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Posted By jim kelleher
As part of our company induction process our new employees watch a manual handling video. We also issue them with safe working practice documents to go with the video training.
Is this training sufficient for manual handling activities?????
We are a packacking company and do have a high turnover of staff in the lower ranks we did pay for everyone to receive specific manual handling training but this proved costly when the staff changes quite a bit.
Any advice would be much appricated.
Thanks
Jim...
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Posted By Daniel Stonehouse
Thew way i have been taught to understand the situation is that you can instruct someone in a subject by giving them information, and they may be abole to answer questions on it,but to train them in that subject they need to have taken that information, digested and understood it, and then are able to act on this knowledge. I would want written proof that:
1. They have watched the video and been given the leaflets
2. They have understood what the video was about - (not just that it was some more boring elf n safety stuff)
3. They understand how it applis to them - does the content of the video and leaflets actually discuss their type of environment or is it just a very vague discussion, or worse still about another industry or working environment?
4. They understand and can demonstrate to others that they are able to work in the manner that is being put forward in the video, on the leaflets etc.
Without these elements i would not like to say that the 'training' as such was either suitable or sufficient.
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Posted By Descarte
I too worked for a "company" with a high turnover of staff and also found this predicament. Our solution was to instruct 5 hardcore as such unlikely to leave staff in the IOSH 4/5 day manual handling training for trainers course. This then would reduce your future costs of training required as it could be done in-house.
Practical excersises and demonstrations and subprising casestudies / examples from your wn workplace will not only stick in peoples minds and give then a everyday example they will find but also help them understand it better and to see them practicing (say with an empty card board box) would will be able to correct any bad techniques or postures.
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Posted By Descarte
^ so as is friday bad my grammar is
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