Evaluating Safety Training

Wexley and Latham (1981) defined four levels of training evaluation—student reaction, learning, behavioral criteria, and results criteria. Each measure is used to assess different aspects of the value of an event. 

Understand the problem or need before designing a solution 

Save time and money by ensuring that solutions effectively address the problems they are intended to solve 

Identify factors that will impact training before its development 

The evaluation of training, like any other education program, can be beneficial in performing a variety of roles in order to meet various goals of the evaluator. Examples of roles of evaluation process include (Worthen and Sanders 1987, 5)  

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Among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate safety. Over the years, FEXPAN members have included experts from the field of veterinary medicine, pathology, food chemistry, medicine, chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, and toxicology. 

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Bell, J. L., Grushecky, S. T. (2006). Evaluating the effectiveness of a logger safety training program. Journal of Safety Research, 37, 53-61. 

Vojtecky, M. A., Schmitz, M. E. (1986). Program evaluation and health and safety training. Journal of Safety Research, 17, 57-63. 

The first type of behavior-related measures that can be used before the fact, or before an accident occurs, is the percentage of safe behaviors observed for an observation time. The greater the percentage of safe behaviors, the smaller the percentage of unsafe behaviors, and, thus, the fewer chances for an accident. Other types of measures related to the performance of safe behaviors involve a number of activity-based measures. Some of these may include monitoring the number of job tasks evaluated for potential hazards and compliance with various safety regulations, the number of job tasks for which safe job procedures have been established, and the amount of safety training provided to workers. 

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