MSA launches online marshals training

18 January 2016

MSA launches online marshals' training and accreditation

 

Legendary co-driver Nicky Grist helped the Motor Sports Association (MSA) launch a new online training and accreditation scheme for rally and cross country marshals today at Autosport International.

 

The scheme is part of the RallyFuture campaign to further enhance safety on UK stage rallies. Its purpose is to ensure that all Rally marshals have a common understanding of their roles and responsibilities, the management of spectators and how to handle an incident.

 

The online training takes less than an hour to complete, and has been designed as a supplement to - not a replacement for - the high quality face-to-face training sessions currently being delivered across the UK.

 

Nicky Grist said: "Safety has become a highly contentious issue. This new scheme will dramatically speed up and improve the quality of new marshals, and it's exciting that they can now do it online and so quickly."

 

Jon Binns, Marshals' Representative on the Motor Sports Council, said: "I wholeheartedly support what the MSA is striving to deliver with the new online marshals' training and accreditation scheme. It will help to ensure that everyone who marshals on a rally stage will have received a common level of training relating to their personal safety, managing spectators and what to do if an incident occurs. This not only better equips them to do their roles but also demonstrates to external third parties that we take safety very seriously."

 

Existing and prospective Marshals can undertake online training and accreditation by logging in or registering at http://members.msauk.org.

 

Posted by PMcCollum on 18/1/2016; Last updated by sysadmin on 18/1/2016