We must relate safety training to the bottom line. What will training of my employees do for our profits and ROI? The answer is “a lot”.
We in the Northwest want to be on the forefront of global competitiveness. We are positioned very well in the scheme of things. We have great companies, small and large, who invest in their worker’s training. It is not a one time system, but a series of continually educating our workers. We all need to rethink our traditional workplace practices of on-the-job- training and provide each individual with the best training our budget will allow.
As a result of forces such as new technology, globalization, the knowledge economy and changing demographics, our commitment to training and skills development is increasingly vital to success, even survival of our businesses.
We need to upgrade the skills of adult workers. It will raise our productivity of all our businesses. We are the folks who can help you with your training needs with our Total Safety Compliance program. Contact our Executive Director Tom Odegaard or our Director of Training Eric Tofte today!
Showing posts with label Total Safety Compliance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Total Safety Compliance. Show all posts
Monday, June 21, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Knowledge Economy
Why make a business case for training investments? What will it mean to the bottom line? Which elements of your business can benefit most from safety training? What will be the results? Why should you spend money on training?
How will training help in the success of your business? This requires you to identify and then quantify the impact your training will have on the bottom line of the business!
At a minimum you should measure the following:
1. Are learners showing up for classes?
2. Are people moving trough the course?
3. Did starters finish?
4. How well did learners score?
5. How was the program received?
What do you think the cost of not training is?
You need to focus not on the training, but on the training’s results. Is your management seeing a link between training and business performance? How do you justify the training expenses, well look at your profit at the end of the project or measurable time period?
Remember “cost savings is a reduction in expenses” and that is what we can help you with here at Evergreen Safety with our Total Safety Compliance program. Give Tina, our customer service representative a call today, 206-382-4090. She will be able to answer any questions you might have.
How will training help in the success of your business? This requires you to identify and then quantify the impact your training will have on the bottom line of the business!
At a minimum you should measure the following:
1. Are learners showing up for classes?
2. Are people moving trough the course?
3. Did starters finish?
4. How well did learners score?
5. How was the program received?
What do you think the cost of not training is?
You need to focus not on the training, but on the training’s results. Is your management seeing a link between training and business performance? How do you justify the training expenses, well look at your profit at the end of the project or measurable time period?
Remember “cost savings is a reduction in expenses” and that is what we can help you with here at Evergreen Safety with our Total Safety Compliance program. Give Tina, our customer service representative a call today, 206-382-4090. She will be able to answer any questions you might have.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Is Your Company an Innovator?
We have been talking about Return On Investment (ROI) for safety training of your employees. Is your company an Innovator when it comes to addressing your Human Capital?
When it comes to safety training you need to focus on the organization’s goals. You need to have a proper needs analysis up front and then evaluate your results on an on-going basis. Do you know that most companies spend less than 1% on their training budgets to measure and evaluate their training results? We need to measure worthy performance not just the cost of the training.
To stay competitive in this current market place you need to rely on many variables. One of them is safety training. Let’s look at what you might expect to gain by including additional safety training for your workers:
1. Better attitudes
2. Safer workers
3. Enhance company profits
4. Increased productivity
5. Be an Innovator
6. Training saves labor
7. Training saves money
8. Training improves a company’s competitive edge
9. Training saves supervisory and administrative costs
10. Training improves customer satisfaction
11. Training improves customer satisfaction and retention
12. Training provides opportunities for personal growth
Not all the benefits of training are quantifiable and many are intangible:
1. Employee self-esteem
2. Morale
3. Work ethics
4. Training is a win-win for all involved
Let us know if we may help you with your safety training requirements. We are the folks who bring you Total Safety Compliance, the complete program to save you time and costs.
When it comes to safety training you need to focus on the organization’s goals. You need to have a proper needs analysis up front and then evaluate your results on an on-going basis. Do you know that most companies spend less than 1% on their training budgets to measure and evaluate their training results? We need to measure worthy performance not just the cost of the training.
To stay competitive in this current market place you need to rely on many variables. One of them is safety training. Let’s look at what you might expect to gain by including additional safety training for your workers:
1. Better attitudes
2. Safer workers
3. Enhance company profits
4. Increased productivity
5. Be an Innovator
6. Training saves labor
7. Training saves money
8. Training improves a company’s competitive edge
9. Training saves supervisory and administrative costs
10. Training improves customer satisfaction
11. Training improves customer satisfaction and retention
12. Training provides opportunities for personal growth
Not all the benefits of training are quantifiable and many are intangible:
1. Employee self-esteem
2. Morale
3. Work ethics
4. Training is a win-win for all involved
Let us know if we may help you with your safety training requirements. We are the folks who bring you Total Safety Compliance, the complete program to save you time and costs.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Are You Competitive?
Contributed by Roger Hurst, Evergreen Safety Council
How do you measure Return On Investment (ROI) for your safety training? First you need a plan on what you want to measure. You want to look at Total Benefits, and of course Total Costs. Here is a formula you may use:
(total benefit – total costs) = _____ x 100 = ROI
Total costs
You need to see results on your dollars spent on safety training. You need proof that safety training is actually helping people learn. You need to see bottom-line results.
The most successful companies who want to remain competitive must continually look for ways to better train their employees. You need to manage Human Capital. You need to invest in workers, encouraging workers to invest in themselves and provide a good learning environment.
Training expenditures are a unique form of business expense. Unlike other expenses, training costs represent an investment by the firm to the employees. You must focus not only on the training but on the training’s results.
Let us know if we may help you with your safety training requirements. We are the folks who bring you Total Safety Compliance, the complete program to save you time and costs.
Give Roger a call today, 206-382-4090. He will be able to answer any questions you might have.
How do you measure Return On Investment (ROI) for your safety training? First you need a plan on what you want to measure. You want to look at Total Benefits, and of course Total Costs. Here is a formula you may use:
(total benefit – total costs) = _____ x 100 = ROI
Total costs
You need to see results on your dollars spent on safety training. You need proof that safety training is actually helping people learn. You need to see bottom-line results.
The most successful companies who want to remain competitive must continually look for ways to better train their employees. You need to manage Human Capital. You need to invest in workers, encouraging workers to invest in themselves and provide a good learning environment.
Training expenditures are a unique form of business expense. Unlike other expenses, training costs represent an investment by the firm to the employees. You must focus not only on the training but on the training’s results.
Let us know if we may help you with your safety training requirements. We are the folks who bring you Total Safety Compliance, the complete program to save you time and costs.
Give Roger a call today, 206-382-4090. He will be able to answer any questions you might have.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Training and Unsafe Workers
Contributed by Roger Hurst, Evergreen Safety Council
Unsafe workers are a chronic problem in some industries more than others. They might ignore cohort’s safety concerns while influencing others at the same time. You need to identify these individuals before everyone’s safety is jeopardized.
A safe working environment is not only more productive but is also more profitable. Your ROI will rise with a properly administered program. You must use the techniques OSHA recommends: Training/information, enforcement and rewards. This also must be repeated to become effective. You need to repeat safety training in a downward path from management with safety rules, training programs and internal communications. You must also repeat safety training in an upward motion to make sure your message is being received and understood.
The OSHA most cited standards for 2009 are:
1. Scaffolding
2. Fall Protection
3. Hazard communications
4. Respiratory protection
5. Lockout/tagout
6. Ladders
7. Powered industrial trucks
8. Electrical wiring
9. Electrical design
10. Fall Protection, training
These same infractions occur year-after-year. This is why repetition of training is so important for the safety of all your employees. As you know OR-OSHA, DOSH, AKOSH, OSHA and MSHA are all upping their fines for these infractions.
You can purchase all the safety equipment you want, but only safety training will assure your workers use and implement this equipment. We are the company who can provide this training for your companies. We have the all new Total Safety Compliance program which saves you time, money and the hassle of keeping records of your safety training. Please give us a call to get your program started today. 206-382-4090.
Unsafe workers are a chronic problem in some industries more than others. They might ignore cohort’s safety concerns while influencing others at the same time. You need to identify these individuals before everyone’s safety is jeopardized.
A safe working environment is not only more productive but is also more profitable. Your ROI will rise with a properly administered program. You must use the techniques OSHA recommends: Training/information, enforcement and rewards. This also must be repeated to become effective. You need to repeat safety training in a downward path from management with safety rules, training programs and internal communications. You must also repeat safety training in an upward motion to make sure your message is being received and understood.
The OSHA most cited standards for 2009 are:
1. Scaffolding
2. Fall Protection
3. Hazard communications
4. Respiratory protection
5. Lockout/tagout
6. Ladders
7. Powered industrial trucks
8. Electrical wiring
9. Electrical design
10. Fall Protection, training
These same infractions occur year-after-year. This is why repetition of training is so important for the safety of all your employees. As you know OR-OSHA, DOSH, AKOSH, OSHA and MSHA are all upping their fines for these infractions.
You can purchase all the safety equipment you want, but only safety training will assure your workers use and implement this equipment. We are the company who can provide this training for your companies. We have the all new Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Crane Signals & Crane Safety
Contributed by Roger Hurst, Evergreen Safety Council
Evergreen Safety has a new Mobile Crane Operator Training program. This is a 3 ½ day training course taught here at our training facility by Norm Nyhuis, our resident expert. After the class a NCCCO proctor administers the core exam and one or more specialty exams.
At the Seattle Vicinity Construction Safety Council meeting this month the subject was: Crane Signals.
I would like to thank Erich Smith, Ironworker Apprenticeship Coordinator, Gaytor Rasmussen, Seattle Tower Crane Inspection, Jim West, Safety Director of MacDonald Miller and Larry Markee, DOSH Safety Crane Compliance Specialist for an excellent program. Not only did they speak about communications between the crane operator and the signal person, but all the communications needed around a work site: clear and concise hand signals along with clear verbal communications between all involved.
The presentation brought up the WAC codes on who can become a signal person and what type of qualifications they would need. The general discussion from the attendees was how do these people get trained and to what standard.
Evergreen Safety has a new Mobile Crane Operator Training program. This is a 3 ½ day training course taught here at our training facility by Norm Nyhuis, our resident expert. After the class a NCCCO proctor administers the core exam and one or more specialty exams. What the attendees wanted to know is by what standards the signal person or rigger should be trained. I believe in the new future you will see a NCCCO Signal person type of training for these individuals as well. If I was safety manager at a construction company I would investigate these types of courses.
We here at Evergreen Safety are the folks who have the all new Total Safety Compliance program for the training of your personnel. We can save your company money, time and the hassle of training your workers.
Four easy steps to get your program started:
1. Evergreen personnel visit your site and perform a training assessment
2. We base our fees on a per employee per month basis
3. We review and confirm your training needs
4. We track all the safety training your employees participate in and notify you when the certifications need renewal
With Total Safety Compliance, it’s that simple.
Four easy steps to get your program started:
1. Evergreen personnel visit your site and perform a training assessment
2. We base our fees on a per employee per month basis
3. We review and confirm your training needs
4. We track all the safety training your employees participate in and notify you when the certifications need renewal
With Total Safety Compliance, it’s that simple.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Washington State DOSH and Federal OSHA Directions and Current Focus
Contributed by Roger Hurst, Evergreen Safety CouncilI would like to thank Dr. Michael Silverstein, L&I Manager of DOSH and Mr. Dale Cavanaugh, Assistant Regional Administrator OSHA Region 10, for making their presentations at the Puget Sound Safety Summit on April 14, 2010 in Seattle WA. They both gave informative presentations regarding their respective organizations and what businesses will be facing in the future.
They both felt the penalties for violations are too small to provide incentive for some employees to comply with the rules and regulations, and they felt by raising the penalties for violations would be appropriate. They felt American workers still face unacceptable hazards. More than 5,000 workers are killed on the job each year, more that 4 millions are injured and thousands more may become ill later on from occupational exposures. The workplace has changed since 1970 when some of the worker regulations first came into effect.
The Protecting America’s Workers Act (PAWA) changes the burden of proof from “willfully” to” knowingly”. Section 311 states that any employer who “knowingly” violates any standard, rule, or order that results in the death of an employee is subject to a fine and not more that 10 years in prison. Several businesses across our nation were sent letters in March of this year, stating they had reported higher rates of workplace injuries that the national average in their respective industries. The real message, and the intent of they letter, was “get your act together because a serious OSHA inspection may be coming your way soon.”
Most employers want to do the right thing. You should expect more aggressive enforcement for both DOSH and OSHA here in the Northwest. Training in workplace safety will definitely be a good addition to your current plans. Safer work places have a higher morale factor and job satisfaction and work efficiency improve. Get your employees involved in your health and safety training now. You will be glad you did. We here at Evergreen Safety Council will gladly help you with all your safety training needs. Call in and ask about our new Total Safety Compliance training system and customize it to your company. Please call Roger Hurst or Tina Bacon at 206-382-4090 to learn more.
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