Learning Solutions Development - Classroom and On Site Courses

Photo - School Desk We are experienced and highly skilled in the design, development and delivery of classroom courses. Our activity-based approach to classroom learning creates a dynamic environment that inspires employees to return for more. Our strategy for success is to blend our subject matter expertise with a process-oriented focus on producing quality classroom courses.

We have completed hundreds of courses for clients in Canada, the United States and abroad. We are flexible, and can adapt to meet the needs of the client, even if this means delivering our training on-site in a makeshift classroom. Our materials are ready to go and our instructors have experience delivering sessions in lunchrooms, on trains and even on the shop floor.

Examples of our projects are included below.

DND Compliance Awareness Training The Department of National Defense required environmental compliance awareness training for new and existing Base Commanders, Hazardous Materials Officers, and Base/Wing/Formation Environmental Officers and Assistants. Jacques Whitford developed five interactive PowerPoint presentations that included slides with text, images, and accompanying speaker's notes. An Instructor's manual and a Participant's manual were also developed to provide: A basic knowledge of legal jargon and principles involved with Part 5 and 9 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. A solid understanding of the concepts that underlie environmental compliance. An understanding of what to expect in terms of rights and responsibilities in the enforcement regime. A consistent knowledge base to understand other environmental laws and benefits more fully from other training on specific laws, regulations or issues. Case studies and discussions about compliance concepts.

Interpretive Training - Harrison's Cave, Barbados The Caves of Barbados had an immediate need to train their staff in preparation for their temporary opening, scheduled in time for the World Cup Cricket events. Jacques Whitford developed a comprehensive two-week training program to meet the needs of the staff. A one week interpretative training program for all CoB staff was developed and delivered along with a second week of more detailed interpretative training for the guides and drivers. Jacques Whitford also designed an instructor’s manual, which included instructor’s notes, agendas, handouts, activities, and evaluation forms; and a participant’s manual. Participants received a certificate upon completion of the program. Additionally, a summary report was also developed that summarized the training program and detailed recommendations for further training.

RCMP Environmental Responsibilities & Liabilities and Sustainable Development The RCMP’s Central Region required educational materials for RCMP facility and property managers that focused on environmental and sustainable development policies. To assist in meeting these requirements, Jacques Whitford successfully created a one day interactive PowerPoint presentation that focused on the RCMP’s environmental and sustainable development policies. The PowerPoint included instructor’s notes to assist presenters and various workplace scenarios to encourage discussion amongst the participants. The presentation increased facility/property managers’ awareness of environmental and sustainable development policies, and assisted the RCMP in their efforts to increase knowledge of work-related responsibilities. Similarly, the Participant’s Manual incorporated the information presented in the PowerPoint presentation, and many additional resources such as a glossary of key terms, and a summary of relevant Federal, Provincial, and Territorial regulations.

A Call to Action - An Orientation Program on Ecological Integrity Parks Canada needed to provide training on Ecological Integrity to all 5,000 of its employees over a three-year period. To assist in meeting this requirement, Jacques Whitford developed a two-day custom course product that included a Participant's Workbook, a Trainer's Manual and Support Web site, and a series of Trainer Props e.g., CD-ROM based slide shows and background music, EI Poker Cards, EI Trivia Cards, EI Bingo, EI History Timeline Game, and so forth.

The Change Starts Here Climate Change Employee Awareness Program The Government of Canada is committed to the Kyoto Protocol and Jacques Whitford assisted by developing an ambitious employee awareness program designed to motivate action by employees. We conceptualized, branded and implemented a program called The Change Starts Here which consisted of a series of 10 tools including workshops, an online training program, a display and a Snakes and Ladders Board Game that focuses on greenhouse gas reductions. The program focuses on educating individuals on how they can reduce personal greenhouse gas emissions at work, on the road and at home.

The Green Challenge The Green Challenge is a bilingual environmental awareness and training program developed for 16 federal departments and agencies. This program provides: Awareness presentations on environmental management targeted at senior managers. A Web-based learning tool designed to raise environmental awareness and motivate action by staff. Support tools that training staff can use when planning environmental awareness and training programs.

RCMP Groundwater Protection Program The RCMP'S Pacific Region Training Centre is located in a groundwater protection zone. The RCMP required a training program to educate RCMP staff and visitors on groundwater sensitivity. A two-hour interactive PowerPoint presentation was designed to demonstrate strategies on protecting Chilliwack's groundwater. The presentation included trivia games and other group activities, and was personalized with various PRTC environmentally-friendly activities. A supporting eight-page information booklet incorporated the information and images presented in the PowerPoint and featured a site map in the centre that highlighted best practices at the PRTC.

An Environmental Training Program was designed for Enbridge Transportation North Group. The program consists of eight, half day workshops on topics ranging from Environmental Management Systems to Air, Water, Soil and Vegetation Management and Environmental Guidelines for Construction. An instructor’s manual with participant handouts for interactive activities, agendas, introduction, overview, PowerPoint presentations, a bank of questions and an evaluation form were developed for each module.

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