Jim Hutter is a senior training specialist with Capital Safety and can be contacted at jhutter@capitalsafety.com. Capital Safety is a leading designer and manufacturer of height safety and fall protection equipment. Capital Safety also offers training courses, with 20 operating sites worldwide and a passionate commitment to quality, innovation and safety. For more information, contact Capital Safety at 800-328-6146 or visit www.capitalsafety.com.
Your instructor should come up with specific learning objectives (six are provided here) for your course and create a customized lesson plan that focuses on your needs.
We don’t learn to drive by only reading manuals and watching videos. We learn, and become good at it, by practicing. The same is true for fall protection training — in addition to classroom time, there needs to be hands-on education.
A PPE program can only be as effective as an organization’s overall safety culture. However, getting employees to participate in safety cultures can be difficult. Motivation techniques for encouraging employee participation can have both positive and negative factors. Analyzing these techniques can help a company better develop ways to motivate employees.
4 misconceptions of fall protection training that could prove disastrous
Most serious fall incidents can be traced back not to the fall protection equipment itself but, rather, to either misuse of the equipment or the use of wrong equipment — usually due to a lack of knowledge.