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Uniform, Public & Defence Services Courses

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Getting Ahead

Uniform, Public & Defence Services Courses at South Downs Campus

Are you studying a Uniform, Public & Defence Services course at South Downs Campus in September? If so, you’re in the right place!

Before you join us in September, we would like to share with you some activities and units you will be enjoying on your course. We would like you to research aspects of your chosen career and bring this document with you when you join us.

Please send your completed Getting Ahead work to – Gettingahead-publicanduniformedservicessd@hsdc.ac.uk

For further information on your course please email:
martyn.bell@hsdc.ac.uk
andrew.northover@hsdc.ac.uk

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To be successful in any of the uniformed protective services you will need to know what they do, what roles they have, what requirements they have to join and how much you will be paid. Please do some research using Google and answer the following questions:

  • Which service are you interested in?
  • What is your chosen service’s mission statement (what do they do)?
  • What is the full title of the job role, regiment or department of the service you want to join?
  • What are the conditions of service (how long do you have to join for)?
  • How much will you be paid?
  • Is there a rank structure?

The course will support and help you learn the levels of fitness required by a specific uniformed service during the recruitment process and how diet and exercise will contribute to improving your own physical fitness. You will then be expected to improve your own level of personal fitness. Please research the fitness tests you have to complete when joining a service of your choice.

Get ahead and download the 100% Army Fit App on your phone to get you fit for College. Select ‘I want to get fitter’ and set your start date for 01/09/2024. You will get a personalised plan and you don’t need any equipment. In September you can show us the improvement in your fitness testing.

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In any job you will need to understand and demonstrate leadership skills. Like any skill, this is something that needs to be learned and practised. To aid you in this process you will learn and apply the theories that underpin leadership, both in the classroom and during practical activities. They will make the difference between being a leader or being a good leader!

Watch each video and answer the associated questions:

A Good Leader?

  • Why would this type of leader be preferred?
  • Why could this type of leadership be more productive?
  • Why, as a leader, would you need to be able to use both?

What Skills and Qualities Make a Good Leader?

  • Did the commanding officer lead by example?
  • Why would a team seeing their leader leading by example be important?

Which of the following ten skills and qualities did the commanding officer show and why are they important? (If you are unsure of the term below feel free to look it up).

Skills & Qualities Demonstrated

Yes/No

 Where was this demonstrated and why is this skill or quality important?
Courage  

 
Organisation  

 
Knowledge  

 
Effective Communication  

 
Confidence  

 
Motivational  

 
Dedication  

 
Timekeeping  

 
Loyalty  

 

In all forms of employment, an understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion is essential, as it is often a legal requirement and you may be in a position to uphold the law.

Watch the videos and answer the questions:

Join the Army

  • Why have the Army, Navy and RAF been working so hard to promote equality and diversity?
  • Why would the uniformed services benefit from this approach?

Diversity in the Police

  • Should the police and other services represent a cross-section of the population?
  • What are the benefits of diversity when policing in the community?

Resources

Meet your Lecturers

  • Public and uniformed services lecturer martyn bell

    Martyn Bell

  • Public and uniformed services lecturer andy northover

    Andy Northover

  • and Vicki Wise, Paul Munnion, Phill Grimes, Lauren Clark, Kirsty Harley & Ollie Jones

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Your Learning Space

*This is a representation of your learning space and may not be the exact room you will be using

The teaching and support was absolutely brilliant, they couldn’t have done anything more or anything better, if I had any questions my lecturers would always stay behind to help me if I needed it and their emails were always open, it was second to none. This college is the best by far.

Amber Searle, BTEC student

My courses were all especially interesting, I thoroughly enjoyed all of them. All of my lecturers were extremely knowledgeable and I have learnt a lot from them.

Lottie Warren, A Level student

This is a really good college, and it is definitely somewhere you can achieve your dreams.

Yolanda Stemp, BTEC student