Command task 16: Toxic waste
Equipment: Two to four long pieces of rope (depending on number of participants), small barrel, an open topped box or bucket and cones or tape to mark off no-go area
Time: 20 minutes
Where: Indoors or outdoors
Aim: To place the contaminated equipment in a safe container
Benefits: Planning, communication, team-working and observation
Instructions: Set the scene that the cadets are to be a team of disposal experts and their task is to remove contaminated waste (the barrel) from a toxic, no-go area and place it in a safe container (box or bucket) for disposal. Cadets cannot enter the no-go area or allow any body parts to cross into it.
Make it easier: Increase the time allowed to complete the task and delegate roles for participants
Make it harder: Make the task leaderless or extend the no-go area