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Does anyone have any contacts for interesting Tool Box Talks in Construction work, I,ve been a safety advisor full time for 10 yeras or so and still struggle to give regular relevant tool box talks which don't treat the operatives as idiots, must of the people I talk to have been in the construction industry all their lives and dont want to be told that using a grindstone without a guard can lead to an accident! all though this is true I'm sure they don't need me to tell me.
I would be interested to hear other advisors views on this as I believe poor Tool Box Talks gives safety a bad impression.
Regards
John 321
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It's not what you say but how you say it.
All the best tool box talks sound naff if delivered in an uninteresting manner.
My tac is to sort out the subject matter then back up the talk with real life incidents. Photo's or video of incidents come in handy but please don't make them too long.
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Have you seen those available on the HSfB site? lots there to pick from.
Rgds
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The other thing that I have tried to do is to try not to make it feel like a tool box talk but to contrive to make it appear something a little more 'spontaneous'.
That doesn't help with the subjects but it does with the delivery
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We're a building services installer within the construction industry. ALL our tool box talks are verbal presentations given by the supervisors to no more than 10 men at a time, nothing is written down. The talk can be about anything, for instance todays could be about cold weather working, similaly one in July could be about hot weather working. The whole idea is that its a 'conversation' for engaging the group in a pertinant topic, which takes no more than 10 minutes, and for which they sign a briefing register afterwards.
Anything else can be regarded as training, such as the use of grinders and gaurds, and are sessions backed up by practical demonstrations, preferably by a manufacturer. The main contractors for who we work accept this format no problem.
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Afternoon John,
It depends how well you know the staff. Like geezers approach and have used it myself - but I am a lot larger than life (typical essex barrow boy) so get away with triggering conversations with people i hardly know!
Another approach if you know them well is to nominate a member of the group to tell you and the group what they know on the subject and correct any small points - it can be good fun to see how the group interact with each other!
yours aye db
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John
I have to agree with your assertions regarding TBTs. I find them rather demeaning and have an inherent dislike for them. That said, there are occasions where they have some use, but not the panacea that some might like to think. I would like a pound for every accident investigation which includes a TBT - I could have retired by now!
Ray
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