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Section: 3
Evaluate navigations
This section will cover
1. Evaluate relevant aspects of navigation
2. Identify improvements or modifications for future navigations in
uncontrolled environments
Evaluate relevant aspects of navigation

Why evaluate
Evaluation is usually defined as assessing the value, worth or merit of something.It is

something can be built upon and possible improved.
Why evaluate your navigation program?

Evaluations are increasingly important for a variety of
reasons.
Evaluations can:
o Provide information such as the effects,

potential limitations, or apparent strengths of
the program.
o Determine the need of continued training
o Indicate the program’s impact on participants
o Discover problems or needs early to prevent
more serious problems later
o Recommend improvements for the future
o Ensure quality
 Build client confidence about participating, or using the program.
o Inform staff about the program
 Participating staff gain knowledge and understanding of the
program
 In addition, they learn how to conduct an effective evaluation and
may be more willing to facilitate future evaluations themselves.
o Assist in prioritising resources by identifying program components that
are most effective or critical.
o Help in the planning and delivery of organisational actions by providing
diagnostic information before any future action is taken
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Evaluate Own Performance
Self-evaluation and reflection will enable you to refine your skills

and identify areas for improvement. Through feedback,
evaluations and reflection an individual can obtain an accurate
picture of their performance, strengths and weaknesses.
Engage in Self-evaluation and Reflection:

The individual can reflect on their abilities in a number of ways.
Some of these are shown below:

• Asking critical questions about your own ability, what did not work, and how the
relationship building process can be improved.
• Reviewing records and journals and critically evaluating your own performance.
• Reviewing feedback from learners, colleagues and identifying critical aspects and
areas for improvement.
• Seek feedback from industry experts
• Comparing your practice to industry standards.
• Comparing your practice to colleagues.
• Analysing statistical data on the success rate for individuals with regard to the
performance and post performance.
These through feedback, evaluations and reflection an individual can obtain an accurate
picture of their performance, strengths and weaknesses.
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Improve your skills and performance:

A professional development plan for an individual should contain learning activities to be
undertaken to address the identified areas for improvement.
These learning activities could include:

• Completing additional training
• Attending relevant conferences
• Seek feedback from industry experts
• Research reading materials to increase depth of knowledge
• Mentoring from a more senior colleague
• Networking with peers
• Observing and assisting more senior colleagues
Assessment at the end of any learning activities should determine the intended
outcomes have been achieved. If gaps are identified additional learning activities will
need to be planned. Self-evaluation and reflection on your practices should be a
continuous process.
Scenario: Robbie’s Professional Development
Robbie has just completed her first year as a trainer in the

retail industry.
She has reflected on her own abilities and questioned her
practices, and has come up with the following areas for
improvement:
• Reading cue’s from participants body language
• Asking open questions and using active listening
• Amending training techniques to suit participants needs.
Robbie has decided to discuss a possible development plan for herself with her manager
and will request the following:
• Attend a two day retail conference

• Attend an internal course on communication skills
• Observe another colleague/manager deliver training using varied methods.
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Seek feedback from individuals on the outcomes achieved and the value of the
relationship:
Feedback from individuals can be collected via:
• Interviews
• Formal discussions
• Informal discussions
• Written questionnaires
Feedback can also be gathered from your supervisor, relevant personnel in your
organisation, an independent observer, or personnel from any support services you may
have used.
Evaluation can also be designed to gauge the impact on the individuals (both
themselves and others). These impacts could include:
• The successful achievement, rate of achievement or lack of achievement of

identified learning goals.
• Achievement of other outcomes as a result of the relationship
• Development of new goals
• Increased or new motivation to learn
• Greater capacity to learn
• Development of or increase in the self-confidence of the learner
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Closure using appropriate interpersonal and communication skills:
Closure Strategies:
A variety of tools and signals can be used to determine a individual’s readiness for
closure, depending on the type of training or activity being undertaken.
These may include:
• Self-assessment undertaken by the individual

• A measurement of improvement in a particular area
• Readiness for formal assessment
• Level of independence in learning
• Readiness to maintain learning through other means or modes
• Agreed time period
• Handover of individual to another professional etc
Carry out closure smoothly by:
• Using appropriate interpersonal and communication skills.

• Seeking feedback from the individual about the outcomes achieves.
• Seeking feedback from the individual and the value of information provided.
• Determine the individuals readiness for closure of the individual’s relationship.
• Referring the individual to another as necessary:
 Professional
 Agency
 Learning program
 Facilitator
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Psychological Impacts:
Individuals that are involved in the Sport and Recreation, Outdoor Recreation, Health
and Safety, First Aid industries may come into contact with critical incidents.
These incidents may have possible psychological impacts on:
• A casualty
• A rescuer
• A bystander
• Other participants
It is important to be aware that different incidents can have different impacts on different
individuals, and not everyone will react the same.
It would be advantageous for an organisation to

provide/offer counselling services for individuals to
reflect, evaluate the incident/situation they were
involved in.
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Keep your records in order:
Accuracy of record-keeping is crucial, as individual records:

• Form the basis for statistics and Commonwealth funding
• Are a link to the quality of training etc
• Provide feedback to and from individuals, employers etc
• Help ensure confidence in the validity of qualifications
• Meet legal and accountability responsibilities
• Provide a history of the organisation’s activities
• Can be used as a basis for remuneration and reward
• Form part of each employee’s personnel record
Records may be paper-based or electronic. Some of the records may be:
• Training plans
• Delivery plans
• Records of discussion and consultation
• Records of payment
• Evaluation sheets
• Assessment records
More or less items can be added or taken

away depending on the environment you are travelling inand the length of
time you intend travelling.
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Part two – Infantry Techniques, Vol 3. Phamplet No 1, Dept of Defence,
Canberra, Australia
Bernhardt, Adam (2205) Bicycle Patrol Operations Instructor Manual, 4th
Edition, NSW Police Education Services, Goulburn, Australia
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Garmin Ltd, (2005) Using a Garmin GPS with Paper Maps, Garmin Ltd,
Kansas USA
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Maps, 3rd edition, Paragon Primters, Canberra Australia
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Section: 3

Evaluate relevant aspects of navigation

Evaluation is usually defined as assessing the value, worth or merit of something.It is

Why evaluate your navigation program?

o Provide information such as the effects,

Self-evaluation and reflection will enable you to refine your skills

Engage in Self-evaluation and Reflection:

Some of these are shown below:

Improve your skills and performance:

These learning activities could include:

Scenario: Robbie’s Professional Development

Robbie has just completed her first year as a trainer in the

• Attend a two day retail conference

Feedback from individuals can be collected via:

• The successful achievement, rate of achievement or lack of achievement of

Closure using appropriate interpersonal and communication skills:

These may include:

• Self-assessment undertaken by the individual

Carry out closure smoothly by:

• Using appropriate interpersonal and communication skills.

These incidents may have possible psychological impacts on:

It would be advantageous for an organisation to

Keep your records in order:

Accuracy of record-keeping is crucial, as individual records:

Records may be paper-based or electronic. Some of the records may be:

More or less items can be added or taken

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