A new set of trainees begins at Nee Naw Control on Monday and I have been asked to train one in call taking! This is the first time I have done training (unless you count teaching illiterate nurses how to switch their computers on in my last job) so I am a bit nervous about it. I’m going to spend the whole weekend (well, apart from going to the football… and the pub afterwards…) pouring over my training folder and my old diary entries so I remember what it was like to be a Newbie. I am sure I have picked up some bad habits over the years — saying the forbidden phrase the ambulance is on its way is the one that springs to mind — so I had better make sure I don’t pass them on to her. Obviously, I won’t be reporting on my trainee’s progress as that wouldn’t be fair on her, but I expect I will learn something from it myself, which might make for interesting blogging. I was getting a bit sick of being on the radio all the time; it’s like watching the action rather than participating in it yourself.
I hope my trainee is nice!
Wish me luck!
November 10th, 2006 at 1:29 pm
Aw, baby Nee Naw…
Wish him/her good luck. I’m sure you with you at the healm they’ll end up as a great EMD. Don’t sweat it.
November 10th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
Excellent excellent - will look good on the ole’ Road Crew applicaiton form as well! T.
November 10th, 2006 at 2:12 pm
You’ll be fine!
May the law of Sod be suspended for the duration of the training!
November 10th, 2006 at 4:24 pm
It’s scary, but remember they ALWAYS know less than you!
November 10th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
Good Luck!
November 10th, 2006 at 5:30 pm
goodly luck (:
November 10th, 2006 at 5:53 pm
Good Luck to both you and your trainee!!
November 10th, 2006 at 6:02 pm
Good luck - I hope it goes well!
November 10th, 2006 at 7:13 pm
Good Luck. I bet you enjoy it.. hope you get a nice newbie!
November 10th, 2006 at 9:00 pm
im just guessing but this sounds like c watch to me…
November 10th, 2006 at 10:14 pm
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Tom said,
on November 10th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
Excellent excellent - will look good on the ole’ Road Crew applicaiton form as well! T.
You must work for our Trust!
November 10th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
so mike what did you do before EMD ?????
November 11th, 2006 at 8:36 pm
what channel are you a radio op on?
November 12th, 2006 at 1:46 am
Good luck with the training!
November 12th, 2006 at 12:36 pm
LAS_EMD: I’m not on C watch…
LAS NE: Channel 2. Know who I am yet?
Dave M: I worked in IT support in a well known London hospital. It was the most boring job in the world EVER. I spent half the time taking the fluff out of mice and the rest surfing the internet…
November 12th, 2006 at 2:06 pm
Carmelo…having seen your description of Mark’s new trainee i decided what an apt name it would be for myself…hope you don’t mind me borrowing it
Good Luck with your trainee though Mike….i’m sure they’ll be cool….be nice to them….i was scared to death when i took my first emergency call, shaking, and making many typos…and i still hate it when i can’t find the location of flipping traffic accidents…flying solo for the first time was also just as scary…but im getting there…its all good!
November 13th, 2006 at 4:47 pm
Ref:IT
you forgot the golden phrase ‘have you rebooted it’
Nick ‘it geek’