Employee Safety: Your Life Matters
Goal #1
Raise awareness of the need for facility safety
Audience:
The learners are employees of Solid Waste Services.
Behavior:
The expected behavior is to be alert of hazards and
safety matters that may present at the facility.
Conditions:
Learners' performance will be measured at the end
of the training with a quiz, during safety drills and if
there is ever an actual emergency at the facility
Degree:
The standard for acceptable performance is 80%-
100% accuracy on the administered quiz and
ongoing demonstration of awareness by responding
to emergencies as outlined in the Emergency Action
Plan.
Objective:
Upon completion of this training, employees will
demonstrate gained knowledge of facility hazards
and safety matters by obtaining 80%-100% accuracy
on the final quiz.
Goal #2
Ability to implement established safeguards
Audience:
The learners are employees of Solid Waste
Services.
Behavior:
The expected behavior is the implementation of
facility safety measures
Conditions:
Learners' performance will occur in safety drills and
if there is ever an actual emergency at the facility.
Degree:
The standard for acceptable performance is a
demonstration that roles and responsibilities are
understood.
Objective:
During mock safety drills, employees will perform
correct facility safety measures as outlined in the
company's Emergency Action Plan.
Collaborative Learning Objectives:
These two objectives use collaborative learning
methods. The motivation behind this training is that
learners can interpret the instruction shared as they
participate with their co-workers in both the learning
and the instruction. A large portion of their day is
spent at, or in close proximity to, this facility and
with the other individuals participating in this
training.
These individuals work together, quite often, on
projects, tasks, and assignments. Because they have
already formed these relationship cohorts, it only
makes sense to use this social method of learning for
a topic that, in a real-life scenario, could depend on
these same relationships and recall of the training.
The collaborative learning method is much about
interaction and having the learners to do something
as they interject responses to the potential dangers
outlined in this training. This type of training will
give the learners a sense of ownership and impose
more lasting and effective learning than if it were
only lecturing.
Instructional Strategies and Activities:
Learners will be divided into groups of eight throughout the duration of
the training. As the training progresses, with lectures and various activities,
learners will bond with group members and begin to develop
recommendations for implementation of facility safety that will be used
throughout the organization. These recommendations will be guided by the
facilitator through the activities outlined in and relevant to the training
plan:
Icebreaker the training will commence with an icebreaker which
will be used to 1) introduce the learners to the facilitator and vice
versa and 2) familiarize grouped learners, who may not know each
other, with one another and establish levels of trust that have not
yet been considered.
Lectures there will be two facilitators who will each lecture for
the length of 30 minutes each.
Case Studies/Scenarios each group will receive two case
studies/scenarios to analyze. One will be given after each lecture to
reinforce what has been taught and to allow learners the
opportunity to take ownership of the learning process. Learners
will be given 15 minutes to work through the assigned case
study/scenario during which time the facilitator(s) will navigate
through the class making themselves available to answer any
questions from the groups. Groups will be given the opportunity to
share their case study/scenario as well as their response.
Note because of the nature of the training responses may vary and
may not be exactly text book answers because they are situational,
nevertheless, responses should adhere to the principles expressed in the
lecture.
Instructional Technologies:
(Instructor led portion)
Lap top and audio video equipment
o PowerPoint presentations will be used by each facilitator
PowerPoint presentations will have videos
embedded
o Advancer remote so that the facilitator(s) has the
freedom to roam the room
o Microphones
One lapel microphone for the facilitators
Two wireless microphones to be used by learners
during the case studies and Q&A segments
(Web-based portion)
Computer
o The facilitator for this portion will need a computer to
upload content; learners will need a computer to access the
content
E-learning software
o Solid Waste Services utilizes Plateau as their e-learning
platform. The departments IT division will need to
establish credentials for the facilitator to be able to upload
content or provide a point person who will receive the
content for upload.
o All learners have credentials for this platform and will
receive credit through the system and a certificate of
completion once the course and quiz are completed.