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HOW TO GUIDE #20 CLASSIFICATION TRAINING: AIR POWER COMPLETING THE NEW AIR POWER COURSE If you are looking to move on through your classification COMPLETING THE COURSE training and have completed at least Leading Cadet then this brand new Air Power course is for you. This  Open Ultilearn via Cadet Portal or by visiting https:// interactive and engaging course is split in to three easy learning.bader.mod.uk to manage sections that you can complete on your own or with the help of an instructor.  Read How To Guide #1 to find out how to access Ultilearn and register for the Air Power Course. This A comprehensive set of resources have been provided can be found under Senior/Master Air Cadet > Air to help you get the most out of your training including Power. three interactive e-Learning courses, a detailed Air Power Subject Guide full of extra info and a useful Air  Download the Air Power Notebook and print it out Power Notebook to help you record everything you or open it on your computer. Your work will not save have learnt. All of this will help you to complete a if you complete it in a web browser so make sure Ultilearn exam based on the subject material. you open it in Adobe Reader. Completing this counts as one of the three modules required for either Senior or Master Air Cadet.  Follow the instructions in each e-Learning course and access as much content as you can. Use the TRAINING OPTIONS information to help you complete your notebook. You can also use the Air Power Subject Guide to  The Air Power training material gives you all the find out more about each topic withing the course. tools you need to complete your Ultilearn exam, with or without an instructor. It will be released on  Email the booklet to a staff member when you have Ultilearn in three sections. The first section is finished or if you need support. available now; ask your squadron staff for the release dates of the other two sections and the final exam.  When you have finished the notebook a staff member from your squadron will register you for the  Before you attempt to complete this course on your exam. You can use your Notebook, the e-Learning own, check to see if your squadron is running any Courses and the Subject Guide to help you answer courses with an instructor. the questions in the exam. HQ RAFAC Training Team Version 1

STAFF GUIDE #20 CLASSIFICATION TRAINING: AIR POWER AIR POWER: STAFF SUPPORT The HQ RAFAC Training Team have been working with E-LEARNING COURSES a number of stakeholders and subject matter experts to produce a brand new Air Power syllabus for Senior/ Two versions of the course are available. One is for Master Air Cadet, which will be released in sections over cadets to complete on their own and one is for the next few weeks. This course replaces the previous instructors to deliver to cadets. Both are available on material available on Ultilearn and aims to provide a Ultilearn. modern, interactive and engaging training experience. More information about each type of course (including This course can be delivered by an instructor or self- details of an ’offline’ version of the course) can be found taught by the student themselves. A full support within the Air Power Delivery Guide on page 13. package has been provided which will enable instructors to deliver training, even if they have no SUBJECT GUIDE technical knowledge of the topic. This guide is for instructors to Our aim is to material in this format for all of the help familiarise themselves classification syllabus in the future. This guide outlines with the subject and provides the resources available to instructors to help them extra information which can be deliver training. All resources listed are available within used to help answer any the Training Officer’s Area on Bader SharePoint. questions cadets may have about the topic. Instructors must familiarise themselves with all the resources provided before delivering training for the It should also be made first time. available for cadets to read, helping them to gain a deeper AIR POWER DELIVERY GUIDE understanding of the topic if they have an interest in it. This guide is for instructors only and is split into three sections: MORE INFORMATION  Section 1 contains the More information and support on delivering Air Power assessment criteria for the as a taught subject can be found in the Air Power course. Delivery Guide.  Section 2 contains RELEASE SCHEDULE information about delivering training and Training material will be released in three sections comprehensive lesson plans on the dates indicated below. which instructors can use in conjunction with the Section 1 (LO1): 14 July instructor versions of the e-learning courses. Section 2 (LO2) & Subject Guide: 28 July  Section 3 contains the answers to the optional Cadet Notebook. Cadets should not have access to Section 3 (LO3) & Ulitlearn Exam: 11 August the delivery guide because of this and the guide should not be made publicly available online. HQ RAFAC Training Team Version 1

















HOW TO GUIDE #21 RAF AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION LEARN ABOUT RAF AIRCRAFT PAST AND PRESENT  Are you interested in finding out more about the HISTORICAL RAF AIRCRAFT aircraft of the RAF? Do you want to be able to recognise the aircraft on display at air shows or on This is an ongoing project which will eventually provide RAF bases? If you have answered yes to any of these information on every aircraft that has ever been in questions then these new aircraft recognition service with the RAF since 1918! resources are for you. Future material will be released in sections, focussing on the decades the aircraft were first flown with the  This new material has been created by cadets, for RAF. cadets. When the syllabus is complete, it will give Find out about: you all the information you need about every aircraft  Some of the first aircraft the RAF flew that has been in service with the RAF, including  Aircraft during the inter-war years helpful recognition tips and high quality  Each aircraft flown during WWII photography.  The beginning of the jet age  Aircraft introduced during the Cold War period CURRENT RAF AIRCRAFT  More modern aircraft that were developed at the The first section includes all 26 aircraft currently in end of, or after the Cold War service with the RAF. Each page contains: ACCESSING TRAINING  Interesting statistics about each aircraft  Current operational bases and the squadrons flying All recourses are available on Ultilearn. See How To Guide #1 to find out how to access Ultilearn. Staff can with each aircraft. also access the material from the Training Officers’  Information about what each aircraft is currently Area on Bader SharePoint. used for.  Some useful recognition tips. HQ RAFAC Training Team Version 1

































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ULTILEARN AND HOW TO GUIDE #1 CLASSIFICATION TRAINING COMPLETING YOUR CLASSIFICATION TRAINING You can complete classification training at home using STEP 3 Ultilearn. Your username is the numbers before the @ in your cadet portal username.  Click on the Start or View button on your Ask your staff members for your login information if you registered course to view the content. have forgotten your password.  Press Launch to start the Course. It will open in a BEFORE YOU START new window. Then click Go. Make sure you know what classification level you  Click on the topic you want to study using the grey box to the left of the screen. Then click on the item need to do. displayed to download it. Make sure you know your Ultilearn username and  Use these resources to help you before filling in your logbook or starting an exam. Password. FIRST CLASS If you want to complete Senior Cadet choose  Download a copy of the First Class Cadet Logbook three modules from the list available. from Ultilearn. It’s under FCC e-Logbook v1. If you want to complete Master Air Cadet choose  If you open the booklet on a PC you must download it and open it in Adobe Reader. If three further modules you haven’t done yet. you don’t you may lose your work. Make sure to save it when you have finished! STEP 1  Email the booklet to a staff member when you  Open Ultilearn via Cadet Portal or by visiting have finished or if you need support. https://learning.bader.mod.uk LEADING, SENIOR OR MASTER  If the courses you want to study aren’t displayed, click Explorer Register. This is near the top of the  Ask your squadron staff to register you for your screen on the right hand side. exam when you have finished your training. STEP 2  The exam will show up in the My Courses section. Access it and follow the instructions on-screen.  In Explorer Register find the course you would like to study. All courses are grouped into folders.  Email a staff member to tell them you have successfully completed the exam.  Click on the course you want to access and then click the Register button found near the top right hand corner of the screen. The course should now appear the My Courses Area.  You cannot register for any exams until your Squadron has set you up for them. Read on to find out more about this. HQAC Training Team Version 1

ULTILEARN AND STAFF GUIDE #1 CLASSIFICATION TRAINING GETTING YOUR CADETS SET UP  Your cadets can now complete their classification CHECKLIST training at home using Ultilearn. Guide your cadets towards the classification and  There is very little change to the current process. The only real difference is cadets accessing the specific subjects within that classification that training resources themselves. they need to undertake. KEY CHANGES Make sure each cadet has a valid Ultilearn  All cadets now have access to all classification username and password. Their username is the subjects in Ultilearn. Normally, an instructor would long number next to their name on SMS. download the learning resources and deliver this to cadets in a classroom environment. Cadets can now Pass on any password request emails to the cadet view the material themselves and then attempt the appropriate assessment. concerned as soon as possible. These are delivered to the OC email account.  We are producing narrated versions of the PowerPoint presentations and will replace Ensure cadets are registed for any exams they are individual presentations as we go. In time we will be providing bespoke e-learning packages. eligible for when you think they are ready.  Cadets studying First Class Cadet need an SETTING UP ULTILEARN EXAMS electronic version of the First Class Cadet Logbook. They can download it from Ultilearn. Staff  Log into Ultilearn with your staff account. Your can also find a copy in the Training Officer’s Area username is your personnel number. on Bader SharePoint. Find this by clicking on the HQAC Sub Sites dropdown and then clicking on  Hover over the Security tab at the top of the screen Training Officer’s Area. and click on Advanced Security.  When the First Class Cadet Logbook has been  The subjects available are listed on the right hand completed, the cadet will email it to a staff member side of the screen. LC = Leading Cadet subjects, for marking. SMC = Senior and Master Air Cadet subjects.  For those undertaking Leading Cadet and above,  Right click on the subject you wish to register a you will need to register them for the specific exam cadet for and click Members. in Ultilearn when you are satisfied they have completed enough training.  Click the Add User button, found in the top right hand corner of the screen and type in the cadets name.  Find the cadets name in the list and tick the Add? checkbox. Then press the Add button.  Your cadet is now registered for that exam. Remind them to tell you when they have completed it! HQAC Training Team Version 1

HOW TO GUIDE #4 LEADING CADET NOTEBOOKS COMPLETING THE LEADING CADET NOTEBOOKS Are you looking at completing your Leading USING THE NOTEBOOKS Cadet exams but haven’t been able to finish your training? A Leading Cadet Notebook for  Each notebook is split into two sections, each subject has been developed which will Pass and Develop. help you to complete your exams on Ultilearn.  Complete all the red Pass questions to help you answer the questions within BEFORE YOU START your Ultilearn exam.. Make sure you have finished First Class  The Develop questions help develop your understanding of the topic above Cadet. and beyond the exam questions. Read How To Guide #1 to find out  Use the resources in the Leading Cadet folder on Ultilearn to help you answer how to access Ultilearn. the questions. Check with your Squadron staff to see  You could also use the internet if you need further information. Don’t be afraid if you can start your Leading Cadet to ask other cadets or your Squadron Training. staff for assistance. Make sure you know your Ultilearn GET THE NOTEBOOKS username and password.  Download a copy of the each Leading Cadet notebook from Ultilearn. You If you are on a computer running can find them in the Leading Cadet folder. Microsoft Windows, download Adobe Reader if you don’t already have it.  If you open the booklet on a PC you must download it and open it in WHAT ARE THEY? Adobe Reader. If you don’t you may lose your work. Remember to save it  The Leading Cadet notebooks give you when you have finished! the tools you need to study each Leading Cadet topic without an  Email the booklet to a staff member instructor. when you have finished or if you need support.  They contain targeted questions centred around each section of your exam.  When you have finished the notebook a staff member from your squadron  The resources available on Ultilearn will will register you for the exam. help you to answer each question in the notebook.  When you have completed the notebooks you can use them to help you complete your Ultilearn exams. HQ RAFAC Training Team Version 2

STAFF GUIDE #4 LEADING CADET NOTEBOOKS USING THE LEADING CADET NOTEBOOKS Three Leading Cadet notebooks have been TAKING THE EXAM developed to support cadets in their preparation for their Leading Cadet  Cadets must be registered for exams Examinations on Ultilearn. before they complete them. To find out how to do this refer to Staff Guide #1. They have been produced by a small team of trainers and subject matter experts to  Each exam is ‘open book’. This means address the training gap squadron’s may that cadets can use their notes and other currently face. resources to help them answer the questions. Cadets should not attempt These notebooks do are not intended to the exam without any form of instruction replace the Ultilearn exam, are completely or preparation. optional and can be used in a variety of ways to enhance the training experience.  The easiest way to enforce this is to prevent cadets taking an exam until they WHAT ARE THEY? have provided proof that they have written notes about the subject. The  Each Leading Cadet notebook gives a notebooks provide cadets with the tools cadet the tools they need to study each to present their notes in a structured topic. This can be with or without way. instructional input. USING THE NOTEBOOKS  They contain targeted questions centred around each section of the Ultilearn Squadron Commanders should decide how exams. Existing resources on Ultilearn to use the notebooks. They could be used: will help cadets answer the questions and they can use the Internet for any  As a self-study tool. Cadets can use the additional information that is needed. notebooks on their own, or with their When complete they can use these peers, to provide a structure to their notes to help them complete their notes before taking an exam. Ultilearn exams.  Within a group tutorial environment.  Each workbook is split into two sections, Cadets could get together virtually and Pass and Develop. The Pass sections discuss their answers with each other. complement the exam questions. The Instructor’s could be available for support optional Develop sections allow the when and where needed and to keep cadet to explore a topic further if they training on track. have an interest in it.  Within more formal taught sessions.  Cadet copies are available on Ultilearn in The notebooks could be used by cadets the Leading Cadet folder. Instructor whilst taking part in a virtual training versions are available in the Training session delivered by an instructor. Officer’s Area on Bader SharePoint. These provide suggested answers to each question. HQ RAFAC Training Team Version 2

LEADING CADET BASIC NAVIGATION USING MAP AND COMPASS NOTEBOOK ANSWERS FOR INSTRUCTOR USE ONLY PAGE 1 OF 21

LEARNING CHECKLIST LO1: Be able to show the different types of north. PASS P1: Identify the different types of north. PASS P2: Explain how to find true north using a map without a compass. DEVELOP Explain what is meant by different types of north and the variation between them. LO2: Be able to use a map and lightweight walking compass for practical navigation. PASS P3: Identify the features of a lightweight walking compass. PASS P4: Carry out basic calculations to calculate direction of travel and position. DEVELOP Explain how a map and compass are used to navigate between two points. DEVELOP Justify position on a map using a compass. LO3: Know land navigation methods PASS P5: Calculate timings of walks using Naismith’s Rule. PASS P6: Identify what is meant by handrailing, aiming off, contouring and attack points. LO4: Know weather conditions that affect land navigation. PASS P7: Identify how high and low atmospheric pressure affects land navigation. PASS P8: Describe cloud formations that affect land navigation. DEVELOP Describe the influence of weather frontal systems on land navigation. DEVELOP Evaluate the effect of depressions on land navigation. PAGE 2 OF 21

LEARNING OUTCOME 1: BE ABLE TO SHOW THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF NORTH. PAGE 3 OF 21

LEARNING OUTCOME 2: BE ABLE TO USE A MAP AND LIGHTWEIGHT WALKING COMPASS FOR PRACTICAL NAVIGATION. PAGE 7 OF 21

LEARNING OUTCOME 3: KNOW LAND NAVIGATION METHODS PAGE 12 OF 21

LEARNING OUTCOME 4: KNOW WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT AFFECT LAND NAVIGATION. PAGE 15 OF 21

LEADING CADET PRINCIPLES OF FLIGHT NOTEBOOK ANSWERS FOR INSTRUCTOR USE ONLY PAGE 1 OF 20