DEVELOPING AND MEASURING STANDARDS OFLEADERSHIP FOR ON-SCENE COMMANDERS

摘要

The realisation in 1996 that marine oilspill response training in New Zealand had reached astage where there was a need to introduce a trainingcourse that focused on leadership and command, alsoraised the question of how to ensure that people incommand positions would meet the expectations of NewZealand’s co-operative response system participants.The answer was to introduce a standard forperformance in the key areas of leadership,management, and command, and to measure individualperformance against pre-determined criteria duringdesktop exercises contained within an On-SceneCommander course. Results to date have seen nearly70% of course participants reach the requiredstandard. The long-term objective is to ensure aminimum level of leadership and command ability andto enhance confidence in New Zealand’s ability torespond to marine oil spills.