Effective Safety and Health Training
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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
