Learn about Summit Elements at http://elements.safeytontheweb.com/
Find out more information on Summit’s products today by visiting http://www.safetyontheweb.com/ or call 800.842.0466.
Showing posts with label compliance training. Show all posts
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Thursday, November 4, 2010
Summit Wins Top Honors from OH&S Magazine New Product of the Year Awards
Grand Rapids, MI- Summit Training Source is proud to announce top honors from the Occupational Health & Safety magazine, which held its second annual New Product of the Year contest at the 2010 National Safety Conference in San Diego. Summit surpassed competition to win the award in the product category for Best Online Training with its product line Summit Elements. Summit Elements are short video clips and graphics that you can purchase, download, and use to customize any training presentation.
The New Product of the Year contest recognizes innovation, quality, and excellence in customer service by many leading manufacturers in the safety and health industry during one of the biggest U.S. trade show of the year. Every entry in the 2010 contest was a product introduced to the market between Aug. 2, 2009, and July 2, 2010. This second annual contest attracted a new high of 42 products in 17 award categories, with an independent panel of three highly qualified judges choosing the winners.
Summit Elements joins the long line of Summit’s award winning programs. More than 45,000 industry leaders worldwide trust Summit training programs to protect their most valuable resources from risk, danger, and loss. With more than 600 environmental, health, and safety training titles in multiple formats, Summit provides proven content that delivers the business results expected in today’s competitive global environment.
Learn about Summit Elements at http://elements.safeytontheweb.com/
Find out more information on Summit’s products today by visiting http://www.safetyontheweb.com/ or call 800.842.0466.
Learn about Summit Elements at http://elements.safeytontheweb.com/
Find out more information on Summit’s products today by visiting http://www.safetyontheweb.com/ or call 800.842.0466.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Training the Non English Speaking Workforce
On April 28, 2010 OSHA issued a memorandum on their training policy in regards to non-English speaking workers. The purpose of this memorandum is to reiterate OSHA's policy that employee training required by OSHA standards must be presented in a manner that employees can understand, and to provide enforcement guidance to the area and regional offices relative to the Agency's training standards. This position applies to all of the agency's agriculture, construction, general industry, and maritime training requirements.
The majority of focus seems to be on the growing Latino and Hispanic speaking workforce here in the United States. Hispanic workers occupy about 14% of the job market and tend to work in dangerous jobs such as construction and mining.
The memorandum stresses that the training must account for any limitations, such as vocabulary, that the non-English speaking worker may have. This is in fact a huge limitation with training a Spanish speaking population. Many Spanish speaking workers have a limited vocabulary and are illiterate. So, how do you ensure your Spanish speaking or non-English workers are trained properly?
First and foremost, the audio in any training DVD or online course should be translated into the dialect of the worker. This is more than likely not the Spanish your kid is learning in high school. Professional language translators should be able to translate courses into a ‘common’ or ‘everyday’ form of the language. If you are getting your online or DVD courses from a vendor, you can ask them if their training is translated at a conversational level and that the vocabulary is at around a fifth grade level to ensure that it is easy to comprehend.
Secondly, look at the content of the video or online course you are showing. Does the video have a lot of ‘talking heads’ or presenters simply standing in front of the camera and speaking? This isn’t a very effective form of training for any student, nor is it very engaging; however, if your student is not as comfortable with language, showing them the proper way to do their job with correct visual representation will be the most effective.
Translated support materials are nice, but since most Spanish speaking workers are unable to read their own language, they may be ineffective. Focus on the visual when training non English speaking workers.
Online training is a good alternative to classroom training for Spanish speaking workers. Pre- and post-test options and remediation offer a complete learning experience and assurance that material is comprehended and retained by the students. Spanish-speaking students can learn with confidence and without feeling out of the loop. There are more and more resources available in the Spanish language, and greater customization options with online training that allow you to include site-specific information in Spanish. Hispanic employees will not feel the pressure of a normal classroom setting and will be more likely to communicate with the safety director on a one-to-one basis.
For information on Summit's foreign language training programs, including many in Spanish, visit http://www.safetyontheweb.com/
The majority of focus seems to be on the growing Latino and Hispanic speaking workforce here in the United States. Hispanic workers occupy about 14% of the job market and tend to work in dangerous jobs such as construction and mining.
The memorandum stresses that the training must account for any limitations, such as vocabulary, that the non-English speaking worker may have. This is in fact a huge limitation with training a Spanish speaking population. Many Spanish speaking workers have a limited vocabulary and are illiterate. So, how do you ensure your Spanish speaking or non-English workers are trained properly?
First and foremost, the audio in any training DVD or online course should be translated into the dialect of the worker. This is more than likely not the Spanish your kid is learning in high school. Professional language translators should be able to translate courses into a ‘common’ or ‘everyday’ form of the language. If you are getting your online or DVD courses from a vendor, you can ask them if their training is translated at a conversational level and that the vocabulary is at around a fifth grade level to ensure that it is easy to comprehend.
Secondly, look at the content of the video or online course you are showing. Does the video have a lot of ‘talking heads’ or presenters simply standing in front of the camera and speaking? This isn’t a very effective form of training for any student, nor is it very engaging; however, if your student is not as comfortable with language, showing them the proper way to do their job with correct visual representation will be the most effective.
Translated support materials are nice, but since most Spanish speaking workers are unable to read their own language, they may be ineffective. Focus on the visual when training non English speaking workers.
Online training is a good alternative to classroom training for Spanish speaking workers. Pre- and post-test options and remediation offer a complete learning experience and assurance that material is comprehended and retained by the students. Spanish-speaking students can learn with confidence and without feeling out of the loop. There are more and more resources available in the Spanish language, and greater customization options with online training that allow you to include site-specific information in Spanish. Hispanic employees will not feel the pressure of a normal classroom setting and will be more likely to communicate with the safety director on a one-to-one basis.
For information on Summit's foreign language training programs, including many in Spanish, visit http://www.safetyontheweb.com/
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