These organizations did not transform their safety training overnight. The transformation began with a new awareness of what could be accomplished when you take your workers out of the workplace and put them in a classroom. The notion that even a repetitious annual rehashing of the same material could serve a double purpose inspired a few visionary safety professionals to experiment with the possibilities. The result has been a series of paradigm shifts that could benefit other companies that have not yet tapped into this potential.
The workers in the consultant’s training session gave the class high marks and commented that this was the first time in years they felt the class really accomplished something other than “going through the motions.†Several stated specific goals they had for applying the training, and most mentioned being “more serious about safety†after the experience.