Posted By toploader who is responsible for the training within companies. does a trainer do the training or a person who already does the job show the trainee. will the trainee be validated/legal if its not a trainer and training records not signed.

Posted By Daniel Stonehouse I agree with the first response. How do you know that the person currently working on the machinery is competent, has he been trained by anyone or has he just picked it up as he goes along? And can you guarantee that he will train the new person to a certain standard? I can drive a car (just, after 15 years) but i am not competent to teach someone else how to drive. I also spent a fair amount of time as a company trainer dealing with machinery, hot products etc. and the paperwork to prove the training had been carried out was as important as the actual training. No paperwork - then the person is not trained, no in between. As an afterthought, my only industrial accident to date happened after the previous machine operative 'showed' me how to run an automated machine, he missed out some bits, and i ended up in hospital - (and 3000 pounds better off).