CFB Borden Fitness

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• CFB Borden Fitness
• 5 February 2009

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Borden Fitness Programs

• PT Programs Past, Present Future
• Expres
• Physical Exercise Specialist

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PT Program Numbers
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Past PT Program

• Past as requested basis
• Excellent communication with units
• Insufficient amount of opportunities for PT

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Present Program

• Buffet style enables us to meet much greater
  demand
• Short of HF strategy goal
• Lack of staff limits amount of trg offered

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Present PT Program

• 4 blocks of training time avail throughout day
• Monday to Thursday
• 0730-0830
• 1030-1130
• 1330-1430
• 1500-1600
• Friday
• 0730-0830
• 1030-1130 Various Sports
• 1330-1430 Various Sports
• 1500-1600 Various Sports

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Present PT Program

• Worked successfully with Trg establishments to
  fit PT into their day and avoid increasing the
  length of courses
• Self-booking
• HF Strategy helped to provide impetus for change

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Present PT Program

• Goal of 13,407 exposures/wk
• Current program (at max) offers 6360
  exposures/wk(46.3)
• Cannot expand program - limited by staff
  facilities

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Staffing Issues
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Staffing Issues

• Attracting/keeping qualified staff (particularly
  bilingual)
• Limits our ability to service the CF
• Recruitment tour East Coast Quebec (spending
  local )
• National Recruitment Strategy?

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Facility Issues

• Lack of space
• Andy Anderson Pad A
• CFTDC Gym
• South Side gym
• Conversion of bowling alley

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Administration Issues

• New program increased admin work
• Additional scheduling
• Additional coordination with units
• Revisit admin requirement and staff reqd to meet
  demand

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Future Program

• Re-vamp program to combine past with present
• Improved communication with units
• Full complement staff
• Extra facilities
• Reach HF Strategy targets

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EXPRES

• Successful program close to 100 testing
  completed annually
• Weekly trial testing unofficial recording
  available
• Test anxiety lessened
• Daily remedial trg available

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Physical Exercise Specialist

• Success
• great liaison with Hlth Svcs
• Clear point of contact for physio
• Opportunity to increase service to CF
• Rehab training
• Lunch learns in English with supplementary
  documents available in French
• Bilingual Newsletter

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Physical Exercise Specialist

• Challenges
• No formalized training/ resources
• Local interpretation of JD
• Developing all resources locally lack of
  national standard
• Lack of guidance wrt boundaries (HP crossover)
• Lack of clear understanding from CF as to role of
  PES

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Physical Exercise Specialist

• Suggestions
• National liaison with Health Svcs to preclude
  local arrangements wrt role of PES
• Opportunity for all PESs to meet nation wide
  attendance for idea sharing, networking, CoP
• Would create a starting point for PES indoc
  course
• Potential for national teleconferencing similar
  to HP

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Highlights

• Increased number of participants/exposures
• Serious lack of staff
• Facilities
• PES success

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Questions?