You can help ensure that you have trainees’ full attention by applying accelerated learning principles to your safety training efforts. Accelerated learning principles can be very powerful tools — especially when you consider that safety trainers often present information that could mean the difference between life and death. It is extremely important that information presented during safety training is absorbed and retained.
Traditional safety training usually involves showing a video or flipping through PowerPoint® slides and then discussing the information as it relates to a company’s programs and policies. Safety training based on accelerated learning is much different. It is focused on the results and not the methods. Whatever learning tools work to increase and enhance learning can be called accelerated learning methods. Many safety professionals spend a good portion of their time training others. By applying accelerated learning principles, trainers can spend less time creating training programs and can help trainees learn faster and remember more. Accelerated learning principles applied to safety training can be a win-win situation for everyone.