Tips for Training Find ways to provide positive re-enforcement when you catch them doing the job safely.
http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/smallbusiness/safetypays/estimator.html
However, training is more than 'butts in seats' or an experience to be endured. To be effective, the training must be:
When I ask students: How do you train other people? The most common answer I get is: I show them.
That makes sense because that's how most people learned....when they were seven years old.
Most trainers design the training so it's 'easy' for them....slap a few slides together, stand up and read them, pass out a test and everyone is trained. Or, do a demonstration, make all the monkeys mimic the demonstration, and the hands-on component of training is complete!
Research indicates the human brain 're-organizes' when we are adults. Trainers need to connect new information to the adult's existing foundation of life experiences and knowledge. And, we have to find a way to make the information practical (use the information), and relevant (use the information today!).
Some suggestions for making safety training more effective:
Explain the why: most people can figure out the how if they understand the why.Give them information they can use...today.
Reframe or format the information into a context that makes sense to them...give them examples of how to use the information at home to make their own family safe.