Safety Education
This module will introduce you to general OSHA requirements for education and training. However, we will emphasize "getting beyond compliance" by addressing best practices in effective safety and health education programs.
The Big Picture
A safety education program should integrate instruction, how-to training, hands-on practice, and post-training experience to ensure employees have the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to work safely and effectively develop SMS processes, procedures, and practices.
If this critical SMS element is inadequate, none of the other system elements will be effective. The education and training element may be ineffective if the benefits are not obvious, immediate, tangible, or directly related to profits.
Managers may find it difficult to see the long-term improvements in process and product quality that result from an effective safety education and training program. It’s hard to see the benefits of accidents that don't actually happen.
To learn more about safety education and training, be sure to complete OSHAcademy course 703 Introduction to OSH Training.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
7-1. Why might management give safety training less support and commitment than it deserves?
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