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703 Introduction to OSH Training
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Safety Trainer Roles

Now, let's focus on the various roles a trainer might play. The Association for Talent Development (ATD) study, Models for Excellence, listed the following roles that trainers typically perform:

  1. Evaluator: Assessing the impact of a safety training program.
  2. Facilitator: Managing group discussions and processes.
  3. Counselor: Assisting employees in evaluating their personal safety competencies, values, and goals.
  4. Writer: Creating written learning and instructional materials.
  5. Instructor: Delivering safety information and guiding structured learning experiences.
  6. Manager: Planning, organizing, staffing, and overseeing safety training and development operations/projects.
  7. Marketer: Promoting safety training and development perspectives, programs, and services.
  8. Media Specialist: Developing audio-visual materials for safety training.
  9. Analyst: Identifying discrepancies between ideal and actual safety performance and determining the reasons for these gaps.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

4-2. What role do safety trainers play when they lead group discussions and processes?