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Hazard Identification Training

We have found in our regular visits to organisations as well as feedback from our clients that their people have limited knowledge of how to identify a hazard in the workplace. Additionally once a hazard is identified their people are unsure of the correct process and policy compliance. To overcome this problem we have developed a 4 hour training course that is delivered in two parts:

      1.  Classroom training: that teaches the types of hazards that occur in the workplace, how to identify them and the correct process to take when reporting a hazard. The training asks the student working within groups to determine the hazards in their work area and assists them in problem solving to apply their knowledge of the company’s policy and procedures for hazard reporting.

      2.   Workplace training: that takes the students on a visual 'walk through' their work areas using site photographs to actively identify hazards. The hazard reporting processes are reiterated and reinforced.

The feedback from the courses run so far include:

"We didn't realise how many of our people didn't recognise a hazard until we ran this workshop"

"This is an exceptionally good forum where our experienced staff can interact with our new people and share their knowledge"

The course is held on your premises with groups of no less than 5 and no more than 25.  Click here to read more

See also Case Study 2

Hazard Identification Management

Classroom training consolidating the learning in the Hazard Identification Training Workshop. This follow up workshop is recommended on how  your people manage the hazards in the workplace. We recommend that this 'follow on" workshop is run within the first four weeks of completing the Hazard Identification Training Workshop. The results from the first workshop are compiled and then reviewed with the course participants as a comparison to highlight what the hazards they readily recognise and the areas they don't. The varied responses in these workshops highlight the fact that whilst we may be able to identify hazards - we don't always know what to do about them.

The feedback from the courses run so far include:

"What I thought should be done in managing a hazard wasn't what my manager wanted"

"This course should be part of our site induction training"

“Most organisations who go through this change start off with Job Safety Analysis training. But to do a JSA you need to know how to identify a hazard and how to manage that hazard. Also much of this training is done on the surface [in the classroom] but no one ever goes into the workplace with them. So if you train them on the surface, that’s where it stays. That is an important part of the process for me to get the consultant to go with the guys underground and point out the hazards with them”

The course is held on your premises with groups of no less than 5 and no more than 25.  Click here to read more

Introduction to Job Hazard Analysis Writing

We have found that in recent case studies that less than 20% of people within an organisation have been exposed to writing a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) or Job Safety Analysis (JSA). This figure also applies to people having seen  a JHA or JSA. To overcome this problem and to raise awareness in the benefits of carrying out a JHA prior to a task commencing, we have developed a 4 hour training course to introduce your workforce as to the why, what, when and how in JHA writing.

The feedback from the courses held to date received from the participants has been extremely positive with comments such as:

"best course I have ever been on"

"now I fully understand what people are talking about"

"it makes a lot of sense when you think about it"

The course is designed around the KIS JHA programme and it is held on your premises or your choice of venue with groups of no less than 5 and no more then 25. Click here to read more

One-on-One Mentoring for Supervisors Training

In the work carried out for past clients it has been found that Supervisors in front line managing roles are generally placed there because the legal requirements have been met and they are seen as possessing the skills needed to manage a group of people. However, in discussions with supervisors and their managers, gaps in their managing ability may appear. Therefore we offer, and have conducted, one-on-one supervisor mentoring that has lifted the safety performance of past clients. This is supported with comments such as:

“What is more important is the coaching of the supervisors. That is probably to me the single most important thing. What has changed is the supervisors are starting to hold their guys to account and that is the single biggest influence to me of the whole process”

“Overall things are going very well with positive feedback from the Supervisors. I think they have started to step up more to the plate. They are beginning to hold their crews to account; you can see the general frustration from them when they see things happening that shouldn’t have happened. The guys seem a lot more passionate about their own safety performance”

This training is conducted by accompanying supervisors in their daily rounds with one-on-one discussions   between the trainer and mentor, identifying areas for improvement and developing strategies to assist them to supervise more efficiently and to lift safety performance and production.

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