Title – No martial arts
Date – November 2006
We don’t teach martial arts; we don’t expect candidates attending any of our courses to be experts in any form or martial arts by the end of a days training; we understand that anything we teach much be easy to absorb and easy to remember.
Here our instructor demonstrates what we don’t expect, tying yourself or anyone else into a knot just doesn’t work. We believe is simple and straight forward techniques that are easy to learn and easy to perfect. So when you find yourself needing to employ a personal safety technique, it comes back to you without the need to prance around like the Karate Kid.
Beyond The Blue provide training courses in a number of different sectors including; Conflict Management and Resolution (CMR), National Certificate for Door Supervisors (NCDS), Physical Interventions (PI), Fire Safety (FS) & Personal Safety (PS).
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Title – Group Presentation
Date – November 2006
Beyond The Blue will come to your place of work and provide your staff with training on-site. This approach saves your staff time and your business expense sending candidates away to be trained
Our courses include; the portfolio of BIIAB Licensed Retail Sector training courses; Conflict Management and Resolution (CMR); National Certificate for Door Supervisors (NCDS); Physical Interventions (PI); and Fire Safety (FS).
We can effectively run courses at your venue providing you have the space, the furniture and the keys.
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Title – Having fun
Date – November 2006
There is a very serious aspect to much of the training we provide; for example, through our Conflict Management and Resolution courses (CMR) and Physical Intervention (PI) courses we examine how individuals can protect themselves from Workplace Violence.
But just because the subject matter is serious and very important, that does not mean that you can’t have fun in the process. We try and inject an aspect of fun into programmes. Candidates sometimes take it to the next level. Finding that a supported escort technique can easily result in two candidates carrying off a third raises a few eyebrows, before we return to the serious message in learning the technique.
We examine closely all the candidate feedback forms and regularly find that the way the trainers approach the courses makes the learning process easier by the introduction of fun and a very interactive approach.
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Title – Footwork
Date – November 2006
Understanding something as simple as a good solid stance, allows those attending our courses at Beyond The Blue to maintain balance when they find themselves in a situation where an aggressive confrontation may be possible.
Keeping your balance allows you to better control a situation and increase your own confidence when dealing with any situation.
From the outset of any of our courses we examine the very basics and get candidates to examine their own footwork in great detail. As subsequent techniques are demonstrated, we repeatedly stop half way through and ask candidates to once again examine their foot work to make sure the basics balance has been maintained.
Beyond The Blue provides training courses in a number of areas including; Conflict Management & Resolution (CMR), Physical Interventions (PI) and In-House Security Induction (IHSI).
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Title – Group Work
Date – November 2006
Breaking into groups, candidates workshop topics to ensure a more positive learning experience. Monitored and mentored by our instructors they are given the opportunity to work with other candidates and develop ideas for themselves. These are then discussed with the group as a whole so that a positive and guided discussion and debate takes place, to reach the planned learning objective.
This interactive approach allows us to achieve our ultimate goal, of ensuring those attending our courses leave with the information and skills to work more safely and manage their working environment with more confidence.
For those attending our Conflict Management and Resolution courses (CMR), National Certificate for Door Supervisors (NCDS), Physical Interventions (PI), portfolio of BIIAB Licensed Retail Sector Training and In-House Security Induction (IHSI) programmes, this approach also allows those attending to start thinking for themselves rather relying on direction from others.
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Title – Sitting Hook Restraint
Date – November 2006
Simple restraint techniques are demonstrated by our instructors and then candidates are given the opportunity to practice and experience how it feels to be on the other side of them.
Simplicity is one of our watch words at Beyond The Blue. There is simply no point in trying to teach techniques to individuals over the period of a few hours, that take professionals years to perfect. They will simply not be learned and will give candidates a false sense of security.
Martial arts form the basis to many personal safety courses, the trainers have had a life time of practice and can demonstrate the techniques and make them look easy, but for the candidates attending the course they go home and two days later can’t remember the complicated instructions they were given.
Our instructors also have years of experience and have spent years perfecting the techniques we teach. The big difference is that by concentrating on the technique itself we develop them to be effective, easy to teach and easy to learn. Above all we concentrate on making them easy to remember, so that when you really need to use one it comes back to you as second nature.
There can be no doubt as to how effective the sitting hook restraint is in stopping someone from getting up out of a chair and potentially attacking your friends, colleagues or one of your customers. It can be taught in only a few minutes, practised in 10 and perfected in 15 to 20 minutes.
As part of our Physical Interventions course (PI) we select the techniques most relevant to the clients need.
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Title – Warm up
Date – November 2006
Warming up as a group is a very important part of our health and safety assessment before we carry out any kind of physical activity. Our instructors will before any physical activity is undertaken carry out a risk assessment, identifying any existing injuries and briefing candidates on how to ensure they avoid injuries to themselves and others.
Beyond The Blue runs it courses only with the most thorough health & safety measures in place. The very nature of our low-impact techniques means that strength and force are not required to master them; therefore what can sometimes seem like simulated violence is actually only play acting with no actual strength being used. This philosophy means that injuries are highly unlikely and candidates are perfectly safe under our duty of care.
But despite all the precautions we take we still believe in a substantial warm-up and stretching programme to reduce the risks yet further.
The courses we run include; Physical Interventions (PI); Conflict Management and Resolution (CMR).
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Title – Assist to ground
Date – November 2006
Beyond The Blue tailors its courses directly for specific clients. The technique of how to assist someone to ground in a low-impact manner to avoid injury and to maintain control, is used in areas where staff and individuals work in teams and may need to use extreme measures to restrain an individual in order to prevent further aggression or injury to themselves and others.
Our research prior to any course we run for a new client identifies the techniques that would be appropriate to teach those individuals. We do not simply duplicate courses from one client to another. Our trainers get the most satisfaction from providing a service that actually has a tangible benefit for those attending.
We will often follow up training courses, such as our Physical Interventions course, with refresher training when we can really identify the techniques that have been the most useful and concentrate on developing them further.
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Title – Consultancy meeting
Date – November 2006
Working with individuals on different section of your business allows us to gather appropriate information, meeting the client’s demands and objectives.
Consultancy Projects on many different subjects from Licensed Retail Sector to the Security Industry and Event Management can help or clients develop, review or revamp their business.
Beyond The Blue believes in helps businesses to develop and grow, to provide excellent customer service while expanding income. Working with staff at all levels, allows us to achieve the goals set by the management, shareholders or stakeholders.
Meeting key individuals, we research all the information we require, this can take the form of simple meetings, or our consultancy team actively observing systems and staff in the workplace. Once our recommendations are formulated they can be refined using focus groups and key individuals to ensure that not only will they help provide a positive step forward for your business or organisation, but they will also be successful as your staff will have had an important role in helping to develop the recommendations.
Consultancy projects can take many different forms and specialise in one particular area of your business or organisation or be overarching and cover all your operations.
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Title – Consultancy briefing
Date – November 2006
Consultancy briefings are held following projects to ensure that the client understand the reasons behind the recommendations and advice that we have made. We don’t believe that a project is complete with a simple report.
Just as we expect consultancy projects to involve your staff at all levels, from a senior management all the way to the front-line staff, we also present the conclusions of the project to all levels of staff. This involvement from start to finish means that there is ownership at every level and at each stage.
We do not believe in prescriptive recommendations and advice, we don’t have standard reports that we pass on to clients at the end of a project. Each one is different to the next and we look at the existing structures in your business, your systems and business plans; we reinforce those that are positive and successful and we review recommend changes to those that are underperforming. We research opinion from your own staff and that of your customers; this allows us to make realistic and responsible recommendations. This approach makes implementation of recommendations, work from the top down and the bottom up; this results in the implementation phase being smooth and without the need for a dictatorial approach.
Beyond The Blue can help your organisation with Consultancy Projects in many areas. We specialise in the Licensed Retail Sector, Security Industry and Event Management and can refocus your business, revamp it, prepare you for starting a new business or expanding an existing one.
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Title – Wrist grip
Date – October 2006
The wrist grip is often one of the first signs that a situation or argument is changing from a verbal stage to a more physical one. It is at this stage that often even the slightest wrong move or wrong word can dramatically escalate matters.
The natural reaction to an aggressive party grabbing your wrist is to wrestle it free, but unfortunately this demonstration of force more often then not leads to further force being used by the agressor. This struggle can lead on to further aggression before you even realise what is happening.
At Beyond The Blue we teach techniques that help you to remove yourself from this grip without struggling and often almost without the person who grabbed you even knowing. The calm nature of this and our other ‘low-impact’ disengagement techniques, means that you don’t trigger the natural responses in an aggressor that can escalate a situation. This approach gives you the space and time to practice the non physical techniques and communication skills we teach you in our Conflict Management and Resolution course (CMR).
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Title – Personal safety training
Date – October 2006
Effective learning is possible through the use of simple rules and at Beyond The Blue we follow these strictly. Our aim when running a training course is effective learning and positive outcomes for those attending.
Our first rule is group sizes; we adhere to strict guidelines that we have set out, to ensure that groups are not too large and that the dilution of learning does not occur as a result. Where clients demand that numbers be at the top end of our limits, we often send in more then one instructor to run the course. This ensures that where required, scenario based learning and group work can still be undertaken with sufficient supervision provided.
This approach also allows us, to have greater control over the practice and perfection of physical intervention and personal safety techniques.
These strict guidelines are applied to all our training courses; the portfolio of BIIAB Licensed Retail Sector courses; National Certificate for Door Supervisors (NCDS); Conflict Management & Resolution (CMR); In-House Security Induction (IHSI); and Fire Safety (FS).
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Title – Active participation
Date – October 2006
At Beyond The Blue we like to invite those attending our courses to participate fully in the training they are being given. We encourage candidates to provide us with their experiences in order to consider ways to resolve situations that they may have come across in the past, in a more constructive manner.
Sometimes the process of involving individuals is not one that is welcomed at first by the candidates themselves. The natural reaction people have when a group is asked for a volunteer, is to shrink into their chair. But candidates soon learn that our courses rely on them playing a full part in process, for them to gain the maximum benefit from the time we have with them. After the initial shyness we often find that we have too many volunteers, but we always try and ensure that everyone gets a chance.
By demonstrating techniques and providing facilities for the group to break down into smaller groups and workshop certain subject matter, everyone feels part of the session and start to enjoy the process of learning. This approach is taken in all our courses and candidates benefit from the involvement they have. Courses we run include; portfolio of BIIAB Licensed Retail Sector courses; Conflict Management & Resolution (CMR), In-House Security Induction (IHSI), National Certificate for Door Supervisors (NCDS), and Fire Safety (FS)
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Title – Conflict Management & Resolution training
Date – October 2006
Scenario based learning allows those attending to gain a more realistic visualisation of the type of situations they may encounter and how they might approach and resolve those they face.
In this example taken form our Conflict Management and Resolution course (CMR), one of our instructors along with a small group of minibus drivers who operate primarily at night time (driving revellers to and from venues), examine a ‘common’ situation where they discover and individual collapsed / asleep in the back of their vehicle.
The situation seems innocent enough and is one that they encounter in their day to day (night to night) role as a driver. It is one that they have all had to deal with. As with most situations, the straightforward approach works on most occasions. We examine the signs and signals that can tell when it might be advisable to approach with more caution and how to act in a manner where the drivers own personal safety is maintained and risk reduced.
This example of how Conflict Management and Resolution training can be applied to various different sectors, indicates the versatility of both the course itself and the trainers presenting it. We currently do not have trainer who come from bus driving background, but thorough a training needs analysis we present the course with relevance to those candidates attending. At Beyond The Blue we go the extra mile, we took the time in this case to spend a night in the bus with the driver to get a first hand look at what problems they faced, this made our preparation for the course as complete as it could be.
We pride ourselves on our professionalism and we reflect this to candidates attending our courses. This allows them to understand how acting professionally can solve many of the problems and dangers they may encounter in the course of their employment.
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Title – Induction Training
Date – October 2006
During the process of preparing for In-House Security Induction course (IHSI) we always explore the possibility of using experienced individuals from within your own staff body if. By approaching staff on a supervisory / management level or with specific skills or knowledge and finding sessions that will be appropriate to their knowledge base, we provide staff with some ownership of the training provided and help them gain vital new skills and experience.
In order to ensure that the quality of the training provided by in-house trainers meets the high standards of Beyond The Blue, we provide comprehensive guidance notes and briefings to those chosen to present these sessions. We then ensure that experienced Beyond The Blue Instructors are on hand to provide support and answer question that may require their additional experience.
This approach is not always suitable to all our clients, but the empowerment that this approach can provide to some of your employees is an additional benefits to the core of the training we provide.
At Beyond The Blue we approach every new client differently to ensure we meet their specific needs.
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Title – Recovery position
Date – October 2006
Simple techniques such as learning the recovery position can give individuals the confidence to deal with situations and stabilise victims of many different ailments from alcohol intoxication to unconsciousness. This technique can help ensure the safety of a victim while more experienced and qualified help arrives.
Either as part of a First Aid Course or on a more general level through our In-House Security Induction course (IHSI), this technique is a key skill. Understanding not only the technique and how to execute it, but also the reasons behind employing it and when it is appropriate and safe to do so, candidates on our courses at Beyond The Blue get ample opportunity to practise on each other. The experience of how it feels to be put into the recovery position gives them a better understanding on how a victim may react to this practise being used on them.
First Aid is a basic skill for employees; it allows them to ensure the safety of colleagues and customers; avoiding escalation of existing injuries and conditions and save lives.
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Title – Pit lift
Date – October 2006
The Pit Lift is a standard technique to allow staff working in a pit area (the area in front of a stage) to help remove those being crushed or unable to remove themselves from the front of a crowd, to be evacuated and where required receive the appropriate medical care.
Traditionally the pit area has been the exclusive domain of the most physically strong staff and although there is some merit in the area being staffed by physically capable individuals, we believe that this approach restricts the flexibility within your team, by limiting those that are trained in the key skills.
As part of our In-House Security Induction courses (IHSI) that are tailored to meet the specific needs of our clients, we train in-house teams on specific techniques required to ensure the safety of the customers. By training all staff, in all techniques, the team share skills so that the client has the capability to move staff about into different areas. This provides the employer with more flexibility allowing them to be more cost effective with staffing levels.
Beyond The Blue has experience of working with clients from a variety of backgrounds and tailors courses to meet their needs, that of the demographic they serve and the staff employed.
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Title – Pimms & Champagne Bar
Date – June 2006
The licensed retail sector and the entertainment industry are some of the most image conscious areas to work in. 20 years ago you could throw hay bails and cheap beer at customers and you would not hear a murmur.
Today Beyond The Blue clearly understands that the product can almost become secondary to the image or brand presented. We realise that staff involvement from the outset is vital so they understand the concept and participate in it. A Pimm’s & Champagne Bar can not rely simply on the sale of Pimm’s and Champagne to promote itself, it has to be a brand itself to draw people in, before actually selling them the product. One without the other simply does not function.
When we Manage Events for our clients or provide them with Event Bars, we do extensive research to identify the image which is going to present the highest returns and generate the greatest customer satisfaction.
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Title – Door Supervisors
Date – June 2006
Beyond The Blue realise the need for good door policy at any event and uses only experienced and suitably qualified door supervisors at events it manages.
Through the Security Industry Authority (SIA) National Certificate for Door Supervisors course (NCDS) we train door supervisors to obtain their SIA Door Supervisors Licence throughout the UK. All our door supervisors realise the need to be polite, welcoming and professional in their roles both on entry and as customers leave.
Unless specifically requested through contract all our door supervisors wear low impact uniforms to represent the approach taken by Beyond The Blue.
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Title – Security Staff
Date – June 2006
Beyond The Blue can provide Event Security staff to clients to either work exclusively or in conjunction with in-house teams. All our staff wear highly visible uniforms in order to maintain a visible profile.
Our approach is always a positive low-impact one, with staff being approachable, friendly and professional. Our uniforms project this approach, moving away from the common sights of duffel coats, bomber jackets and other clothing often associated with aggression, our staff uniforms are fleeces (Subject to specifications staff can be presented in the manner that the client requests) that reflect our desire to assist people rather then harm them in any way.
Our staff are well trained and extensively briefed before any event and although they take a low impact and friendly approach, they have the training, experience and capability to react with a stronger hand if all other attempts to resolve situations fail.
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Title – Door teams
Date – June 2006
Door supervisors and security staff are the first contact your customers will have when they enter your venue and the last impression they are left with when they leave.
For this reason alone providing them with professional training is essential to any business or organisation. The professional standards set by the management are often not matched by door supervisors who are notoriously difficult to manage. This process is made more difficult when door supervisors are contracted in.
At Beyond The Blue we can help with many aspects of your training, your Event Management and Event Security. We understand the need for a professional approach and for professional, suitably trained and experienced staff. In this way we are able to provide your customers with excellent customer service.
For organisations that wish to move away from contracted staff, we can provide comprehensive training; In-House Security Induction courses (IHSI) designed specifically with your venue or event in mind; Conflict Management and Resolution (CMR) training ensures staff from any area are competent when dealing with any situation involving aggression and violence; and the National Certificate for Door Supervisors (NCDS) for staff that require a licence to perform in their role.
With this professional training, businesses and organisations can bring security staff and door supervisors back in house, providing the managers with the control they need to provide excellent levels of service and reduce the excessive costs of contracted-in staff. We also provide Venue Specific Manuals to provide a record of all the systems and procedures your business or organisation has developed in conjunction with Beyond The Blue.
Professionalism is the watch word in the security industry and Beyond The Blue is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of excellent service and professionalism a giant leap forward.
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Title – Event Crowd
Date – June 2006
Customer satisfaction should always be the first priority and any event. When large crowds are involved much of the focus has to be directed at keeping those within the crowd safe and comfortable.
Crowd safety is a science and managing crowds is vitally important in any event. This management starts at the planning stage and information such as numbers expected and official capacities give you the basis for this planning process. Once these numbers are known experienced event managers and event security managers from Beyond The Blue can help you design your venue so that the right crowd management structures are put into place to ensure that there is a good flow of people and that their movement where appropriate is not impeded. Where we can predict crowd build up or bottlenecks, we examine the structure and systems most appropriate to resolve these problems, such as directional barriers, crowd barriers or pit barriers, as well as a human element of trained and well briefed staff.
What many see as dull health and safety regulations we see as fundamentals. We understand that not only are these measures vitally important for the safety of those customers under our duty of care; but if these measure are correctly implemented they can have an extremely positive impact on the levels of customer satisfaction and lead to less instances of public order problems occurring as a result of frustration.
Feeling safe is one of the much undervalued aspects of customer satisfaction and nowhere is this more obvious then within a big crowd. Beyond The Blue can help through Event Management services or Consultancy Projects. We also provide training of staff through out In-House Security Induction courses (IHSI) and Conflict Management & Resolution courses (CMR).
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Title – Christina Nobel Children’s Foundation
Beyond The Blue commends the exceptional work of the Christina Nobel Children’s Foundation.
The Christina Nobel Children’s Foundation through their operations in Mongolia, work with street kids and children from poor families, to offer support and assistance in escaping the cycle of poverty. The invaluable work the Foundation carries out, helps provide opportunities to the children of this amazing country.
Some of the Street Kids of Ulaan Baatar are forced to live in the city’s sewer system, sleeping on top of the hot water pipes to stay warm and to stay alive. Temperature in the city regularly drops below -35C in the winter months and this is the only way they can survive. For more information we urge you to visit The Christina Nobel Children’s Foundation web site at www.CNCF.org
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Title – Rachel Stephens
Date – June 2006
Artistes like Rachel Stevens can be a huge draw to any event and regularly get the big turnouts at venues, events and festivals. Where ever crowds flock they also present challenges to those organising the event and the Event Security working to control them and provide a safe and secure environment for people to enjoy themselves in.
Beyond The Blue is well placed with experienced staff being able to plan the crowd dynamics of such events in advance and put these plans into action for any number of potential scenarios that may occur during an event. Our Event Security staff are all well trained and very experienced. Briefings for every event are held prior to opening and we achieve low impact security where ever possible.
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Title – Rachel Stevens – Pit Management
Date – June 2006
Protecting Artistes like Rachel Stevens on stage plays a vital a role at any event, as does protecting them in the back stage areas and on arrival / departure. Peter Mayhew (Managing Director of Beyond The Blue) often takes on these roles in a very hands-on manner, directly managing the teams in these high risk areas.
In the Pit area, the focus has to be maintained on protecting the Artiste whilst they are on stage from any potential stage invasion as well as the health and safety of those members of the public directly at the front of the crowd. With an excellent support team and event supervisors, our Event Managers are able to delegate other vital duties, while they deal with the most high profile situations. For our clients, equal importance is placed on the customers having a good time in a safe environment and the client’s reputation amongst artistes and agents.
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Title – BIIAB
Date – N/A
The BIIAB is the awarding body that is sanctioned by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) to approve, monitor and manage accreditation of companies who administer the examinations required to meet the demands of the SIA. After assessing completed examination the BIIAB communicate the result to both the SIA and the training company.
Beyond The Blue is a Training, Consultancy and Event Management company approved by the BIIAB to administer the examinations of; the National Certificate for Personal Licence Holders (NCPLH); National Certificate for Designated Premises Supervisors (NCDPS); National Licensees Certificate – Drug Awareness (NLCDA); Award in Responsible Alcohol Retailing (ARAR); National Certificate for Door Supervisors (NCDS); and the BIIAB Award in Conflict Management (ACM). We pride ourselves on our professional and constructive approach to training and our high success rate with candidates choosing us as their training provider.
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Title – Restraint technique
Date – May 2006
Physical Interventions (PI) training complaints a Conflict Management and Resolution course (CMR) if the requirements of the client demand it. Our trainers are fully qualified physical intervention trainers and demonstrate the techniques prior to allowing candidates, under strict supervision, to practise for themselves.
Our physical intervention and restraint techniques are based on low-impact skills; they rely on the technique itself to ensure success rather then strength or force. By ‘low impact’ we mean that we don’t consider techniques that may aggravate or escalate situations, such as strikes or complicated combination restraints that rely on pain compliance or disabling practises.
At Beyond The Blue we have crossed over our central core skills base to many different environments, we understand the needs of each vary, but that the professional attitude we take and the nature and fun we incorporate into our courses, are fundamental to productive learning.
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Title – Strangle release demonstration
Date – May 2006
It is important to us that during a training course we help all those attending achieve their personal goals. Once a technique has been explained and demonstrated by one of our highly qualified instructors, individuals are given sufficient time to practice and are helped individually by the instructor to perfect the technique.
Beyond The Blue’s instructors spend some time examining how individual techniques can be linked together to create yet further possibilities to allow you to act in a safe manner in resolving situations. With our target of the final outcome always being a peaceful one with no injuries to either party, our learning is always set to achieve this goal without excessive force being required.
Our Conflict Management & Resolution and Physical Intervention courses are tailored specifically for our clients, concentrating on the areas that affect them most and using examples from their own work place to demonstrate how effective the techniques can be.
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Title – Communication exercise
Date – May 2006
The simplest exercises are the most positive in generating the understanding of the need for good communication skills. What seems like a very simple puzzle can be made to be seen as overly complicated or almost impossible by the simplest of blocks being put into place.
Translating these into the reality of every day life helps Beyond The Blue to teach individuals taking a Conflict Management / Resolution or our Personal Safety Course to understand what they have to do to get a message across in the most difficult of circumstances, in a very real way.
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Title – Pressure communication exercise
Date – May 2006
At Beyond The Blue we believe that prevention is far more important a skill to learn then any other.
We believe through learning about communication skills many of the situations which currently lead to aggressive situations arising, can be controlled and prevented. We train individuals on our Conflict Management and Resolution Course, to understand what is involved in good communication, how to recognise the blocks to good communication and how to break these down to achieve your goals. Good communication skills also benefit individuals in the work place in communicating with colleagues and managers.
By adding pressure through peers watching and time constraints, as well as other measures, we recreate a more realistic environment for those involved in the exercise and thus make the exercise even more relevant.
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Title – Strangle Release
Date – May 2006
As part of our Physical Intervention and Personal Safety training course we teache techniques that allow individuals to release themselves from a strangle hold without the need to effect a strike or similar high impact technique. Our techniques not only release the strangle hold but follow through to create space and allow individuals to remove themselves from the aggressors fighting arc. Our techniques do not rely on force or strength as they are designed to be low-impact and to reduce the levels of aggressions as opposed to overpowering the aggressor.
Our trainers demonstrate techniques with members of the group they are training, before allowing time for individuals within the group to practice with each other. The demonstrations often prove that size is not the primary factor to achieving success; but rather a good understanding of the technique; the use of levers; and using the aggressors own strength against them. These will help you to achieve your goals.
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