Regatta Crisis Management & Regatta Safety Officer Cert.
Regatta Crisis Management Training
The only program of its kind which allows any sailing organization to test its Crisis Management Plan. Through a tested and proven Simulated Exercise, our experts will walk you through scenarios which will enhance preparedness, improve communication, and validate your response plans. By simulating real-world sailing scenarios, you will identify gaps and refine protocols, ultimately strengthening a sailing organization's ability to manage crises effectively. In a full-day event the table-top exercise will stretch all your regatta staff positions and enhance their response skills in the event of a crisis. At the endo of the course each attendee receives a Certificate as a Regatta Safety Officer.
Why the Crisis Management Plan is Different
This is important to understand
Emergency Plans: Immediate Response
- Focus: Immediate response to specific, often predictable events like fires, natural disasters, medical emergencies etc.
- Goal: Ensure safety, minimize damage, and facilitate a quick return to normal operations.
- Examples: capsize procedures, first aid protocols, fire safety drills.
- Timeframe: Short-term, focused on immediate action.
- Nature: Operational in nature, focusing on support to first responders and transition to immediate recovery when leadership decision making authority is not required.
Crisis Management Plans:
- Focus: Addressing broader, unexpected events that could significantly harm an organization's reputation, operations, or even its survival.
- Examples: Catastrophic injury, missing persons, missing vessels, public relations nightmares and incidents which contain inappropriate behavior.
- Goal: Mitigate damage, protect the organization's reputation, and ensure long-term viability.
- Timeframe: Longer-term, requiring strategic planning and execution.
- Nature: Strategic approach to dealing with unforeseen events that have the potential to escalate and negatively impact an organization’s reputation, operations, and stakeholders. Events which require executive decision-making authority.
- Examples: Communication protocols, crisis management team, and decision-making processes
Regatta Crisis Management Event
There are three ways receive the certification
1. Be a host
- Contact the Ministry of Sailing to host a regional event at your organization.
- . We will use our extensive network to assist in marketing.
- We will consult in developing your plans
- We have revenue sharing models which donate to your programs
2 Bring us in:
- We can send in a team to conduct training for your staff.
- The Scenario Based Exercise will walk you staff and leadership through a crisis. The training requires a minimum of 12 participants.
- The benefits not only practice existing plans but also works as a team building exercise.
3. Attend an event.
- Follow us for event dates - if you don't see a date near you, contact us and we will bring it to you.
