BU414 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Employee Benefits, Absenteeism, Safety Culture
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The role of occupational health and safety training. Employees need to be advised of these rights. Once employees are aware of their basic rights, safety-related training is needed to help individuals ensure that these rights are being upheld. Effective health and safety training will help individuals judge accurately which tasks are indeed unsafe. The importance of health and safety training is recognized internationally. If an engineering-based solution is available, it should be used before administrative or behavioural interventions. Needs analysis the initial stage of the training development process, intended to identify employee and organizational deficiencies that can be addressed with training and to recognize potential obstacles to the success of a training program. Needs analysis determines whether there is a gap between current and desired reality. Can also be used to identify potential obstacles to the effectiveness of a training program so that they can be dealt with early in the training and development process.
