336 Pages
    by CRC Press

    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!

    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

    Biography

    Barbara Hilyer, Alan Veasey; Kenneth Oldfield; Lisa Craft-McCormick