The following was received from the WIA Education committee and on first glance, is a great resource for prospective Foundation qualification prospects, but also a great source of information for all grades of Amateur Radio operators, particularly dealing with EMR Calculations, and if this is their first cut, I am looking forward on what’s to come.
The press release is as follows:
The WIAs Education Committee have launched their own website with a dual purpose in mind:
* firstly, to promote amateur radio generally, and lead a person logically through the various steps required to achieve a amateur radio Foundation qualification, and;
* to act as an information resource for WIA-affiliated clubs and individuals, so educational tools and resources relevant to amateur radio in Australia are easy to find and relevant.
Although still a ‘work in progress’, there’s quite a lot to see at: www.wia-education.com.au
In the club section, you will find new ‘Educational Frameworks’ for the Foundation, Standard, and Advanced qualifications.
These Frameworks have been developed to help trainers deliver all the information required to pass knowledge assessments for each of the three grades.
The syllabi for each grade have been rearranged into more logical and consistent ‘frameworks’, and some new content has been added where appropriate.
It is hoped these ‘educational frameworks’ will form the basis of a syllabus update by the ACMA.
In the club section you will also find a collection of well-proven training resources that your club could use in its training programs. There is a set of proven Foundation grade PowerPoint training slides kindly contributed by Fred Swainston VK3DAC.
One of the questions asked in the recent survey sent to affiliated-club Presidents and Secretaries asked if their club had developed well proven educational materials that could be shared.
Some of those materials may be placed on this website in the future for the benefit of other clubs.
And finally, we have developed an EMR flowchart tool which, together with an RSGB calculator and a new PowerPoint presentation, will help Australian radio amateurs meet their EMR compliance responsibilities.
Keep an eye out for the EMR tool appearing on the website after its release at the REAST Hobart conference, the first weekend in November.
So, take a look at the new Education Committee website and let us know what you think. If you like it – tell the world; If you don’t – tell us.
Once again, that address: www.wia-education.com.au (- is a hyphen)
Press release provided by Phil Wait VK2ASD for the WIA’s Education Committee.
Website Admin Note : The EMR tool has released, with a very good flow chart on what is required.
As an Amateur Operator, it is a requirement of the Class Licence, that you must comply with the electromagnetic energy (EME) rules, so if you have not performed your analysis and documented it, then you need do get it done. The tools provided by the WIA Education Committee make it reasonably easy, and you may find that you might already comply, or based on the calculations, you might need to some small amount of remedial work on your antenna, to make sure you meet the distance requirements.
