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Fatality Prevention Mindset Workshop
Fortunately, the vast majority of educators will never encounter a fatality. When a death occurs, it is often assumed that it was due to a freak accident. However, analysis reveals that “few OE deaths prove to be caused by misfortune alone. Most involve failures to learn from the past” (Dr Andrew Brookes).
In order to learn from the past, we will review Coroners’ reports of previous fatalities that have occurred in Aotearoa New Zealand and discuss implications for current practice.
This workshop is aimed at a wide range of people involved in the provision of outdoor education, from Board members to EOTC co-ordinators and instructional staff. This is because Fatality Prevention is best achieved by ‘defence in depth’ – it is a shared responsibility across an organisation.
We welcome schools, outdoor providers and other organisations who work in the outdoors to join these workshops.
During the workshop you will receive a brief overview of the relevant literature and an outline of the three foundations of Fatality Prevention. You will also review case studies of fatalities that have occurred in Aotearoa New Zealand. These case studies are based on Coroners’ reports or investigations by government agencies (e.g., Work Safe or Maritime NZ). We will discuss the learnings from these cases and spend time focusing on how this knowledge can inform practice.
Upon completion of this workshop, you should be able to:
Demonstrate knowledge of Fatality Prevention principles and how these apply in outdoor education contexts.
Access and analyse case studies to identify measures to prevent an outdoor education fatality.
Critically review an outdoor program, or a specific activity, and identify the level of alignment with Fatality Prevention principles.
The workshop runs over 6 hours. Attendees are requested to complete a pre-reading prior to the workshop which will be sent out in the week prior.
Please contact us if you wish to host an event in your area or request a private workshop for your staff.
The workshop involves close analysis of fatalities that have occurred in outdoor education in Aotearoa New Zealand. Participants can find this work emotionally confronting.
More information and resources related to developing a Fatality Prevention Mindset can be found here.
If the event says 'Closed' it means it is full but we often have spaces become available. Please complete this form to join the waitlist and we will let you know if there is a space or we can add a new workshop.
We can also run workshops for Kahui Ako or other groups of schools at a very cost effective rate. Email us at admin@eonz.org.nz.
MEMBERS
$169
NON-MEMBERS
$199
"Thank you for a thought provoking, interesting, educating and therefore incredibly helpful workshop."
"I thought the day course was fantastic and it was great having my deputy principal sitting next to me so she got the same messages and notions of fatality prevention so that we can move forward together as a School."
"A big thank you for spreading the word and make us think deeply about what can go wrong and how prevent it."
"I think it was great that we had such a great range of people here, all schools should be encouraged to do this."
Yes, schools can register more than one participant if space allows. If possible it is ideal to have more than one person there so that you can work together to implement the ideas back in your school.
Please see our event terms and conditions including our cancellation policy here.