone on a trip.
SECTION 4
Finally, in this section, we look at taking pupils on trips that mean staying away from home – either in the UK or abroad.
In some cases, this could be the first time a pupil spends a night away from their home and family – an experience in itself! We look at preparing parents and guardians – for example - what do they need to know? We look at the documentation that may be needed for a foreign visit, the rules and regulations and the increased health and safety required abroad.
About this course
In this School Trips Training for Organisers and Support programme we take a look at some of the things that must be considered when planning and delivering school trips, both in the UK and abroad.
School Trips for Organisers and Support Staff is a programme for the person who organises the trip, or anyone who helps out on a trip, including school staff and non-school staff acting as volunteers and helpers.
It may seem that there’s a lot to think about when planning a school trip, but this programme has been written as a guide to the process. It will support any procedures and guidelines already in place in a school, and will explain how to practically manage the risks associated with leaving the classroom.
There are two programmes on School Trips. This is the second. The first programme is School Trips for Management (the people in a school who are responsible for school trips.) We recommend that the person organising a trip should do both courses.
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Keith WickhamThe importance of School Trips Training (For Organisers & Support)
It’s important that you comply with the law and understand the positive impact this training course can have on your organisation and employees.
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Each of our courses ends with a multiple choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
This School Trips Training For Organisers & Support course concludes with a 10 question multiple choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questions guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.
As well as printable user certificates, training progress and results are all stored centrally in your LMS (Learning Management System) and can be accessed any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.
What does my certificate include?
Your School Trips Training (For Organisers & Support) Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.
Please note if you are using our course content via SCORM in a third party LMS then we are unable to provide certificates and you will need to generate these in your host LMS yourself.
54 real user reviews
It was very informative
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
It was very informative
The course was very informative and it made few points quite clear. It sets out clear steps of how trips should be arranged and what are the main issues/points that are needed to be taken into consideration. It was also very helpful as we have been through COVID and no trips were arranged during this time. It makes one to think more about what is involved in arranging trips and how to arrange a beneficial and safe trip for students.
A good refresher
A quick and easy guide to arranging trips and visits with a quick simple test at the end
Very useful
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
Good
It was ok
not entirely relevant
If we could do a pre-test to check prior knowledge this was be a better use of my time. Much of this was irrelevant to my organisation of KS1 trips.
Too long
Could of been shortened. Much was not relevant to the context I teach in (private 6th form college) I didn't like the emphasis at the beginning about location.
Very good
Good breakdown and easy to follow.
Why is this training important?
Compliance
It's important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work.
The Common Law Duty of Care and The Children Act 1989 require that teachers do all that is reasonable to protect the health, safety and welfare of pupils.
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 requires all employees to care for their own health and safety and that of others. In the case of school trips this means that teachers must take reasonable steps to protect their own health and safety, that of the pupils they accompany and also that of anyone else who may be affected by the delivery of the trip.
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 requires risks to be appropriately assessed and measures put in place to reduce or eliminate risks.
The Adventure Activities Licensing Regulations 2004 requires providers of certain adventure activities to be licensed.
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 holds an organisation responsible if their activities were organised or managed in such a way that this caused or contributed to the death of someone to whom they had a duty of care.
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