click23 66 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Just found two new e-Learning courses, Climb On Safely and Trek Safely. It also appears that Staffing the District Committee is no longer available. Link to post Share on other sites
dg98adams 18 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Hazardous Weather is also new and I think is required to get a trip permit approved (1 adult). Our council sent an email out on the distribution list letting us know. I took it and it was ok. Link to post Share on other sites
emb021 16 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Hazardous Weather isn't that new. Its been there a few months. I had to go thru the MyScouting portal to see the new training. The OLC website doesn't list the new courses. I wiped thru both COS & TS, but then I've gone thru the live courses a few times. Link to post Share on other sites
Crew21_Adv 25 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Click23 and Fellow Scouters, Concur with dg98adams, I think completion of the Hazardous Weather is a requirement for submitting a tour permit, and actually a printed checkbox on the newest tour permit form. Hazardous Weather has always been a discussion during my districts IOLS/OWL/BALOO course. We relay real life experiences which have been spoken about in the news over the years. About a tornado going thru the Scout building, about amputated fingers due to frost bite, about the exhausted driver (and van full of Scouts) crashes, the lost Scouts which wonder away from the campsite, about the drownings when SSD is not complied, and etc. During our outdoor courses, we discuss the worst things that have happened, (the death of a Scout/Scouter) and what planning (specifically weather avoidance) could have happened to prevent it. So I'm glad to see some new courses (or old courses) going online. Other new courses coming out; For those of us that train and/or comment at Roundtable, watch for the new "What is Scouting" to replace New Leaders Essentials. A few friends have asked at our Roundtable, does that mean they have to go thru the NLE/"What is Scouting" again. My immediate (but not authoritative) answer was, "No, not yet". It is expected to be the same as NLE (or the What is Cub Scouting, What is Boy Scouting and What is Venturing factsheets), but just a different name and online. Good training, but I bet it will only be a refresher of NLE. However, brand new Scouters should enroll for all these courses prior to our district's semi-annual outdoor courses. Scouting Forever and Venture On! Crew21 Adv Link to post Share on other sites
Hal_Crawford 15 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I seriously doubt that anyone will be required to take What is Scouting if they already have NLE. Our SM was trained before the current courses... I think the course he took was called Scoutmaster Fundamentals. At any rate, he didn't become untrained when the changed the curriculum. Hal Link to post Share on other sites
click23 66 Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 Staffing the District Committee is back on the site. It now has a 20 minute timer, so no more not being able to finish it. Link to post Share on other sites
ScoutNut 147 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 The online NLE - "This is Scouting" - is now up on the BSA E-Learning site. Link to post Share on other sites
mikecummings157 10 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Has anyone heard whether Health & Safety will be offered as eLearning at any point? Link to post Share on other sites
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