Could Your Trainers Use Some Expert Training Advice?
Q. How can trainers make the most efficient use of classroom training time? A. Trainers are under constant pressure from management to decrease the amount of face-to-face classroom time and to reduce...
View ArticleExpert Advice on Handling Difficult Trainees and Questions
Q. What can trainers do to manage difficult participants and difficult questions during training? A. Difficult trainees include hecklers (particularly in large groups) as well as those who “for...
View ArticleWhat Would Mindfulness Training Look Like?
In addition to their work mentioned in yesterday’s Advisor, Marc Gomez and Jessica Drew de Paz discovered that mindfulness was at the heart of stress-reduction work going on at the UCI Susan Samueli...
View ArticleDeck the Halls with Safety Training
According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), hundreds of home fires start every year with Christmas trees, and candles cause thousands of home fires. Many deaths and injuries as well...
View ArticleTrain Employees to Get Safely Home for the Holidays
December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. What better time for a safety training session on keeping safe on the road this holiday season? Give employees these safe holiday...
View ArticleDoes Your Safety Training Need a Hand?
Because the hands and fingers play a role in virtually every task, they are unusually vulnerable to injury. And they are also often taken for granted and not protected as well as they should be. Yet...
View ArticleHands-On Hand Safety Training
Discussing the various hand hazards your workers face and describing the safety procedures in place to protect them are both important parts of your training. But sometimes, physical demonstrations of...
View ArticleDo Safety Trainers Need Training on Training?
These tips were reported on in our biweekly sister print publication, OSHA Compliance Advisor, whose ongoing “Trainer’s Corner” feature specializes in training trainers to be better at what they do....
View Article4 Factors for Effective Safety Training
The “Trainer’s Corner” experts in our sister publication, OSHA Compliance Advisor, suggests that, to teach adult trainees, four factors are key: Motivation. Like a door, the mind has to be opened...
View ArticleHow Do You Establish Effective Metrics for Your Training Program?
“Training is an area that can be difficult to quantify,” Prince says. “However, it may be helpful to look at metrics that target the type of training and what it was intended to accomplish. For...
View ArticleAre You Participating in NAOSH Week This Year?
Sponsored by the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE), NAOSH Week activities are designed to promote the importance of safety and health on...
View ArticleDo You Really Put Your Back Into Safety Training?
Why do your employees need to be trained in back safety? One in five U.S. workers suffers a back injury on the job. Back injuries are the second most common cause of days away from work, next to the...
View ArticleHow to Exercise Effective Back Safety Training
Here are some exercises you can recommend to employees during back safety training. These easy tune-ups can help condition and increase flexibility to prevent back injuries. WARNING: Advise employees...
View ArticleAre You Using PowerPoint Effectively in Your Training?
Before you sit down to create a PowerPoint presentation, think about how much of the chosen safety topic you want to cover. In many cases you won’t have time to go over everything in just one...
View ArticleHow to Train Effectively with PowerPoint
Thorough and effective employee training is recognized as a major key to achieving not only compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and other regulations but also the...
View ArticleJust How Important is Safety Training?
Case studies provide real-life examples of why it is important for learners to complete safety training and apply that knowledge back on the job. Let’s look at a few. In the month of June alone, the...
View ArticleSafety Training May Be the Difference Between Life and Death
Case studies provide real-life examples of why it is important for learners to complete safety training and apply that knowledge back on the job. Let’s look at a few. In the month of June alone, the...
View ArticleAre You on Track with GHS Training?
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has given businesses the following timetable for complying with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals...
View Article20 Questions on SDSs
Ready for the new GHS-required safety data sheet (SDS)? Here’s a little game of 20 questions to test your knowledge of the new SDS. Use the quiz to check supervisors’ understanding of the new format as...
View ArticleAre Your Safety Trainers Effective?
Charlotte Grove and Denise Augustine described the basic delivery methods for effective EHS training. Their presentation was modeled on the new American National Standard Institute/American Society of...
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