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Development

The Development Team, based at the Training and Development Centre in Telford, support one component of the national IPDS by supporting the development of newly qualified firefighters and monitoring ongoing competence of operational staff through workplace assessment.

Once newly appointed fire fighters have completed their initial training they spend a period of time settling into their new roles before beginning the development phase of their training. Currently, for wholetime fire fighters, this results in the award of a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ).

The team also provide valuable support to watch based assessors, ensuring consistency of assessment across the organisation.

Those who have completed their development phase identify their development needs through the use of Individual Development Records IDRs which are, in turn, monitored by the Development Team. In addition to IDRs, development needs for future improvement will normally be identified through Individual Performance and Development Reviews (IPDRs) conducted with line managers.

Integrated Personal Development System (IPDS) Documents ^ Top  

National PDF documents provided by IPDS:

PDF icon IPDS 'Moving On' booklet (PDF 874.56 Kb)
PDF icon IPDS 'Myths and Facts' (PDF 125.01 Kb)
IPDS website www.ipds.co.uk


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