Effective Safety and Health Training

by Hilyer; Barbara

• ISBN13: 9781566703963
• ISBN10: 1566703964
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-27
• Publisher: CRC Press
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Summary

Is it possible to develop a fun and effective training program? Most workers view attending a training session as they do going to the dentist, which leaves trainers feeling very unappreciated and frustrated. Effective Safety and Health Training can turn trainers into Santa Claus - everyone will look forward to their visits. The presents they bring: interesting topics and trainee involving methods, wrapped in respect for workers and a consideration for their needs. Hilyer takes you from ground zero through the process of planning, preparing, delivering and evaluating an adult training session of from one to one hundred hours. She teaches you how to motivate your trainees. They will understand and retain the information, enjoy the course, and apply the learning to their work and their lives. Effective Safety and Health Training provides the educational theory and the practical guidelines to train effectively and enjoyably. A nuts-and-bolts book, it takes you through the development and delivery of effective safety and health training programs. Best of all, your trainees will have fun!

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

What to Expect From This Book

Your Own Training Adventure

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING

Steps in the Dessign and Development of Training

HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINER

Basic Considerations for Modifying Human Behavior

Basics of Health Behavior Theories

What Does all this Mean to the Safety and Health Trainer?

TRAINING MATERIALS

Videotapes

Classroom Props

Written Materials

THE ADULT LEARNER: CHARACTERISTICS AND METHODS

Characteristics of Adult Learners

Adult Training Methods

Guidelines for Dividing People into Groups

Trainer Characteristics and Training Methods

TRAINING OVER THE GENERATION GAP

Defining the Generations

Who are the Xers?

How do Xers Learn?

Training Strategies

PARTICIPATORY TRAINING; DESISGNING ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHOPS

The Disadvantages

The Advantages

Guidelines for Participatory Training

Examples of Participatory Training

Interview

Appendices

BUILDING HANDS-ON TRAINING DEVICES

Basic Design Considerations

Some Assembly Required

Leaking Pipe Stand

General Containment training Device

150-Pound Chlorine Cylinder

Chlorine Ton Container

Considerations for Implementation

USING COMPUTERS IN TRAINING

Computer Basics

Using Computers to Prepare for Training

Using Computers in the Classroom

Computers as the Classroom

EVALUATING TRAINING

Defining Success

Evaluating Success

Designing Student Evaluations

Using Tests to Evaluate Learning

Follow-up Surveys

Examples of Evaluation Forms

Further Guidance for Evaluation

TRAINERS: BORN OR MADE?

Abilities of Good Trainers

Special Resource People

Be Aware of the Message

Setting the Scene for Learning

Dealing with Problems

TRAINING PROGRAM SUPPORT

Giving Workers What They Want

Giving Bosses What They Want

What do Trainers Want

Good Training is Cooperative Training

ACTIVITIES FOR TRAINING TRAINERS

Goals for Trainer Training

Working Together Toward Common Goals

Use the Method to Teach the Method

Group Activities for Trainers

THE CASE FOR PEER TRAINING

Henry and the Hazwopers

Mike's Hazmat Team

Cooperation in Peer Training

VENTURING OFF THE MAP

Advice from Another Planet