Importance of Field Monitoring in Adventure Activities

Field monitoring plays a vital role in ensuring the safety and effectiveness of adventure activities. It involves providing necessary information, instruction, training, and supervision to staff members, thus assuring management of real-time happenings and instilling confidence in both staff and management. Types of monitoring include working alongside staff, walking the floor, dedicated monitoring, validation, and revalidation. Evidence of monitoring, such as diary entries and personnel records, is crucial in demonstrating compliance with legal regulations and upholding safety standards. Neglecting field monitoring can lead to severe criticism from courts, emphasizing the significance of implementing and documenting monitoring practices in adventure activity settings.

• Adventure Activities
• Field Monitoring
• Safety Regulations
• Staff Supervision
• Legal Compliance

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1. OEAP SAPOE Combined Conference March 2016 Kendal The functions of Monitoring In Adventure Activities Andy Lavin, Niall Leyden, Marcus Bailie

2. The legal overview (Health and Safety legislation) HASAWA Section 2(2): provide information, instruction, training, and supervision as necessary .. MHSWR Reg 5: appropriate arrangements must be made for the effective planning, organisation, control, monitoring, and review of preventative and protective measures. From time to time By monitoring we mean field monitoring not record monitoring.

3. Competence Selection Induction Validation Deployment Monitoring Further training and experience

4. Why monitor ? To ensure that staff are doing what they should To ensure staff are doing it as they should To ensure management knows what is really happening To provide management with confidence To reassure staff that what they are doing is important

5. Types of monitoring Working along side Walking the floor Dedicated monitoring Validation Revalidation

6. Evidence of Monitoring None Entry in a diary who, what when Record outcomes and any further training etc. in their personnel file Statement of Competence Full chapter and verse!

7. The view of the courts! The courts are massively critical of any employer who does not carry out any field monitoring so: some field monitoring is better than no field monitoring some evidence of field monitoring is better than no evidence of field monitoring

8. Marcus Bailie 029 2075 5715 mbailie @ aals.org.uk Adventure Activities Licensing Service