QFES – Cultural Awareness Training Workshop No. 4

Rachel Thomas, Executive Support Officer, South Western Region of the Queensland Fire & Emergency Services (QFES)) reached out to ZSIC as part of building on QFES cultural capabilities. This came about as a result of Steele Davies’ (QFES A/Inspector – Ministerial Liaison Officer, CLLO & Ministerial Services) proactive approach to bring cultural and meaningful change within the QFES service.

ZSIC’ was engaged to create and deliver a half-day CAT (Cultural Awareness Training) to twenty QFES Senior Officers that are responsible for carrying out a broad range of services throughout Queensland, with Indigenous communities.

This engagement provided ZSIC with the opportunity to work with and alongside the QFES Senior Leadership Team – South Western Region, under the leadership of A/Assistant Commissioner Jason Lawler.

The participants brought many of their professional and lived experiences into the training room. This enhanced the entire experience, whilst bringing about intrinsic motivational change, on both professional and personal spaces, further enabling each of them to apply new approaches when required, with First Nations Peoples.