St John Badges

I joined St. John Ambulance Malaysia for about 5 years when I was studying in my secondary school. Throughout these 5 years, I had received some badges (about 15) and promoted to Lance Corporal. The image below is the badges (Cadet Proficiency Awards) that I obtained.

The first badge(starting from top left) is Knowledge of The Order. In order to pass the test to get this award, we are required to memorize the history and origins of St John Ambulance England and Malaysia.

The second badge(beside Knowledge of The Order) is Anti-Drug Abuse. In order to pass the test to get this award, we are required to submit a folio of how to fight and prevent drug abuse (guideline is provided).

The third badge is Cookery and Nutrition. I passed the test by cooking in Non-Commissioned Officer Camp and it is quite easy.

The fourth badge is Casualty Simulation. This test is the hardest test that I had gone through so far.  In order to pass the test to get this award, we are required to make fake bruise and blood by using specific ingredients and colouring. After that, we were asked to apply it on our partner and the officer in charged will test whether the fake bruise and blood "work" or not.

The fifth badge is Citizenship. In order to pass the test to get this award, we are required to submit a census of population in the place that we lived.

The sixth badge is Communication with Deaf/Blind. In order to pass the test to get this award, we are required to learn basic sign language.

The seventh badge is Map Reading & Navigation. In order to pass the test to get this award, we are required to join a camp that organized by St John which has treasure hunt game and draw a map of distance between two nearest cities.

The eighth badge is Fire Fighting & Prevention. In order to pass the test to get this award, we are required to learn how to use fire extinguisher, how to escape during emergency and how to save people during emergency.

The ninth badge is Caring for Children. In order to pass the test to get this award, we are required to learn some nursing skills.

The tenth badge is Outdoor Pursuit. In order to pass the test to get this award, we are required to join a camp organized by St John that has mountain climbing activity.

The eleventh badge is Accident Prevention. In order to pass the test to get this award, we are required to submit a folio of how to prevent accident.

The last badge is Home Skills.In order to pass the test to get this award, we are required to design a small project that can be used at home in daily life.

The badge at the bottom is Stripe. In order to get this badge, we must be active and take part in almost all the activities organized by St. John Ambulance and pass some tests.

The red-coloured badge below is Special Service Shield. We are required to duty for 100 hours and I had spent almost 3 years to accumulate 100 hours of duty to get this special badge.