Step 4
Provide Training Resources and A Training Program
Investment in employees’ safety training and correct techniques demonstrates commitment to safety. Effective safety cultures require strong health and safety competencies. This must begin immediately when an employee joins the organization and is onboarded, and again during refresher training and updating skills. Trained employees also embrace safety culture more readily because they are aware of hazards and the effect that they can have on maintaining workplace safety.
Digital learning courses and the ability to onboarded training and onboarding can help safety professionals keep workers prepared and engaged, while staying aligned with company safety objectives.
"It is quick and easy to report an incident online, which gives me confidence that the number of accidents being reported in stores reflect the actual number of accidents that are happening, and has banished historical concerns of under-reporting due to bureaucracy."
Phil Sleet
Head of Health and Safety UK & Ireland at Specsavers
In addition to having good technical competencies, providing training from supervisors puts a strong emphasis on leadership, initiative and an out-of-the-box style of thinking. To ensure a strong safety culture is consistently maintained, you must ensure that supervisors have the right leadership attributes to coach employees and to maintain the correct safety behavior.
Training resources can come from internal or external resources
The feedback loop in step three will create internal facing learnings such as Safety Learning Opportunities where you can leverage your recorded incidents to make continuous incremental improvements. One way to build strong employee buy-in is to involve them in the process. Establishing a safety committee with employees from all areas of your organization can ensure different opinions and issues are raised. The group decisions from health and safety committees have a big influence on the overall direction of the organization when it comes to safety initiatives.
On the other hand, finding the right partner could help to keep you up to date with legislation updates, workshops, practical resources and materials such as guides, webinars and more.
