Training others e.g., Contractors

Regardless of the approach your company selects, what s important is the assurance that contract personnel, by whatever means, are as conversant as your own employees with those aspects of your PSM system with which they interact. For this reason, you may wish to consider meeting with your key contractors to discuss the system and how it may affect their persoimel. As part of this discussion, you will want to review whatever training the contractor provides to determine if it meets your needs and is appropriate for the PSM system. If the system requires additional contractor training, you can then work out (either as a global policy or on a case-by-case basis) how best to provide it. 

If you decide to conduct contractor training in-house, apply the same curriculum you would use with your own employees. If the contractor provides the training, make sure you are confident that it meets the same standards as your own you may also need to review contract language to assure that it properly reflects any adjustments in the contractor s obligations. In a situation that combines both approaches, use these suggestions case by case. 

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