If you’re a trainer or design instructional material, your job is to train people. But what exactly are you training them? What kinds of things? If your initial answer is “stuff for work,” we can dive down a little deeper on that. The benefit of doing so is that once we realize that we train […]
We recently wrote an article with 25 tips graphics and visuals for training materials. That post was so popular that we thought we’d dig deep again for another article on graphics and learning. The source for the tips in this article is the book Graphics for Learning: Proven Guidelines for Planning, Designing, and Evaluating Visuals in Training […]
Consider this scenario, if you will. You’re a training manager. Or maybe you’re someone else who is involved in training–the head of operations, or in HR, or the safety manager. You or someone else at work determines there’s a performance problem. More specifically, you think your employees may have a skill gap. What’s the answer? […]
Not that long ago, we wrote a blog post titled What Is a JHA? That post was such a big hit we’ve created this second post. It walks you though the steps of performing a JHA, and even includes a free downloadable guide to performing JHAs at the bottom. This guide for performing a JHA […]
(Note: This article is based on the newly revised, 2016 version of ANSI Z490.1.) Let’s continue our series of articles about ANSI Z490.1, the US national standard that lays out “Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health, and Environmental Training.” In this post, we’ll look at Section 4 of the standard, which focuses on how […]
Looking for something you can do to create more effective learning experiences for your workers? Experiences in which the workers really learn and then transfer that learning to the workplace? We all are, right? One of the easiest things you can do to help your workers learn is to create better training visuals that are well-conceived and […]
Still using DVDs to deliver video-based training? You’re not alone; we get a lot of requests DVDs. For some people, it really is the most appropriate way for them to deliver training to their employees. But other people choose DVDs because it’s what they know and because they don’t yet understand the advantages of e-learning courses […]
“Blended learning” is one of the hot buzz phrases in learning circles these days. The concept means nothing more than delivering training using multiple instructional methods (instructor-led training, elearning, written materials, field-based training, etc.). Most commonly, it’s used specifically to refer to mixing both instructor-led and online training, although we feel that’s an unnecessarily limited way to […]
Nearly everyone recognizes the value and benefits of workforce training. When done properly, training can make workers more efficient — increasing production, revenue, and profits while decreasing costs, waste, and inefficiencies. Effective training can lead to increased compliance with regulations. It can even lead to a happier, more satisfied and engaged workforce, which in turn reduces […]
Companies pour a lot of money into training. And of course, they hope that money is well spent. That would mean that the training worked, in casual terms. Or, to be more specific, that employees learned things, developed new skills, and changed their behaviors at work, and those changed behaviors ultimately contributed to progress toward […]
The National Safety Council (NSC) has a list of the Top Ten Preventable Workplace Incidents on their website. According to them, the items on the list are the “ten most reported workmen’s compensation injuries as listed by top insurance companies throughout the country.” Since we’re all interested in preventing workplace incidents and injuries, we thought […]
Money. Although some don’t care much for it, others say it’s what they want. They work hard for it, and they love it. But why are we talking about this on a blog typically related to training, safety, and production efficiency, you ask? Well, partly to indulge my desire to listen to some classic R&B […]