Timeline for Can/should I ask a sitter to take first aid classes?
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| Oct 31, 2018 at 20:46 | history | edited | Anne Daunted GoFundMonica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 21, 2017 at 15:18 | comment | added | threetimes | @PoloHoleSet right, that makes sense, your company would expect you to put those skills to work right away. You also will invest a lot more time than 12 hrs to gain that. Ideally your company expects more output. Overall, in this scenario "ideally" they will never even use this. And if you wanted to work in child care at all, like a center, this is standard requirements, not extra, at least here. And it's typical here for a daycare center to pay minimum wage for up to 5 kids. 12 hrs is not a lot of time & if someone thinks that is daunting, caring for kids might be much for them. | |
| Jul 21, 2017 at 13:23 | comment | added | PoloHoleSet | If I work as an Accountant, and my company pays for me to get my CPA and my MBA, in addition to paying for my training, my salary goes way up, as well. That's because I am now much more qualified with a much greater skillset than I had before, and people with a much greater skillset and qualifications demand a higher salary on the market. If you were given the choice between two people who you did not pay to train - one with that certification and one without, you'd pay more for the person with certification. Also, they put the time and effort into getting the training, which is many hours. | |
| Jul 21, 2017 at 11:14 | comment | added | RedSonja | You can attack this problem from another direction. Get together with a group of other interested persons (put an advert in your local shop etc) and organise a First Aid course for teenagers in the local school. Maybe the Red Cross or similar would run it, they do here. While you're at it you can organise baby-sitting courses (yes, they do exist) and a register of accredited sitters. They have that here too. | |
| Jul 21, 2017 at 11:02 | comment | added | JeffUK | Forget "What if I send them on a first aid course and they quit"? What if you don't send them on the course and they stay! Personally I think a sitter would be very grateful for you investing some money in training them. Bear in mind though, they will have no obligation to offer first aid to your children, you're paying a sitter not a nurse! @alephzero a good first aid course will teach you to 1. make sure you are safe. 2. Call for help. 3. Start first aid if appropriate. | |
| Jul 21, 2017 at 8:20 | comment | added | alephzero | Aside from the cost of the course itself, a smart sitter would probably ask for some compensation for their own loss of time. Even 14 hours at a modest "minimum wage" like $10 an hour isn't a trivial amount of money. And don't forget that if they are just doing this to "tick a box", a week after the course they will know no more about CPR than they do now - except they may feel more confident in their ignorance and start actively doing the wrong things, rather than getting help! | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 23:25 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackParenting/status/888177989761904640 | ||
| Jul 20, 2017 at 19:38 | comment | added | Luke Sawczak | Don't forget to let the sitter know how useful these skills may be in the future. | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 18:06 | comment | added | threetimes | @PoloHoleSet I guess I do not follow entirely. If I request they take a class I pay for, am willing to pay them to attend, then I should also expect to pay them a "much higher" rate for having paid them to do it? I am not sure I think that is realistic. Now if someone showed up qualified, yes I would be willing to entertain that, but I am not sure that expecting me to pay them more after already paying them for all the training is fair. I am not a CEO paying for a degree here. | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 16:42 | comment | added | PoloHoleSet | If they are certified via a Red Cross baby-sitting course, then they will at least have the First Aid (not sure about CPR). If you only have them sit for you a couple of times, it might seem to be a bit much. How old are the kids? If you insist on the full-blown certifications, then they should expect to see a much higher hourly rate to match their professional qualifications, as well. It's only fair, and might provide incentive for them to go ahead. | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 15:59 | answer | added | Agent_L | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 15:11 | comment | added | 1006a | Are you talking about an adult babysitter, or a neighborhood kid? I think it's a reasonable request in either case, but the way you approach it might vary. | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 9:25 | comment | added | Layna | In this case: discuss the financial things it with the potential sitter. Issues beyond the time may be getting there too; but considering how remote you are and depending on the cost of the course, your candidate might even like the opportunity! | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 9:05 | answer | added | SomeShinyObject | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 9:03 | comment | added | threetimes | I actually just looked it back up, it's not as bad as I was thinking. It's a 6hr course, another 6hrs & a 2hr testing. So it's almost half the time I was thinking. | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 8:45 | answer | added | sleske | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 8:27 | history | edited | sleske | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 20, 2017 at 7:42 | comment | added | threetimes | @Layna - One course is 8 hrs, the other is 2 classes 8 hrs each, so you are talking a total of 3 Saturdays, usually in succession the way they book it here. So that is a 24hr investment total & 3 weekends in a row I know is a bit of a pain. | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 7:40 | comment | added | Layna | Just a quick question because you asked if you where to pay the time they spent at training: how long do the trainings last? The one I had to take when I made my drivers license is a 7-hour-course, which I would possibly be willing to invest without additional compensation. | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 7:40 | history | edited | threetimes | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 20, 2017 at 7:21 | answer | added | Rory Alsop♦ | timeline score: 36 | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 6:35 | history | asked | threetimes | CC BY-SA 3.0 |