Training line managers

Ineffective supervision Education/training Line managers... 

Recommendation sponsors, line managers, team leaders and HR/training might be able to suggest potential mentees. 

Mentors and mentees as well as line managers, relationship supervisors and the program co-ordinator must undergo training. Mentors and mentees must attend this prior to being matched. Profiles of mentors and mentees are used to match pairs. Mentees are given several options to choose from and preferences with regards to particular mentors are taken into account. 

Safety, Loss Prevention and Security are the direct responsibility of line management and are important measures of managerial performance. In order to insure that every employee is prepared to work safely, every supervisor has the responsibility to provide a safe work environment with proper equipment and adequate training. Each supervisor also has the responsibility, through personal example and the involvement of all employees, to create a climate in which everyone shares concern for the safety and security of their fellow workers and for the prevention of losses. 

In addition to the training and implementation roles described in Section IV, line management has the following safety-related responsibilities. 

Decide what training you require to improve your skills and competencies. Ensure that these requirements are discussed and agreed with your line manager and that money is available in the training budget. 

Line management is ultimately responsible for the training and qualification of employees assigned to their organizations and for ensuring that employees are provided with job-related information that affects knowledge and skills necessary to perform their work. 

All line managers were educated in a modem safety management training course (8 hours). 

A comprehensive accident investigation system, as well as training, was implemented, and line management were made responsible for their own accident investigations assisted by safety staff where and when necessary. A vehicle seat belt policy and windshield stickers were introduced, and the gate security guards instructed not to allow any vehicle onto the site if the occupants were not wearing their seat belts. They also reminded vehicle occupants to bnckle np. 

Each day for almost 3 months nonstop we trained up to 30 employees, managers, and union members on the 1-day inspection and auditing courses. Line managers, union representatives, and safety staff attended the 5 days training required for safety and health representatives, and a five-star safety and health representative jacket was presented to all who completed the course. This jacket became a prize possession, and employees flocked to the training to complete the courses and be presented with this jacket. I watched many an employee receive his or her jacket and attendance certificate from the general manager at the final class presentation, and there was a look of pride and achievement on the employee s face when he or she first donned the jacket. The employees wore it with pride. 

Personnel responsible for safety, health and environmental training at management, supervisory, line worker, and ancillary personnel levels shall incorporate this policy and process into the training curricula. 

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