OHS Canada: Understanding the training dilemma
by OHS Canada
Considering strategies for better safety outcomes
Knowledge, application and competency reside in different parts of the brain. Forklift training is a great example. (wavebreak3/Adobe Stock)
As a safety professional, have you ever faced resistance from management when you’ve proposed employee safety training initiatives?
Chances are you’ve heard responses like: “We don’t have the time;” “We don’t have the budget;” or “I need you to condense that eight-hour training class into three hours.”
The fact is training is costly. Let’s take for example a business paying their employees $35 in wage and benefit costs, and billing out $100 per hour for the services provided by those employees.
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