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Hello IOSH'ers :-) I've been given the task by my line manager to create a H&S course to be run internally by our internal trainer on the topic of H&S for F##kwits...his words, not mine. In essence, he wants me to create a course in a similar vain to that of a speed awareness course of when you get caught speeding, but for when our staff are reported for and proved to have or are seen to be working unsafely whilst at work. My question is to you wonderful people is if you have any tips to add for conent and also, would grusome photos and videos be a good idea (I thibnk it is) to bring H&S home to those who have breached our policies etc.? I've got a host of photo and videos of nasty injuries that I could line up to the hazards we have in our workplace; i.e. tangled arm for heavy machinery etc. Also, what length of duration do you think it should be? Half day? Full Day? Two hours? I want it to mean something when they leave and something they will talk about, but not a reason not to work or waste our internal trainers time, when he could be doing other planned in training that we do. I look forward to your helpful comments and advice. Thanks
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Gruesome videos can have some unwanted effects - some people get upset, or feel sick, but some people laugh. This can distract them from the point. The shock value soon wears off. And they see these extreme events as things that won't happen to them. So they should be used sparingly if at all.
The way I have covered "not doing stupid things" in awareness training is to show a staged photo taken in the workplace of, for example, someone walking in front of a forklift truck. People are very quick to say that this is the wrong thing to do. But then I challenge this by telling them one by one from the pedestrian's perspective the reasons this person thinks it will be OK (it's only moving slowly, it's the driver's job to look out for me, etc) and make them come up with the arguments against these. The idea is that if people come up with the arguments themselves they are more likely to believe them.
What often comes out in these sessions is that people believe H&S is a set of arbitrary rules. What I try to get across is that it's about using your own intelligence to keep yourself and others safe.
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As Kate says video nasty’s can have unintended effects.
Sorry if I’m teaching you to suck eggs, but before considering training I would
be investigating WHY they are breaking the rules, this will give you insight
into how to change the behaviour which may or may not be a training course, or
it might point to some other management issue that need changing.
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