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INFORMATION #1 <br /> Headaches and Solutions to Company-Level Training — <br /> Part 1 <br /> by Armand Guzzi <br /> Created: April 14, 2012 <br /> Source: http://www.firehouse.com/article/10695319/headaches-and-solutions-to-company-level- <br /> train ing-part-1?print=true <br /> This article is geared towards those rare situations where the culture of the <br /> department, or the culture of the company, or the specific shift of a company has <br /> allowed such behavior to occur. <br /> II As a career fire officer and as a fire academy <br /> instructor, I have on occasion encountered <br /> 'x, <br /> frustrated fire officers. Company officers who were <br /> faced with the constant uphill battle of trying to <br /> conduct company level training. <br /> - <br /> Photo by Glen E.Eliman/FortWorthFire.com The most serious issues that I have noticed fall into <br /> A company officer can face a number of four separate areas of concern. As a company <br /> train.They when to find to get le screws officer have you ever encountered any of the <br /> train.They need to find possible solutions to <br /> keep the members of the company at a high following issues? <br /> level of proficiency <br /> • Trying to motivate your troops when they don't <br /> want to be motivated. <br /> They'll tell you point blank that they're not interested in the "job." They're there because <br /> of the salary and benefits or the social aspects. Any training that these troops are <br /> ordered or "forced" to sit through might seem to you as a waste of both your time and <br /> theirs. <br /> • You have high maintenance people that will complain to such an extent that you <br /> might think it's easier to just leave them alone and concentrate on training those <br /> who have easier-going personalities. <br /> Personnel who vociferously complain about everything, whether it's training or building <br /> familiarization or checking their equipment or even having to respond to a call can bring <br /> down the moral of the company officer dramatically. Your high maintenance people <br />