Coach Education and First Aid Update

 

ECB Guidelines for delivery of Face to Face courses:

On the 8th March Sport England allowed the delivery of face to face courses under the education exemption with the following Department for Education guidance. This is a 67 page document. Within this document you will find the guidance for Adult education which is further 57 page document.

Highlighted below are some, but by no means all, of the requirements to satisfy the guidance.

•   Review and where necessary, update your risk assessment

•   Follow the system of controls to minimise the risk of infection – there are 12 elements across two pages.

•   Implement and deliver a plan for asymptomatic testing.

•   Test and Trace procedure.

•   Isolation and communication plan must be in place.

•   Face coverings must be worn in many circumstances.

Given the requirements in both documents the ECB guidance is for face-to-face course provision to await the planned move to step 1b on 29th March which will be reviewed by government on 22ndMarch. However, if you feel your organisation can satisfy the related guidance from DfE, then the courses are permissible where applicable. We will provide a further update at this time when it is hoped under step 1b, outdoor education can be delivered under more manageable restrictions which will be the same as for the return to playing cricket outdoors.

Status of specific Courses:

Coach Development Courses -  Face to face courses are permissible, but not advisable as outlined above. 

Safe Hands Training – These courses can be delivered online and this is to be maintained until any further update

ACO Courses – These courses can be delivered online and this will be maintained until a further update

First Aid Courses – Face to face courses are permissible but not advisable.  The ECB does not recognise online courses, in the event of qualifications which expired since 1st March 2020 these can remain valid until 30thSeptember 2021.

National Programme Activators Courses – As recommended previously plan for outdoor delivery of face to face in April with delivery in line with all government and ECB recommendations at that time.  Should a decision be made on 22 March that doesn’t allow for Face to Face as planned we will pivot to virtual delivery as appropriate.  The face to face element only relates to new activators (signed up post Jan 2020 and not having undertaken training) and with existing activators undertaking online refresher course


 

Devon Cricket’s Plans in response to ECB Update:

In response to the above update, Devon Cricket has made the following decisions and is in the process of putting in place the following plans:

ECB Foundation 1 courses:

  • We await further ECB guidance once the planned move to step 1b has been confirmed. 
  • We will strive to complete the second day of the North Devon Course that has been cancelled and deliver the course booked for the 17th and 24th April.
  • We will also be investigating running a further course in May if possible.

Safe Hands Training:

  • Based on the ECB guidance above, we will be not be scheduling any face-to-face courses
  • As per ECB guidance Welfare Officer training must be completed via a Safe Hands Webinar, book here-   Summary - Safe Hands Webinar for Club Welfare Officers (cvent.com) This needs to be done by 31stMarch and individuals must also complete the Safeguarding Young Cricketers e-learning. 

First Aid courses:

  • We welcome the news that ECB have extended the qualification expiry date from 30th September 2021 for qualifications that have expired since 1st March 2020
  • We are aware though that many coaches will still now need to complete their First Aid if they expired prior to March 2020 or they are a new coach. 
  • Clubs should have at least one qualified first aider at all junior sessions, they must have attended a face-to-face course that covers basic first aid, is 3 hours minimum and provides a certificate. 

Recommended First Aid Course options:

Achieve4Allhttps://achieve4all.co.uk/first-aid/ - Sports Coach First Aid Awareness - Achieve4All are happy to discuss setting up courses for clubs and you can email firstaid@achieve4all.co.uk
St Johns Ambulance - please click here 
British Red Cross - please click here 
One Life Training (based in Exeter) - please click here

 

National Programmes Activator Courses:

 

As soon as we have more information about Foundation 1 courses we will share this with clubs. 

Contact: coaches@devoncricket.co.uk