1. Evaluators are charged with the responsibility of assessing individual Brigade
member’s skills, knowledge and attributes to provide independent patient care
services to the community. Evaluators should monitor their own assessments to maintain the
dignity of the individual Brigade member, and to keep all assessments confidential within
stated parameters.
2. Evaluations for the Brigade Assessment Process will be carried out by suitably
qualified individuals, as identified in paragraph 3, who have been oriented to the methods
of instruction and are aware of the minimum level of skills and knowledge that each member
must demonstrate in accordance with the BTS Reference Text.
3. Evaluators may include the following:
a. Qualified First Aid and CPR Instructors, NITDP trained (National Instructor Training
Development Program - see StJCI 4-3);
b. Registered Nurses;
c. Lay Instructors in Family Health Care;
d. Physicians;
e. Ambulance Officers, Emergency Care Specialists;
f. Respiratory Technicians; and
g. Other suitably trained and authorized health care providers;
Note: Qualified NITDP First Aid and CPR Instructors are preferred.
4. Potential Evaluators should possess the following attributes:
a. be well regarded by their peers, well trained and motivated, and able to provide
leadership;
b. the mental and physical ability to demonstrate the requirements of the theoretical
and practical skills of the BTS;
c. motivation and dedication to carry out the critical requirements of the BAP to
ensure that the Brigade member is given constructive feedback to their demonstrated skills
and receives any ongoing remedial learning in order to accomplish the completion of the
BAP if unsuccessful;
d. maturity and integrity to ensure that the Brigade member’s best interest is the
uppermost in their mind;
e. ability to help alleviate any fear and apprehension the Brigade member may feel and
to reinforce their partnership in the development of the Brigade member’s skills to
the best of their ability;
f. full understanding and commitment to give the hours necessary to provide adequate
assessment and recommendations for remedial learning sessions as required;
g. empathy to the needs of the individual Brigade member who also derives their
livelihood from serving their community with first aid or patient care services.
5. The delegation of instruction, assessment and monitoring of quality assurance is the
responsibility of the Provincial/Territorial Training Officer.
6. Potential Evaluators should:
a. have a full understanding of the Brigade Training System and the BAP as the final
step in completion of the training cycle;
b. currently meet or exceed the requirements of the BTS Level being evaluated;
c. attend an annual orientation program that reviews the expectations of the Brigade
member and covers the appropriate level BAP materials for the current year;
d. attend Instructor workshops to monitor the ongoing process of the BTS and Brigade
members’ developing abilities;
e. review any Instructor evaluations that may indicate individual strengths and
weaknesses of the Evaluators.
evaluators’ responsibilities
7. Evaluators for the Brigade Assessment Process are the key to the successful
assessment of Brigade members’ knowledge, attitudes, and skills of the Brigade
Training System. These skills are required to care for the communities in which they
serve. Evaluators have the following set of responsibilities:
