Hey guys, I'm currently completing a project in work and I'm trying to come up with ways to make health and safety something that people don't feel is a task they have to complete but something they enjoy? Any ideas will be greatly appreciated! 3HF2012

Yes I know that, I'm looking for ways to make health and safety something that people like. From all my experiences in health and safety people do not like it and find it to be a task and a chore and this project is a way of making it enjoyable and vibrant.

yeah it makes perfect sense thank you ) also does anyone know of good ways to reduce the cost of training workers?

Im a CITB trainer and " blowing my own trumpet" I have many comments on record of putting the delegates at ease and making fun of the courses. I fully believe they go away with a zest to increase H&S understanding amongst their colleagues. CITB do a good DVD which explains how a good Supervisor should work, there is also a very good section on inductions which can easily be transferred into how to enact with delegates, to keep them informed. Maybe Im lucky, or maybe its because I try to talk to them in their language

Get the top person/s on board first [that task will take long enough!!] and go from their as without the top person being on board its an up-mountain task

3HF, easy....make it simples! But please be honest, no one will "enjoy" health and safety, but you need to make it as easy for them to do the right thing as it is to do the wrong thing. Any task requires a degree of mental effort and we often., albeit subconsciously, avoid them by using pre-packaged solutions, what worked before will work again. If you want them to do something new, that includes safety make it as easy as possible, once people start thinking "now what was that form I was supposed to use, where do I get it, who needs to sign it.....blah, blah" you have lost them. Zimmy made a good point, they need to know what's the positive benefit is for them to they can weigh up / decide that the effort to do the safety bit has value. Good luck!

Sorry this does not directly answer your question, but everyone will be different as to why they may or may not do the "right thing" / " think about the safety issues" naturally. So in order to tackle their issues you need to understand their issues, by asking them. Essentially the first part of the process in involving them in the whole process. As others have said you are unlikely to get them to enjoy it unless you intend to use hypnosis, which I'm not sure is legal. You may however get them to understand it is their own skin they are watching out for and the possible effects if they don't.

3HF2012 Research on employee satisfaction (and stress) indicates that their relationship with their immediate managers in the principal influence. To the extent that you can relate health and safety to the employee - leader relationship, probably the simplest and most cost-effective action you can take is a WELL-DESIGNED survey of line managers, with feedback to them about their views. You're likely to find quite a lot of variability amongst team leaders about health and safety, unless perhaps you concentrate simply on legal compliance; if you do concentrate on that, you risk a low response to your questionnaire. I've found that a 39-item questionnaire to line managers, covering the areas of business savviness, task-centred co-operation and mindful facilitation as well as legal compliance provided pictures about thoughts and feelings of the managers which a (highly-motivated, reliable and diplomatic) safety adviser could put to good use. Her own job enjoyment and competence may well be a larger positive influence for the better than she readily acknowledges, I suspect.