No.1 Welsh Wing Air Training Corps

This section lists all courses available for staff.

Without highly skilled and dedicated staff the ATC would simply not be able to operate. As part of ongoing commitment to developing our people we have developed several training courses to provide adult staff with the skills they need

• Staff Training & Development Course - 1 day
• Adult Instructional Techniques Course - 1 day
• Pre-Selection Course - 1 evening
• Pre-Cranwell Course - 4 hours
• Squadron Management Course - 1 day
• Adult NCO Induction Course - 1 day
• Staff Training Weekend - 2 days  (Alway 1st weekend in September)
• Small Arms Training Team courses 
• Adventure Training Instructor Courses
• Risk Management Course - half a day

Who should attend
All new staff and those who have not attended one in the past 5 years.

Course content
Duty of Care, Equal Opportunities, Rules for the Mess, Structure of the Corps, Introduction to training, and Media communications

Who should attend
This course is for all staff who teach the academic syllabus.

Course Content
Qualities of an Instructor, the learning process, class participation, training aids, teaching by objectives, plannining & preparation, classroom delivery, preparing a lesson, and delivering a lesson.

Who should attend
This course is for all staff who have applied for promotion to Officer or Adult SNCO.

Course Content

Designed to prepare staff who wish to be commissioned or become an adult Sergeant.  Content includes Civilian Committee, Qualities of an Officer, Leadership theory, Motivation, Morale, Credibility, the RAF, Ethos of the Corps, Care of Youth and Selection Board guidance.  The course will be run just before each Wing board takes place.  It is run at a squadron and lasts for just one evening.  Book your place through this web site.

Who should attend
All uniformed staff and civilian instructors who are involved in the management and running of a squadron.

Course content
Roles & responsibilities, recruitment, mandatory procedures, Bader, activity management, duty of care, Padre roles, staff utilisation and development, armaments, Civilian committee, Media comms/Publicity, communicating with parents

Held on the first weekend in September each year for all staff to attend. The content is different every year but will contain training that is a recurring mandatory requirement, and anything that is topical at the time. Recent policy issues are also discussed, and lessons learnt from problems which have arisen over the past year. No other Wing activity is permitted on this weekend. The Wing annual dinner is held on the Saturday evening.  Booking forms are sent to each Squadron once the venue and costs have been determined.

The complete list of Weapons Instructor, Coaching and Range Conducting Officer courses available in 2009/10 is available here.  Send the completed application form to Wing HQ.

The complete list of national adventure training courses  is available here together with the application forms.  Complete application form and health form and send to Wing HQ.  BELA courses are run within the Wing - contact the WATTO, Sqn Ldr Andy Organ.

Risk management is everywhere these days to control activities both on and off squadrons.  Every squadron should have at least one person qualified to carry out risk management.  The course is run on demand and is just over half a day long. It can be delivered anywhere where we can gather 10 to 20 people in one place, and the participants are given a certificate of competence upon successfully completing the course. To apply email Wg HQ