Swanwick OJTIs resign??
Joined: Feb 2001
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From: Fareham U.K.
It is good to see that management are practising their communication skills with their staff. The OJTI's at LACC were due their payment last month but on payday no payment!!Apparantely this was due to the reason that only one watch had submitted their returns on time. However a letter from HR [personnel] assured us that the payment would exceptionally be made at the end of the first week of May. 10th May no payment. The reason was that one watch still had allegedly failed to submit a return. BUT management must have been aware of this for at least a weekand still failed to inform us, the OJTI's. IT seems perverse that at a time when it seems I am being asked every day when am I going to resume training that we as a group, are treated with such disregard. Maybe I will not be happy to resume training as quickly as otherwise I would!!! Maybe my communication needs improving? 
Joined: Aug 2000
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From: Costa del Swanwick
Can't really see the point of being an OJTI any longer as no one seems to listen to our opinions anyway.
I refer to the fact that 5 ex LATCC failed trainees are to be given another go at LACC. Their training records have been circulated around other area units with training slots available and I understand that they were not deemed suitable for any of those units. So who gets them back-yes, the very unit that failed them in the first place.
Some of these trainees had upto 300 hours and were "terminated", but at least one of them never even made it off the AVC.
If management are not prepared to listen to the OJTIs then what's the point of having us in the first place?-let's just train them for 300 hours and give 'em the validation no matter how good they are.
I refer to the fact that 5 ex LATCC failed trainees are to be given another go at LACC. Their training records have been circulated around other area units with training slots available and I understand that they were not deemed suitable for any of those units. So who gets them back-yes, the very unit that failed them in the first place.
Some of these trainees had upto 300 hours and were "terminated", but at least one of them never even made it off the AVC.
If management are not prepared to listen to the OJTIs then what's the point of having us in the first place?-let's just train them for 300 hours and give 'em the validation no matter how good they are.
Joined: May 2002
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From: uk
With reference to whether an OJTI can hand in their training ticket: as far as I can remember you can do this provided you are at the top of the scale so you can choose whether or not to train anyone without losing pay (obviously don't get the bonus though)However at smaller units where there are probably only enough OJTI's to meet the WPP then this is not really an option as it would probably mean a trainee would'nt get training every day or putting other OJTI's under pressure to train more than the 50% of time all the time (instead of most of the time!)
Joined: Feb 2001
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From: Fareham U.K.
In reply to 250 kts the reason that the trainees are to be given another chance is due to the fact that the AVC's were substandard during OCT. AS MANAGEMENT WERE TOLD AT THE TIME!!This means that the students would have a good case for unfair dismissal if nowhere else could be found for them.Currently there is a 2 year wai for ScATCC and 2.5 for EGCC.So there was no other option after the previous mistakes
