TIE Presentation

[Digger]

OK, I've got a TIE this week, and I've got to do my 10 mins on Rescue Priorities. I have to say I'm a little bit overloaded with data, and wondered if anyone had done this topic previously and could offer a bit of advice on a good area to cover, and how to split things up?

I'm hoping this doesn't count as cheating somehow, as I don't see the difference between asking the instructors in my club (which I have) and some instructors I've never met.

Any help much appreciated, especially about what I've let myself in for.

Digs.

[Mike Halligan]

Any help much appreciated, especially about what I've let myself in for.

Hi, Digs,

There's a piece on Diveinstruct written for CI Exam candidates and not yet updated (mea culpa). It is probably a good starting point, so long as you discount the bit about swimming pools!

In essence, be knowledgable, be assured, be clear, be yourself, after that a smidgen of luck is all that's needed and I wish you that,

Mike

[petem]

OK, I've got a TIE this week, and I've got to do my 10 mins on Rescue Priorities. I have to say I'm a little bit overloaded with data, and wondered if anyone had done this topic previously and could offer a bit of advice on a good area to cover, and how to split things up?

I'm hoping this doesn't count as cheating somehow, as I don't see the difference between asking the instructors in my club (which I have) and some instructors I've never met.

Any help much appreciated, especially about what I've let myself in for.

Make sure you pick an area you can cover in the right time, many people try and cover too much and don't cover what they do in sufficient detail. Too little and you end up padding.

Start by writing down everything you *could* cover then pick one or two that you are sure you know well and are hopefully enthusiastic about. I would do this be listing the priorities in a rescue in chronological order then pick a phase to go through. Its a bit difficult to give specific advice on what to choose as what would be good for me may not be for you.

Try and avoid death by Power Point - if you can use some other type of VA, examples would be throw ropes, different types of weight belt to demonstrate how they are ditched once at the surface.

Practise, I did my presentation to a few of the other instructors to get feed back.

and finally Good Luck!

HTH

Pete

[Adrian Kelland]

I also have mine this w/e... I have Tides.

I have used parts of the Instructor Manual, but it is far too easy to want to say too much. I am ignoring anything to do with charts and diamonds.

How long since your IFC or ITC? Mine was a few weeks ago and much is still fresh in my mind. Otherwise have a look at your course notes. KISS etc.

I would do bits on WHY you have to prioritise, WHAT considerations to bear in mind, then notes on each consideration. An intro and summary of course.

Still I could be completely wronng in approach here. I will know by the end of Saturday :-)

Adrian

[Trevor M]

Hi Digs,

There are a few tips on the Uni. Bristol website. Click on the link below, and then on the left hand column at the bottom under "Recent Changes" you can follow the link to "TIE section"

Hope this helps and all the best,

T

[John Williams]

Remember your critical areas:

1) Make sure that what you teach is accurate and up-to-date and concentrates on the "must know" information without trying to teach too much.

2) Teach progressively - by introducing each theme in a logical sequence.

3) Support your lesson with appropriate visual aids - use pictures rather than text and remember that if you are talking without a visual backup then you aint got enough visual aids!

If you meet all these 3 criteria you CANNOT fail...the senior examiner will not allow you to fail.

Using the Lesson planning sheets handed out at your ITC/IFC will help you to structure your lesson to acheive these objectives.

All other objectives - like introduction, aims, objectives, class positioning and control, eye contact, summarising, checking for info transfer, timing etc. are all nice to have but without the critical criteria no amount of the "extras" will save you. Similarly, although the extras are nice and might ensure a "Merit", if you miss out all the extras but cover the critical criteria properly then you will PASS.

Good luck


John
TIE Examiner

[Gordon Archer]

OK, I've got a TIE this week, and I've got to do my 10 mins on Rescue Priorities. I have to say I'm a little bit overloaded with data, and wondered if anyone had done this topic previously and could offer a bit of advice on a good area to cover, and how to split things up?

I'm hoping this doesn't count as cheating somehow, as I don't see the difference between asking the instructors in my club (which I have) and some instructors I've never met.

Any help much appreciated, especially about what I've let myself in for.


Digs.

First of all well done & good luck to have got this far and trying to give something back by becoming an instructor.

As to the priorites of a rescue; well from a recent experience in an actual rescue, I recommend the following, Stay calm observe the problem, act decisicely, control the situation, do not become a casualty your self, get help, all Spring to mind.
(Good bullet points).

What was going for me was being in constant training as an intructor helped, good buddy check before entry into the water, familiarity of own kit, and the casualty having just finished rescue drills the week before was well rehearsed in drinking water.
The result was a fast controlled lift to surface & no symptoms or after effects of the problem.

Again good luck how about posting the result?

[Adrian Kelland]

Thankfully, I passed. Much relief :-)

I don't fancy the practical side so much though...

Adrian