Sexual Violence Awareness Training

Purpose of the training

According to recent research more than two thirds of female aid workers have experienced sexual aggression, with more than half reporting persistent sexual advances.

The aim of this training is to provide all participants with an understanding of sexual aggression. This includes sexual violence, the selection of targets, prevention methods, risk management skills and contingency plans should the worst happen so that their capacity to avoid incidents and their ability to reduce impact is maximised.

The well-being of all participants is a main priority. A relaxed and comfortable environment will be established. Anyone can leave the room for a period if they so wish.

• Raise awareness, ensure informed consent.
• Risk Reduction in specific environment (travel, hotels, guest houses, communities).
• Post Exposure Preventive (PEP).
• First Aid and Psychological first aid.
• Support fellow staff.
• Break-Away skills can be included in the training.

Participants

Anyone travelling or working in risky environments and/or remote areas.

Duration

Our regular course is 2 days and can take place in your office or any other suitable location.

Anti-Abduction Awareness Training

Purpose of the training

This training is tailored for NGO workers, members of media organisations, private companies or any other non-governmental organisation with staff who work or are looking to work in areas where kidnapping is listed amongst the likely threats.

• Understand the various elements involved in a kidnapping operation and the motivations behind them.
• How to avoid being a victim.
• Mechanisms used to survive a hostage-taking event.
• How to live and survive in captivity.
• Hostage release and post-release events.
• Explain major differences between a kidnapping, an abduction, a hostage and a hostage taking situation.
• Explain the best risk mitigation strategies in the event that kidnapping is a threat in their zone of operations and the reactive measures if confronted to a hostage taking situation.

Participants

Anyone travelling or working in risky environments and/or remote areas.

Duration

Our regular course is 1 day and can take place in your office or any other suitable location.

Chemical Weapons Awareness Training

The objective of this training is to make sure that participants are prepared to face chemical weapons related threats, in this spirit, our training will familiarize the participants with:

• Context of chemical weapons (CW) use
• Types and signs of Chemical Weapons
• Signs, symptoms and indicators
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• NH15 & EH20 Hoods
• RSDL (Rapid Skin Decontamination Lotion)
• Dos and Don’ts if caught out in open

It will also teach how to identify chemical hazards and how to react to this specific threat and danger.

Participants

Anyone travelling or working in risky environments and/or remote areas.

Duration

Our regular course is 1 to 5 days and can take place in your office or any other suitable location.

Crisis Management Training

Purpose of the training

Working in the NGO sector involves being able to manage crises when they occur. Allowing programmes to continue where suitable, without comprimising safety of staff.

Our training will prepare you to face any critical crisis situation you might cross in your work, in order to do this we have designed this training around the following key points:

• Understanding what is covered in a Crisis Management Policy
• Creation and management of a Crisis Management Team
• Defining and delegating responsibilities within the Crisis Management Team.
• Developing a Crisis Management Plan
• Integrating the plan at all organisational levels
• Testing and practicing a Crisis Management Plan
• Identifying tools and procedures required for Crisis Management
• Understanding the importance of internal and external communications when managing a crisis situation

Duration

Our regular course is 2 days and can take place in your office or any other suitable location.

Participants

Anyone with security risk and/or crisis management responsibilities.

Kidnapping Initial Responder Training

Purpose of the training

Designed to provide you with the skills to act effectively as a ‘first responder’ if a kidnap or extortion event affects your organisation. It seeks to give you the practical skills and theoretical knowledge needed to act confidently, objectively and effectively when protecting the physical integrity of your people or security of your assets, if threatened by a kidnap or extortion-related incident.

The training covers:

• Organisation Response
• Initial Contacts
• Dealing with the victim’s family
• Suspected offender’s intelligence gathering and analysis
• Threat Assessments
• Active listening skills
• Liaison with stakeholders
• Making use of technical equipment
• Negotiation with suspected offenders
• Arranging ransom payment
• Arranging for a courier
• Dealing with a released hostage
• Post-incident policies and procedures.

Duration

Our regular course is 2 days and can take place in your office or any other suitable location.

Participants

Anyone with security risk and/or crisis management responsibilities.

Emergency First Responder

• Primary Care (CPR) – This course teaches you the steps and techniques for handling life-threatening emergencies. You’ll practice eight skills for aiding patients who aren’t breathing, have no heartbeat, may have a spinal injury, may be in shock or who may have serious bleeding. You’ll learn to how to perform CPR and continue to monitor the patient, so that you provide every possible chance of survival while waiting for emergency medical services to arrive.
• Secondary Care (First Aid) – Because many medical conditions are not life-threatening and emergency medical services are sometimes delayed or unavailable, this course teaches you how to provide first aid that eases pain and reduces the risk of further harm. You’ll learn to assess a variety of injuries and illnesses and practice bandaging and splinting.

• Care for Children – This course allows participants to learn, practice and apply emergency care skills specific to helping infants and children with medical emergencies. It’s designed for those who work with children or are likely to have to respond to emergencies involving youngsters. This course is often integrated with Primary Care (CPR) and Secondary Care (First Aid) courses.
• CPR & AED – This course focuses on CPR training and teaching participants how to use an AED (automated external defibrillator). When workplace or governmental requirements specify this training, the CPR & AED course meets the need. This course is often integrated into First Aid at Work programs.

Duration

Our regular basic course is 1 day and can take place in your office or any other suitable location.

Certification

Successful participants will receive the following certification:

• Emergency First Responder Certificate. (emergencyfirstresponse.com)

Tactical Emergency Casualty Care

OTHER SOLUTIONS is an accredited educative partner of the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (C-TECC) (http://c-tecc.org/).

The TECC program is based on the guidelines from the Committee on Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (Co-TECC). TECC uses lessons learned from the military and applies them to the civilian world of tactical medicine.

Topics include:

• Haemorrhage control

• Surgical airway control

• Needle decompression

• Strategies for treating wounded responders in threatening environments

• Caring for patients

• Techniques for dragging and carrying victims to safety.

At the core of the TECC program are three distinct phases that have been well-proven by TCCC-trained personnel:

• Direct Threat Care: Care that is rendered while under attack or in adverse conditions.

• Indirect Threat Care: Care that is rendered while the threat has been suppressed, but may resurface at any point.

• Evacuation

Care that is rendered while the casualty is being evacuated from the incident site.

Duration

Our regular course is 2 days and can take place in your office or any other suitable location.

Certification

Successful participants will receive the following certification:

• Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Certificate (c-tecc.org)

Drivers and guards

Purpose of the training

The objective of this training is to provide organisations with a high-quality participative defensive driving training for staff and drivers. This aims at increasing the confidence of staff in order to ensure better preparedness, and decrease the likelihood of incidents, while teaching the correct controlled reactions in case of incident.

Drivers

• Vehicle preparation and general maintenance.
• How to ensure staff/passenger safety.
• Address driver attitude to speeding, use of mobile phones and equipment while driving.
• Outlining primary threats.
• Image we send to local population.
• Teach basics of defensive driving.
• Practice emergency drills.
• Reacting to crowds and demonstration.
• Reacting to hostile incident.
• Reacting to kidnapping, robbery and carjacking attempts.

Guards

• Safety Procedures & SoPs
• Contingency Plan
• Roles & responsibilities
• Incident reporting
• Logistics
• Perimeter review

Participants

Drivers and guards, or anyone managing drivers and guards.

Duration

Our regular course is 2 days and can take place in your office or any other suitable location.