TRAINING
Purpose
The effectiveness of an employee safety and health program is measured by safe and competent job performance. The training program for safety and health is designed to address potential dangers and hazards that employees are likely to encounter when performing their duties. To assure that employees are properly trained, supervisors must know how to train an employee to perform the essential duties and tasks in the most efficient, safest manner possible. Supervisors and employees must also know how to detect and control hazards, and handle emergency situations. (SORM 2003)
Types of Training
- Supervisor Skills Training - It is essential that supervisors be trained in supervisory skills that include Texas Workers Compensation Commission (TWCC) protocols which are then applied to supervising for safety. This type of training is usually available through the agency's human resources staff development function.
- Safety Training of Additional Duty Safety Officer (ADSO) – Specialized training in an orientation style will be conducted for ADSOs in the Fall Semester of each year. ADSOs may provide certain types of training for co-workers.
- Specialized Training - A supervisor who is responsible for specialized work activities may be required to provide specialized training. An analysis of the job description’s exposure to potentially hazardous situations. a conditions should be conducted and training developed for specialized needs i.e., first aid or CPR training.
- Train-the-Trainer Program - The "Train-the-Trainer" program is a formal training program in which ADSOs, and/or supervisors are taught how to prepare and present formal instruction for safety training requirements.
Employee Safety and Health Training
- New Employee Orientation Training - New employees should receive an initial new employee safety and health orientation training.
- Job-Related Training - When an employee is transferred into a new workgroup or department and is assigned new duties, specific job instruction training should take place. Job instruction training should incorporate safety concepts into task training. The employer should show that the employee is able to perform a task safely before being allowed to perform the task without supervision. Refresher training at regular intervals is also required.
- Remedial Training - If it becomes evident that additional training is necessary, remedial training should be coordinated by the supervisor. For example, an increase in the number of employee back injuries while an employees are lifting trash may indicate a need for employee remedial safety training.
- Safety Meetings - Safety meetings are specifically designed to provide quick, concise and focused presentation of safety and health related subjects to employees. Additional Duty Safety Officers and/or supervisors may perform periodic safety training during regular staff meetings.
Administering the Training Program
- The following items have been demonstrated to be successful in developing and implementing safety and health training programs, and may be incorporated into TWU’s safety training program:
*Lesson plans for each period of instruction;
*Appropriate tests of comprehension to document the degree of learning;
*Dated attendance roster signed by all training attendees;
*Training records maintained in a central area of the agency;
*Procedures to explain responsibilities for training; and
*Record keeping procedures to comply with appropriate regulatory requirements.
Mandatory Training of All Employees: Hazardous Communications Act, New Employee Safety Orientation
Specialized Training Requirements: Training requirements for individuals in specialized fields Certain persons will receive specific training according to their position descriptions and tasks involved to do their job safely. Some specialized areas include, but is not limited to:
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OSHA Required
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Universal Precautions
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Office Safety
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CPR and First Aid
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Laboratory Safety
Training requirements are part of the department or service area's Standard Operating Procedures.
MASTER TRAINING SCHEDULE
It is the responsibility of the supervisor to analyze each position description in their area of responsibility and record specialized training requirements. The Master Training Schedule will assist the supervisor in analyzing the below questions.
See schedule here
It will tell you:
What training is required and by whom?
What is available?
Skills practice or information only?
Spring 2008 Classroom Safety Training
Schedule
OnlineTraining Programs: Some training sessions are computer based. Some are used as supplements to a classroom training session. Classroom sessions involve hands-on tasks related to the online trainins session. Ask your Safety Officer for the latest flyer that shows the classroom training sessions. Click on the title below to go to the program and begin the online training session. All trainees will receive a training certificate.
NEW EMPLOYEE SAFETY ORIENTATION
ADDITIONAL DUTY SAFETY OFFICER TRAINING
ASBESTOS AWARENESS
BACK INJURY PREVENTION
BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS STANDARD
CHEMICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE (HAZWOPER)
AWARENESS LEVEL TRAINING
CONFINED SPACE ENTRY
ELECTRICAL SAFETY
ELEVATOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE
EMERGENCY ACTION
ERGONOMICS
FALL PROTECTION
FIRE SAFETY AND PROTECTION
SANITATION
FORKLIFT SAFETY
TEXAS HAZARD COMMUNICATIONS ACT
HAZARD COMMUNICATIONS (HAZCOM) FOR FACILITY AND LABORATORY PERSONNEL/LAB STUDENTS
HOUSING DEPARTMENT HOUSKEEPING STAFF (SUMMER TRAINING)
LABORATORY SAFETY
.LOCKOUT/TAGOUT
MANAGING STRESS
NOISE AND HEARING CONSERVATION
OFFICE SAFETY
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
RESPIRATORY PROTECTION
SAFETY FOR THE SUPERVISOR
SCAFFOLDS IN CONSTRUCTION
SLIPS, TRIPS, AND FALLS
STANDARD FIRST AID/CHILDCPR/AED (Community invited to take courses)
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
Please contact Vicki Byrd at 81-2924 or e-mail the Safety Office for information on any of these courses. CPR and First Aid Courses are announced EACH semester by the Safety Office through campus mail or e-mail. ADSOs are encouraged to communicate the courses available to their co-workers.
*Please note that online courses will be reviewed and updated routinely.
Page last updated
January 4, 2008
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