Efficacy of training procedures in implementing a legislated safety programme

✍ Scribed by J. Saari; J. Hryniewiecki; S. Bédard; V. Dufort; G. Thériault

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 371 KB
• Volume: 25
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-6870
• DOI: 10.1016/0003-6870(94)90074-4

✦ Synopsis

This study examines the effect of training procedures, as measured by the results of a test, on the level of assimilation of a new safety programme in 80 Qu6bec companies. The Workplace Hazardous Materials Informa~n System (WHMIS) was introduced in the province in 1989. The bipartite safety a~ation representing the manufacturers of transportation equipment and machinery offered two types of WHMIS training services to their members: (a) 4 h employee training courses, and (b) two-day trainer training courses. Companies were free to choose from these and other services to comply with the WHMIS training requirements. A test was issued to a stratified sample of 862 employees approximately one year after the training. On average, the scores were best in plants having employees trained directly by experts from the safety association (type a). The training of internal trainers for companies produced slightly inferior learning results (type b).