A long-term business partnership in the Hunter has delivered another level of preparedness for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service as it moves toward its new 2017 contract.
As the Rescue Helicopter moves closer to the expanded NSW Government contract, local training company Forsythes Training has developed a leadership management program to support new and additional responsibilities.
From March 2017 the Rescue Helicopter will continue to provide the same lifesaving services it has undertaken for the past 40 years, but will also add the northern parts of the State to its work, new aircrafts and additional people to its team.
Service CEO, Richard Jones, said that training had always been an integral part of the organisation’s commitment to quality and safety, but the new contract also requires additional responsibilities, capabilities and ongoing change to meet the needs of our community.
‘With the assistance of Forsythes Training, as one of our valued business partners, and through Training Services NSW, Department of Industry, we have been able to provide our operations, engineering and administration teams with additional training that supports the preparations for March 2017 and beyond,’ he said.
Forsythes Training Managing Director, Chad White, said that the training program was designed by leading trainer local Michael Murray.
‘Participants undertook theory, group discussions, role play and skills development techniques over a six month period,’ Mr White said.
No one has ever paid to be assisted by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service. That is because people in our community, with support from NSW Health and NSW Ambulance Service, provide the funds that ensure the rescue helicopters are there when and where they are needed. Since December 1975 the Service has undertaken more than 30,000 missions, helping to save thousands of lives.
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