Your police community officer is responsible for training school traffic safety team members and adult supervisors to ensure that patrols and wardens carry out their duties professionally and competently.
They also implement procedures specific to particular crossings to ensure that patrol members and crossing students stay safe. They could include establishing special reference points or 'marks', making changes to operating procedures owing to heavy traffic flows, or using third members as leaders.
1. Timing your training programme
Most school traffic safety teams are trained in term 4 so they're ready to start their duties in term 1 the following year. Refresher training is normally provided during the first few weeks of the first term to ensure patrol members are competent to carry out their duties.
However, some schools prefer to have their patrols trained during term 3 then starting their duties in term 4, continuing through to the end of the third term the following year. Your police school community officer will be able to advise on the best option for your school.
When you're ready to schedule training for your school traffic safety team, contact your school community officer. They'll work with you to choose a date that suits you, your supervisors and your students.
Before training starts, please photocopy the 'School patrol training sheet' on page 30. Your school community officer will use it as part of the training programme.
2. Training for school patrols and school wardens
You'll need to set aside a day for this training-and all students and supervisors need to attend. Note: the training includes viewing a DVD, so you'll need to make sure you have the appropriated equipment.
The training day covers essential information such as:
- participants' roles and responsibilities
- correct procedures for operating the patrol
- the need for teamwork and reliability
- what to do if someone doesn't turn up or for some reason can't do the job on the day
- uniforms and how to wear and look after them
- other equipment they need to do the job.
participants will also get practical training, learning about things like reference points or marks that they can use to identify safe gaps in traffic and determine traffic speeds and volume. Supervisors will also learn how to record cases of unsafe and illegal behavior.
When the training is complete, include the new recruits in the roster for the rest of the year. It's a great opportunity to give them practical experience with your established patrol members.
2.1 Refreshing training
Early in the new school year, your school community officer will contact you to arrange refresher training at crossings and check that you've set up your rosters. They might also meet the supervisors to make sure they're aware of their roles and responsibilities.
This is also an ideal time to show newcomers to your school how your school patrol or warden operation works.
3. Training for bus wardens
While your school will normally ensure that students travelling on buses understand basic safety procedures, the school community officer can provide more specialist training, such as emergency procedures.
In preparation for your training day, make sure that:
- the bus operator can provide a bus for the day, the school community officer will check that it's roadworthy and that unloading sites are correct and signposted.
- a first-aider can attend such as a staff member or a St John or Red Cross representative.
- your school's bus controller will attend.
The training day covers topics such as:
- bus wardens' roles and responsibilities
- the need for trust, teamwork and reliability
- what to do if someone doesn't turn up or for some reason can't do the job on the day
- emergency procedures
- describing and reporting student misbehaviour
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