Posted By Andrew Meiklejohn Hi All am Looking to see if anyone can point me in the direction of H&S videos in Polish. Am looking for a general induction or something that could be applied to manufacturing (printing) industry Ideally it eould cover topics such as Noise, Manual Handling, Moving Machinery, PPE and Skin Care etc Thanks in advance Andrew

Posted By Martin Devlin Hello Sean, having a large number of polish employees, I would also be interested in safety induction videos, or any other relevant materials which would be suitable. I carry out toolbox talks also and there is a large amount of time and cost involved in getting those translated. Any assistance would be appreciated. Many thanks

Posted By Chris121 this may be a helpfull starting point for inducting polish employees http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/polish/hse27pol.pdf

Posted By Anna B Andrew, have you tried www.safetyshop.com ? It looks like this is something they do, covering basic Fire Safety, Manual Handling, Slips, Trips and Falls, Electrical Safety, PPE and COSHH. I haven't seen any of them , however there are no other suppliers on the British market as yet. I also have been looking at some companies based in Poland, who are able to cater for h&s rules in some particular trades, as I occasionally deliver health and safety training for Polish workforce in UK myself. Anna

Posted By Duncan Brown Hi Andrew In the past I have been told by a moderator that you are allowed to supply commercial information on the forum if it is direct response to a question so I hope that is still the case. We have recently made a short induction animation 'Adam's first day' that is available in Polish. Details of the film and how to see a preview can be found on our website www.outtakes.co.uk. Thanks Duncan

Posted By Sean Warburton It's a good point, but it's not a requirement that all migrant workers must speak English, we would be on dodgy ground only employing English speaking. It is however the employers responsibility to provide information, training & instruction in a language the employee can understand. This can be done as you say, with translated signs, SSOW, the use of in house translators and, like this thread with the help of mult-lingual DVD's etc will find that some collages are running evening English courses and it is good practice to communicate this to Polish speaking employees. Unfortunately for employers it is their responsibility to ensure workers can be effectively communicated with, as it would be with English workers who for example can't read, have hearing difficulties etc.