Training at-risk employees

Determining the content of training for employee populations at higher levels of risk is similar to determining what any employee needs to know, but more emphasis is placed on the requirements of the job and the possibility of injury. One useful tool for determining training content from job requirements is the Job Hazard Analysis described earlier. This procedure examines each step of a job, identities existing or potential hazards, and determines the best way to perform the job in order to reduce or eliminate the hazards. Its key elements are 

Key steps (preferably in the order in which they are performed) 

Actual and potential safety and health hazards associated with these key job steps 

Safe and healthful practices, apparel, and equipment required for each job step 

In an attempt to assist employers with their occupational health and safety training activities, OSHA has developed a set of training guidelines in the form of a model. This model is designed to help employers develop instructional programs as part of their total education and training effort The model addresses the questions of who should be trained, on what topics, and for what purposes. It also helps 

Determining the content of training for employee populations at higher levels of risk is similar to determining what any employee needs to know, but more emphasis is 

and NEidson. Handbook of OSH A Construction Safety Health. Boca Raton CRC/Lewis Publishers, 1999. 

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