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Leadership
course goes outside classroom
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Members
of Arunta’s ship’s company after completing the
first LSLC at sea.
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A four-member
team from the Sailors Leadership and Management Facility (SLMF),
TA -ITLM has set a Navy first by deploying in HMAS Arunta (CMDR
Ray Griggs) to conduct a trial Leading Seaman Leadership Course
(LSLC) at sea.
The course was conducted during Arunta’s transit from the United
Arab Emirates to Fleet Base West at the end of last year.
The Course Implementation Officer (CIO), LEUT Joanne Mackintosh
said the challenge in conducting the Arunta course was to design
the 15 day course to be delivered in 13 days, while enabling the
students to achieve the same learning outcomes as those who undertake
the course in the classroom.
The SLMF team extended special thanks to all members of HMAS Arunta
for their cooperation in supporting the course. Department heads
and regulators released 15 junior personnel from all duties while
peers undertook extra duties to allow their shipmates to complete
the course. the XO and XO Desig and the POWTR provided invaluable
support and assistance while the Buffer provided support, equipment,
and the necessary spaces in which to conduct exercises and practical
scenarios on request. It was very much a team effort.
The OIC SLMF, LCDR Glenda Shaw said the whole exercise was well
organised and conducted by the CIO and her team of instructors,
CPOB Hogan from the SLMF’s West campus at HMAS Stirling and
POCK Wayne Neal and POATV Steve Cohen from the East campus at HMAS
Kuttabul. The OIC also recognised the support that the team received
from other SLMF staff, who assisted the pre-course organisation
and took up additional workloads to ensure that it was business
as usual back at the two SLMF campuses.
Although initial indications are of a successful trial, TA-ITLM
will conduct a comprehensive post activity evaluation of the LSLC
at sea to assess whether this initiative should become a regular
part of the SLMF program. The SLMF is also evaluating the feasibility
of conducting other courses in remote areas to ease the necessity
for sailors to lose precious time with their families to undertake
SLMF courses in Sydney or Stirling.
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