Officers and Instructors

Chapter 1 Aims and Aspirations

• Objects
• The Charter
• Type of People
• Deeds not Words
• Size of Detachments
• Uniformed Cadet Organizations
• ACF and the Youth Service
• Combined Cadet Force
• Open Units
• Program
• Legal Status
• Personality Traits
• Commissions
• Initial Training Detachments
• Headquarter Agencies
• Who looks after the ACF
• Delegated Responsibilities
• Who organizes the County ACF
• Cadet Training Teams
• Army Cadet Force Association

Chapter 2 The Ethos of the ACF

• Reputation and Standing
• Conduct
• ACF Strategy
• Code of Conduct
• The Cadet Force Environment
• Obligations
• Standards of Conduct
• Alcohol
• Drug Misuse
• Dishonesty
• Gambling
• Indebtedness
• Bullying and Initiation Ceremonies
• Racial and Sexual Discrimination and Harassment in the ACF
• Abuse of Authority
• Homosexuality
• Social Misconduct
• Personal Efficiency
• The Challenge

Chapter 3 Management and Motivation

• ACF and the TA
• The Chain of Command
• Setting the tone
• TA Association and County Cadet Committees
• County Cadet Committee influence
• Volunteer Staff of the County ACF
• The Cadet Commandant
• Deputy Commandant
• The County Training Officer
• Management of resources
• Individual abilities
• Cadet Training Teams
• Appraisals and performance
• TAVRA Employed Staff
• Abdication of responsibility
• Orders and Discipline
• Appointments and Tenure of Appointment. Special Role appointments: County D of E
• County Sports
• County Public Relations
• County Padres
• Medical Officer
• Company/Area/Squadron or Battalion Staff: The O.C. and his/her role
• Staff officer and his/her role
• TAVRA Employed Staff; The Cadet Executive Officer
• The County Quartermaster
• The Cadet Administrative Assistant
• ACF Sergeant Major
• Staff Sergeant and Sergeant Instructors
• The role of the County R.S.M.
• Cadet Under Officers
• Adult Under Officers
• Retirement of ACF Officers and Adult Instructors

Chapter 4 Customs and Practices

• Responsibilities
• Relationships and Protocol
• Discipline
• Orders and Regulations
• Loyalty
• Dealing with subordinates
• Turnout and bearing
• Smoking
• Saluting
• Relationships with Warrant Officers and N.C.O.'s
• The WO's and SGT's Mess
• The Officers Mess
• Behaviour
• Drinking
• Courtesy
• Personal Guests
• Maintenance of Standards
• Entertainment
• The Mess Committee
• Mess Procedure
• The Dining Table
• Good manners
• Social matters and Etiquette
• Living Accommodation
• Social responsibility and etiquette
• Invitations
• Formal invitations
• Routine letters
• Thank you letters
• Civilian dress and uniforms
• Specimen ACF Officers Mess Rules
• Specimen ACF Warrant Officers and Sergeants Mess Rules

Chapter 5 Finance and Administration

• Finance
• MOD Grants
• Grants Local Education Authorities
• Private Funds
• Army Cadet Leagues
• Insurance
• Provision Relating to Physical Activities
• Special Premiums Required
• Other Contingencies
• In Any Doubt
• Medical
• Additional Cover available
• All Risks
• Marine
• Motor Mini Bus
• Uniform and Equipment Insurance
• General Stores
• Rations
• Accounting
• Responsibilities
• Integrity
• Property & Assets
• Mess Accounts
• County Finance Committee
• Composition and Role
• Private Accounts
• Charities Act 1995

Chapter 6 Role of the ACF Adult

• Cadets Ages
• Know your cadets
• The Voluntary System
• Demands on Cadets Time
• Leadership Style
• Respect
• The Cadets Perception
• Communications
• Adult-Cadet Relationship
• Duty Rotas
• The End of the Road
• Traditions
• Techniques
• Summary

Chapter 7 Detachment Commanders and their Detachment

• Adult Leadership
• Establishment
• Organization
• The Section
• The Platoon or Troop
• The Company or Area
• Role of the Commander
• The Detachment or Platoon Commander
• The Cadet N.C.O.'s
• Promotion Caution
• Recruits
• Enrolment
• Organization for Training
• Activities and Training Programs
• The Training Year
• The Cadet Evening
• Duty Rotas for Detachment Officers and Adult Instructors

Chapter 8 Training the Cadet

• The Childrens Act and the ACF
• Cadet N.C.O.'s
• Training Activities
• Training Records
• The Incentive of Efficiency
• Record of Training
• Conduct and Achievements
• Behaviour and Reputation
• Section Tasks
• Reluctance to Delegate
• Detachment Team Spirit
• The Cadets Spirit
• Training Development
• Pace of Instruction
• Promotion above Level of Competence
• Sense of Belonging
• Effective Training
• Give Praise
• Courses - Special to Arm
• Take up vacancies
• The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme
• The Army Proficiency Certificate Syllabus
• Motivate the Cadet
• Practical Application
• Encourage Progress
• The Instructor
• Educational Characteristics of the Cadet
• Catch Cadets Imagination
• Mixed Ability
• The 'Twenty Five Percenters'
• Female Cadet
• Female Officer and Adult Instructor
• Being Part of the Team
• Behaviour
• Maintenance of Standards
• Accommodation
• Junior Male Cadets
• Relationships
• Pre Planning
• Notes for Female Cadets
• Information for Female Cadets
• The Enrolment Ceremony
• Preparation
• Place and Time
• The Ceremony
• Parents and Padre Present
• Words of Praise and Encouragement
• Sample pages Personal Assessment and Record of Training Achievements

Chapter 9 Training the Cadet at Camp

• How the Cadet sees it
• What is Annual Camp
• Who Benefits most
• Planned Success
• Background Administration
• Annual Camp Plan
• Locations
• Annual Training Plans
• Annual Camp Recce
• Information Camp Details
• Who is going
• Finance
• Personal Kit Check
• Officers and Adult Instructors Duties
• Cadets in the picture
• Training Programs
• Discipline
• Sports and Games
• Swimming and Boating
• Padres at Camp
• Medical Cover
• Recruits at Camp
• Out of Camp
• Weekend Camps
• Pre Camp Prep and Training
• Cadet Care
• Camp Facilities
• Personal Heath and Hygiene Care
• Underclothes
• Washing
• Showers
• Administration
• Kit to take
• Camp Bank
• Information
• Senior Cadet N.C.O.'s
• N.C.O. Responsibility Training
• Breaking Camp
• Specimen Kit Lists (male/female)
• Room Duties Rota
• FFI Form
• Camp Bank Record

Chapter 10 Training the Future Citizen

• Attitudes and Traditions
• Cadet Spirit
• Environment
• Detachment's Adult Committee
• Tasks
• Canteens
• Cadet Accommodation
• Good Relations
• ACF Image
• Cadet Environment
• Recreational Facilities
• Libraries
• Visits In
• Expeditions Out
• Social Skills
• Self Generated Activities
• Group Activities
• Cadet Co-operation
• Group Talents
• Other Ideas
• Private Funds
• Accounting for Funds
• Sponsors
• Cadets Subscriptions
• Simple Rules
• Detachment Bank Account
• General Comments

Chapter 11 The End Product

• Success or failure
• Character Development
• Career Opportunities
• The Volunteer Spirit
• Cadets progress
• The ACF response
• Image of the ACF

Chapter 12 Spiritual Responsibility

• The Chaplain in the Army Cadet Force
• What to Expect from the Padre
• At Camp
• Padre - Not a Welfare Officer
• Relationships
• The Cadet
• Knowledge of Cadets Life Style
• Integrity
• Publications
• Chaplains
• Church Parades
• Church Parades - How Often
• Church Going
• Weekend Camps & Activities
• Annual Camps
• Prayers
• Personal Courage

Chapter 13 Friends and Relations

• Parents
• The Clergy
• School Staff
• County PRO Support
• Employers
• Other Organizations
• Youth Organizations
• Sea Cadets and Air Cadets
• The Clubs
• Boy Scout Movement
• The Brigades
• Adult Organizations
• Local Education Authority
• Rotary and Round Table Clubs
• W.R.V.S.
• Royal British Legion
• Youth Hostels Association
• Voluntary Aid Societies
• C.C.P.R.
• Army Cadet League

Chapter 14 Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme

• Charter Fulfilled
• Integration of Syllabi
• Other Contacts
• The Challenge
• General
• Use Experience
• Initiative and Imagination Required
• Value Added to Individual

Chapter 15 Games, Sports and Fitness

• Introduction
• Discipline
• Integrity
• Physically Challenging Culture
• Policy and Commitment
• Importance of Team Work
• Self Confidence
• Contribution
• Team Cohesion
• Learning by Doing
• Benefits of Physical Development
• Initiative Required
• At Detachment Level
• Planning and Organising
• The Individual
• Team People
• Warming up
• Stretching and Sports
• Stretching
• Tug-of-War
• Advice on Tug-of-War
• Coaches
• Techniques
• Taking the Strain
• The Heave
• The Check
• Tactics
• The Coaches Role
• Minor Recreational Team Games
• Definition of a Sportsperson
• Specimen
• Athletics Event Sheet
• Results Sheet
• Final Results Sheet
• Sports Score Sheet

Chapter 16 Program Planning

• How Program Organized
• Sample Letter
• Protocol
• Visits 'in'
• Visits 'out'
• Crisis Management
• What Goes On
• Time Parade Nights
• Caution
• Contingency Plans
• Conclusion

Chapter 17 Method of Instruction

• Introduction
• Correct Environment
• Method of Instruction - Senses
• Pace of Instruction
• Accepted Methods
• Qualities Required
• Your Attitude
• Check Your Own Performance
• Preparation and Planning
• Questioning Technique
• Lesson Plan
• Checking Cadets Current Knowledge
• Simple Lesson Plan
• Stages of Lesson 1 Beginning
• 2
• Middle
• 3
• End
• Check Training Aids
• Prompt Sheet Specimen
• Lesson Plan Blanks and Check Sheet

Chapter 18 Training Aids

• You and Your Training Aids
• Planning
• Keep it Simple
• The Cadets Role
• Cloth Models and Tips
• Understanding Contours
• Lessons to be Learned
• Map Reading - Point to Point Competition
• Landmark Hunt
• Compass March
• Cardinal Points Practice and Tests
• Cardinal Points Relay
• Pacing
• Map Reading Exercises - Getting Back to Base
• Treasure Hunt
• Invisible Journey
• Indoor Compass March
• Conducting a Discussion Group
• Organising the Discussion
• Lecturettes
• Observation Training - Kims Game
• Fieldcraft Escape and Evasion
• Aircraft Crash
• 24 hour Bivi
• Initiative Exercises - Recovery of Container
• Refugees
• Casualty Transporting
• Water Crossing
• Clearing a Route
• Debriefing Sessions
• Running a Quiz
• Holding Cadets Attention
• Shooting in the ACF
• Targets
• Competitions
• Concurrent Activity
• Coaching
• Coaches Equipment
• Coaching Before and During Firing
• Timed Practices
• Common Faults
• Magazine Filling Race
• First Aid - Casualty Simulation
• Staging
• Acting
• Makeup Techniques and Recipes
• Wounds
• Burns
• Amputations
• Over Head Projectors and how to use them
• Foot Drill
• O'Grady says...
• Demonstrations
• Turnout
• Timing
• Routines in the Detachment
• Muster Parades
• Banner Drill
• Voice Projection
• Personality
• Qualities of an Instructor
• Formation of a Squad
• Drill Terms
• Communication Drill
• Manroy Cadet Drill Weapon
• Continuity Drill
• Officers Drill
• The Walk March and Turn

Chapter 19 Safety and Duties

• Health and Safety at Work Act
• Driving Vehicles for Cadets
• Duties
• Health and Safety - The Implications
• Safety Policy
• Safety Policy to Include
• Seat belts for Minibuses & Coaches Carrying Children
• Requirements
• Types of Vehicles Affected
• Types of Journeys Affected
• Responsibility for Correct Type of Vehicle Used
• Wearing of Seat Belts
• Forward
• Rear and Side Facing Seats
• Standing Orders for Drivers
• Obligations as a Driver
• Fitness to Drive
• Documentation
• Self-Drive Vehicles
• Information Tables
• Fire Drills
• Roll Calls
• Searching an Area
• Duties - Duties of the Field Officer
• Duties of the Orderly Officer
• Duties of the Guard Commander
• Duties of the Cadet Orderly N.C.O.
• Duties of the Duty Platoon
• Duties of the Camp Orderly Sergeant
• Security
• Weapons
• Ammunition and Pyrotechnics

Chapter 20 Frimley Park

• The Amery Report
• Pilot Course
• What do they do
• How it is done
• Instructors Course Officers & Adult Instructors
• King George VI Course
• Senior Officers Course
• Cadet Leadership
• Unseen benefits
• How it is run
• Conclusion
• Help with common problem

Chapter 21 Cadets Life Style

• Introduction
• Know your Cadets
• Homosexuality
• The Cadet and Drugs
• Addicted or Dependent
• Personality and Addiction
• Smoking Cannabis
• Giving up Heroin
• Help for Drug users
• Spotting the Signs of Drug Abuse (Chart)
• Fact or Fallacy
• How do drugs influence mood
• Signs and Symptoms
• Jargon
• Feet and Boots
• Footwear
• Foot Care
• Out in the 'Oggin'
• Cutting Nails
• Foot Problems
• Athletes Foot - How to Prevent it - How to Cure it
• Blisters - What is a Blister - What Causes it
• How to Prevent them
• How to Treat them
• Corns and Callus - What are they
• How to prevent them
• Alcohol
• Background and History
• Legal Status
• Age Restrictions
• Prevalence and Availability
• Short Term Use
• Alcohol Strength
• Long Term use
• Alcohol and other Drugs

Chapter 22 Personnel, People and Training

• Introduction
• The Organization
• Finding the right people - what for? Job Description
• Introducing a Personnel Policy
• Positive Attitudes
• Benefits
• Job Description Format
• Specimen Job Description
• Job Profiles
• Job OK - Person?
• Seven Point Plan
• Person Specification
• Circumstances of the Job
• Physique
• Attainments
• Aptitudes
• Interests
• Disposition
• Summary
• Conclusions
• Towards a Personnel Policy
• Skills of Interviewing
• References
• Record of Interview
• Conclusion of Interview
• Conduct of Meetings
• Notice of Meetings
• Minutes
• Rules of Debate
• The Chairman's Task
• Problem Participants
• Aggressive Types
• Silent Types
• Abusive Types
• Rambling Types
• Sniping Types
• Dealing with People
• Late Comers
• Control the Garrulous
• Draw out the Silent
• The Silence of Indifference
• Silence of Hostility
• Protect the Weak
• Encourage Clash of Ideas - Discourage Clash of Personalities
• Watch Out for the Suggestion - Squashing Reflex
• Come to the Most Senior People Last
• Handling the Meeting
• Unite the Group
• Let off Steam
• Anger
• Do not Take Sides
• Bring in Others
• Stick to the Facts
• Focus the Group
• Stay Alert
• Keep a Hand on the Helm
• Test Comprehension
• Check around the Group
• Record Suggestions
• Build up Ideas
• Conclusion
• Summary - Planning
• Pre-notification
• Preparation
• Processing
• Putting it on Record
• Public Speaking
• Report Writing
• Leadership Training
• Leadership Models
• Alternative Model
• The Task
• The Team
• The Individual
• Important Attributes
• Experience
• Planning
• Communicating
• Judgement
• Conclusions

Chapter 23 Army Cadet Force Association

• How it Operates
• Who does What
• Administration & Finance
• Committee Work
• The Cadet Journal
• (Army Cadet) The Cadet Supply Department
• Importance of CSD
• Support for CSD
• Organization of ACFA Diagram
• ACFA Executive Committee
• Sub Committees of ACFA
• Army Cadet League
• Helping the Cadet
• A cadet League a Great Asset
• The General Secretary of ACFA
• A Civilian Organization
• Combined Cadet Force Association
• The Assistant General Secretary
• Miscellaneous Activities
• Point of Contact
• Organization and Methods
• To the Future
• Membership of ACFA
• Legal Status of ACFA
• Membership Responsibility
• The Victory Services Club
• The Memorandum & Articles of Association of the ACFA

Chapter 24 The Way Forward

• The Challenge
• The Army Cadet Force Association
• Some Suggestions
• County Cadet Committees
• Cadet Commandants
• Personnel and Training Policy
• Frimley Park The Cadet Training Centre
• The Main Thrust
• Officers and Adult Instructor Qualifications
• The Dilemma
• The Culture Change
• The Cadets
• Age and Maturity
• Training Potential Adults
• Public Relations
• 'Twenty Five Percenters'
• Abdication of Responsibility
• What is being done by ACFA?
• Take me to your Leader