Posted By cara
Apologies if this has been posted before – I have searched the forum but not had much luck!

I recently agreed to take over Risk Management training throughout our organisation.
The training I have put together covers basic Risk Management (legislation, terms etc.), Risk Assessments and Incident Reporting.

I would really like to make this training more interesting and try to involve the audience a bit, most staff have ‘heard it all before’ so I would like to make things a bit different and even enjoyable!! Any ideas??

Funny clips, stories, pictures, etc.. would be fab.

This is a long shot but I once saw a short clip involving 3 minor accidents in a office – spilt coffee, a filing cabinet and binding machine – any one seen this???

I’m new to this training lark so any advice/ suggestions are very welcome!!

Posted By Darren J Fraser
Training can be extremely amusing, if the instructor/tutor has stories to tell for example.
Also have you considered such things as audience participation, quizzes, games, role play etc.

Posted By cara
Thanks guys - It's ok I wasn't planning a comedy sketch just a few funny's to keep the audience awake.

Any more ideas welcome...

Posted By Malcolm Shepperson
I have used the Laurel and Hardy short films for training. Pausing the film and using ppt. to identify where they went wrong and the appropriate solutions. It got a good response, but combing the film and ppt. can be tricky and needs practice before hand.

Posted By Mark Eastbourne
Hi Cara

I totally believe that H&S Training can be fun, it is all part of instilling the correct attitude, knowledge and understanding into that person so they become safety aware as regardless of what you intended, if the trainee does not carry out the instructions in the way you intended then you have failed to communicate!

Humour is a way of breaking the ice, getting the trainees to buy into what you say and helping ot make the session more enjoyable for them so by all means use it appropriately! I have just been on the RRC website looking into the NEBOSH Diploma course and the tutor states on there that he uses humour and even frivolity to keep his students interested.

There are other obvious barriers to communication but I tend to eliminate these before carrying out the training.

When carrying out fire training I always recant the tale of when I went to watch one of the powder extinguishers being filled (very boring really but I was interested as I had never seen it being done before) and as I was looking down the extinguisher while the powder was blowing around my face, I asked a daft question, I asked if it was poisonous(!) to which he replied through a dust mask I did not notice before, "No, but it is a laxative."

When carrying out manual handling I state t the trainee that they don't need a six pack like mine to be able to lift safety (the joke being I do obviously not have a six pack, more like a keg...).

But the best tip I can give when training is to test the understanding of the trainee at the end of the session by asking appropriate questions.

Good luck with the training!

Mark