Hi All, I am due to carry out a H&S presentation to 40 install guys who install solar PV. I have delivered various training courses but have never made my own up. I am going to structure the half hour as follows: 1. Introduction and my background 2. The new H&S policy we will be implementing 3. The RA's be will be issuing and implementation 4. Site Inspections 5. Summary Has anyone got any tips, funny pictures or stories which I can add in. For the RA and policy I will be stating why we need them and the benefits, so anything anyone can add to this would be good. We have just started to build the H&S culture and this is one of the first steps, getting the guys in a room and presenting to them on safety etc. Any tips, help with content etc will be most welcome

The 40 guys (or a representative number of them) should have been involved in the development of those Risk Assessments - shouldn't be any surprise there.

Agreed - and tell them that up front - make sure you say you're not there to teach granny how to suck eggs, and then make sure you abide by that. If they all look morose at the start you could mix it up with the 'fun police' quote: "Gosh you look a room full of people who've heard it all before, and didn't enjoy it much the first time. Well I'm not here to try and teach granny how to suck eggs, but we are implementing a new policy and there are some new risk assessments. I have to tell you all this because although you and I know you're not stupid, the law thinks everyone might be. But this is also an opportunity for you to tell me what you think of this paperwork, and I can take constructive feedback back to the management." I think it's much more fun delivering your own stuff than delivering training modules devised by someone else. Remember that 90% of 90% of powerpoints is for the benefit of the speaker, not the audience. Don't just put your notes on the powerpoint screen - the speaker should have their own notes and the audience doesn't want to see them. It's an easy trap to fall into, but it's lazy. I'm all for minimising powerpoint. Sitting and staring at a screen encourages audience disengagement. I've done presentations where the only slides I had was one with the title of the presentation, and a second with a photo of my grandmother and a photo of a box of eggs (yes you can probably guess how my opening lines went).

Are you set on the content of this presentation? If this is the first of many steps of getting them involved in H&S then I can think of more stimulating ways of starting the process. Introducing the company's new policy and RA's sounds a bit dull to me. You can dress it up with jokes etc but the message is still quite dull IMO. How about using the first presentation to get them on board with H&S generally. Get them to talk to you about the accidents and near misses they have had. Ask them how they feel about H&S. What puts them off what do they think is good. Where do they see any health and safety issues in their work. What problems do they have with any H&S systems already in place. If you need to introduce the company RA's then start by going through a RA with them. The principles. They can pick anything they like or use a comic book type scene and ask them to identify the hazards and ask how they would control them etc. Then you can introduce the company ones. Make no mistake paperwork will always be dull and you can never make it sexy. It would not be my choice to start by introducing them to paperwork.

hi 9yally , just come through on HSE website , new solar panel installer first day on job fell through a fragile roof broke his back! thats what your presentation is about looking after your guys, ask them why it happened ,how they could have prevented it , you would make it relevent to them , and help them understand why you need to implement RAs etc . hope it goes well for you.