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Safety Training: How to Prepare Workers for Confined Spaces While Working Alone
How to Plan Effective Training Sessions
Before planning a training session for confined space safety, evaluate and assess all safety hazards the workers in this confined space will face. From there, develop specific training objectives and lessons that the employees will learn to improve their safety and lower their risk. The training sessions need to be based around an engaging activity that will keep the employees focused on the lesson at hand.
Where to Start
After identifying the confined spaces and all the safety hazards, begin planning customized training sessions or look at other resources such as recommended training practices from OSHA as well as some great information from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.
Additionally, when planning confined safety training, make communication a priority, eliminating the danger of isolation and establishing a reliable channel to stay connected no matter where they are working. A secure line not only ensures help can be sent to the correct location, but it can also be a friendly voice during a potentially scary time for the person working.
About the Author
Gen Handley is a Marketing and Growth Coordinator for SafetyLine Lone Worker, an automated, cloud-based lone worker monitoring service that helps companies protect remote or isolated workers. Gen has more than 10 years of freelance writing and marketing experience.