Tuesday 10th November 2020

Right Up To Date Clinic

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Welcome to our Clinic

today

Hosted by Caroline Constantine, Gill Twell and Ian Warren

Purpose

Now we are in the midst of a second lockdown in England, with continuing restrictions in other nations, we will be holding these clinics to focus on Covid-19 until the end of the lockdown.

In today’s clinic we will be highlighting some of the Covidrelated issues we have picked up during audits our team has undertaken. We also have some guest speakers who will be sharing their insight with you.

We hope you will share your experiences with us. It is also an opportunity to ask questions.

Please email questions to:info@rightdirections.co.uk or use the chat

Please ask questions and please share any advice that you have.

We will be sharing the Q&A’s from each clinic

What are we going to cover

today?

What are we going to cover today?

• Covid-19 restrictions update

• Audit findings – Covid-19

• Training and qualifications with our guest speaker, Jo Talbot

• Best practice and lessons learnt from lockdown 1, with guests Amanda Dando and Dave Wheeler

• Right Directions updates

• Your questions

Covid-19 Update

Covid-19 Restrictions Update

• The firebreak in Wales ended yesterday – the following now applies in Wales:

• All sport and leisure facilities are now allowed to be open in Wales

• Activities, including exercise classes can take place indoors in groups of up to 15 people (simultaneously)

• Sport or exercise can take place in a group of up to 30 people outdoors

• Children under 11 are not included in the above numbers

Covid-19 Update

Covid-19 Restrictions Update (Wales)

• Activities involving staggered starts should not be allowed if there is a risk of breaching the numbers

• Face coverings must be worn when preparing to exercise, changing or undertaking any activity that isn’t strenuous.

• The above is subject to other measures such as social distancing and adequate ventilation

• For further information see: https://www.sport.wales/media-centre/latest-news/sport-and-physical-activity-in-wales-after-the-firebreak/ and: https://gov.wales/coronavirus-regulations-guidance#section-46351

• In Northern Ireland the current restrictions endon 13th November.

Covid-19 Update

Covid Audit Questions

• Prior to lockdown we completed a number of health and safety audits which included Covid-19 questions.

• Whilst a few facilities were fully compliant, many areas for improvement were identified. Questions include:

• Has the workplace, including activity areas, been designed to maintain social distancing through the removal or re-positioning of equipment? Areas in changing rooms, toilets and offices had not always been considered

• Have maximum capacities been calculated based on 100sqft per person or 2m distancing (whichever is the lowest)?Facilities could not always state how capacities had been calculated

• Has the cleaning schedule been revised to increase cleaning throughout the facility, including frequent sanitisation of touchpoints?Whilst additional cleaning was being done, sitescould not always evidence this

Covid-19 Update

Covid Audit Questions

• Have instructors who move between sites been considered within the risk assessments and efforts made to reduce the number of venues which they work at?This could not always be evidenced or had not been considered

• Are contractors and visitors asked to sign in via a hygienic process?Often our team were asked to sign in using a shared pen

• Is there a Covid-19 risk assessment in place that has been regularly reviewed to reflect government guidelines and NGB guidance (as applicable)? Risk assessments were sometimes out of date or had not been made site specific

• Has a screen been put in place to protect front of house staff from aerosol and droplets from customers?On occasions, reception staff were not fully protected by a screen or were sat in areas where the screen was not in place

• How compliant would you be on re-opening?

• We will share other questions in future clinics

Covid-19 Update

What else could you be doing during lockdown?

• Review:

• Fire risk assessment

• Legionella risk assessment

• Other risk assessments and safe systems of work

• Procedures and processes (including Covid)

• KPIs and objectives

• Fire drills (various scenarios)

• What else….?

• Training and re-induction

Covid-19 Update

Training and Qualifications

Jo TalbotCommercial Director, IQL

The Drowning Prevention Charity

RLSS UK Update Nov 2020

Training During Lockdown - England

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No.4) Regulations 2020 comes into force on Thursday5, November 2020. Guidance from the government in England is available here.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-national-restrictions-from-5-november

Training During Lockdown - England

First Aid training and assessment

The HSE and DfE have not relaxed their rules on maintaining adequate first aid provision in the workplace. Therefore, whenever an employer needs to maintain mandatory first aid provision by sending a first aider on a relevant first aid training course (whether on furlough leave or not), this should be the primary driver behind ATC/Ps continuing to deliver training courses during the lockdown period.

Please note - if you intend to deliver training and assessments within swimming pools, you should seek clarification and authorisation from your local authority (EHO).

Qualification Extensions

Update 03/11/2020Due to the ongoing issues with restrictions, and lockdowns across England, Wales, parts of Scotland, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland; we have gained permission to extend some RLSS UK qualifications and awards again.• First Aid at Work and Emergency First Aid at Work• Paediatric First Aid and Emergency Paediatric First Aid • Trainer qualifications • All other RLSS UK and IQL UK regulated and, non-regulated

qualifications

Qualification Extensions

FAW & EFAW – not changed FAW or EFAW certificates that expired after 16, March 2020 can remain valid until 31,

October 2020, or 6-months from the date of expiry, whichever is later. All

requalification training for these certificates should be completed by 31, March 2021.

PFA & EPFA – not changed If PFA certificate requalification training is prevented for reasons associated directly

with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, or by complying with related government

advice, the validity of current certificates can be extended to 25 November 2020 at the

latest. This applies to certificates expiring on or after 16 March 2020.

Qualification Extensions

Probationary Trainer AssessorProbationary National Trainer AssessorProbationary NWSMP InstructorProbationary NPSQ TutorProbationary Assistant Lifesaving Probationary InstructorProbationary Lifesaving InstructorProbationary Lifesaving Instructor TutorProbationary Rookie Instructor

All probationary Trainers, Instructors, or Tutor qualifications will be provided with a 12-month extension to their expiry date.

Qualification ExtensionsNational Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ)National Vocational Beach Lifeguard Qualification (NVBLQ)Open Water Lifeguard (OWL)Emergency Response Pool (ER Pool)National Rescue Award for Swim Teachers & Coaches (NRASTC & LIGHT)Aquatic Therapy Shallow Pool Rescue Award (ATSPRA)Automated External Defibrillator (AED)Basic Life Support & Anaphylaxis ManagementPool Plant Operator (PPO)Life Support 3All RLSS UK and IQL UK regulated and, non-regulated qualifications listed here with an expiry date between 16, March 2020 and 31, December 2020 have been extended, and now expire on 31, December 2020.

Qualification Extensions

Special Considerations

Should be completed by learners wishing to apply for special considerations for training or qualification-related purposes in cases where the learner is unable to submit the application to the Approved Training Centre/Provider (ATC/P) Co-ordinator or the Trainer Assessor may submit the application on their behalf.

https://www.rlss.org.uk/forms/special-consideration-application-form

Competency Assessments

Operators are responsible for ensuring employees are competent to work as a lifeguard.

If pools in England can open early December do I need to competency test all lifeguards?

You need to consider………………..• When they trained last?• When they are due to train next?• Has training been completed during lockdown?• Have they completed any online training?• Can you demonstrate they are competent?

Find more information here

Training during lockdown https://www.rlss.org.uk/news/training-during-lockdown

Extension of qualificationshttps://www.rlss.org.uk/news/coronavirus-covid-19-update-for-tas

Guidance for Operatorshttps://www.rlss.org.uk/pages/category/rlss-uk-guidance-for-operating-during-covid-19

Videos for CPR during COVID-19

https://www.rlss.org.uk/news/cpr-and-first-aid-skills-during-covid-19

Any questions?

Covid-19 Update

Good Practice and Lessons Learnt from Lockdown 1

Amanda DandoGeneral Manager, Salto Gymnastics Club

Dave WheelerContract & Operations Manager, Rubicon Leisure

Right Directions updates

• On-going Information Briefs on Covid-19

• Social media used to assist with updates - Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook

• Virtual and on-site support days (Covid) to assist in ensuring you are Covid secure

• Ongoing email and telephone support

• STITCH workshops every Monday at 2pm

• Risk assessment templates including Covid-19 updated on the STITCH platform

Right Directions updates

Quest Prime

• Our next Quest Prime Clinic is on Thursday 19th

November 2020

Right Directions updates -Training

Courses tailored to the Leisure Industry

Our first releases will be available from next Tuesday, 17 November:

• Risk Assessment for Managers

• Price: Right Directions Clients £5.00

• Price: Non Clients £10.00

• Risk Assessment Awareness for Front Line Staff

• Price: Right Directions Clients £2.50

• Price: Non Clients £5.00

• Call 01582 840098 or emailtraining@rightdirections.co.uk for further details

Right Directions updates -Training

Further releases to follow before the end of November:

• Safeguarding

• Legionella

• Asbestos Awareness

• Fire Marshal

- Created and presented by leisure industry experts

- Easy to access and monitor delegates’ progress

- Built in competency assessments and electronic support

workbooks available

- All courses are certificated upon completion

- Covid-19 Awareness Course for the Leisure Industry still available

(To register click here or click on the link on our Covid-19 page on

our website)

Great value as always – discounts throughout November for

Right Directions’ clients

Call 01582 840098 or emailtraining@rightdirections.co.uk for further details

What next…

• Our next clinic will take place on Wednesday 18th November 2020

• We will have more guest speakers at the next clinic

• We look forward to seeing you then

• We are still here to support you in the meantime

Questions

Over to you – your Q&As

Covid-19 Update

Other Information

• Re-visit the Clinics we held throughout the spring, summer and in recent weeks:

https://rightdirections.co.uk/fit-for-business/

Keep up-to-date by monitoring the relevant government website. Review other websites too, e.g. Sport England, CIMSPA, ukactive, RLSS, Swim England and other NGBs

for guidance.

ThankYou!

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