Education and Training
The Key to Successful Safety Committees
In the last module we discussed ways to get people excited about joining and participating in the safety committee.
In this module, we will continue the theme of safety committee member professional development. Effective education and training are key to making the safety committee a valuable profit center activity in your company.
If you have been a member of a safety committee whose members were not properly trained, you can appreciate the benefits of effective safety committee training.
You may be a member of a safety committee right now. Did you receive any training about your role and responsibilities when you joined? Chances are you didn't.
If you did, that's great. New safety committee members should be properly educated so they understand why their position is so important. The purpose is to affect attitudes about the safety committee and the contributions each member can make.
Safety committees that lack effective education and training often flounder and rarely get much done.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
4-1. Why should new safety committee members be properly educated?
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