Employee Morale: How it Affects Your Company and How Training Can Help
It is easy to understand how morale can play a big role in any working environment, but what are some of the causes of low morale within a company? According to a Gallup study, only 33% of U.S. employees are actively engaged at work, meaning the other 67% are not involved in or enthusiastic about […]
Active Shooter: Will Your Campus Know how to React?
It seems almost impossible to turn on the news these days without hearing about another active shooting situation. From Vermont to California, more than half of the states have had at least one incident in an educational setting since 2000. While your chances of facing an active shooter in any location are statistically very low, […]
Working Remotely? Keep Your Employees Engaged and Learning
On January 7, 2020, health officials identified a new virus responsible for an unusual pneumonia in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Just over two months later, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic. This virus was named SARS-CoV-2 and is commonly known as COVID-19 or coronavirus. In an effort to try and contain the spread […]
Soft Skills Training: Benefits of a Holistic Approach
When preparing to train your employees, you likely consider which “hard skills” would be needed for each job, such as forklift training or oil rig safety. While these are crucial for the job at hand, and for your employees and the company to meet regulatory compliance, there is an entirely different set of skills that […]
Face Masks, Respirators and the Coronavirus (COVID-19): What You Need to Know
04/6/2020: This article has been updated to coincide with changing COVID-19 guidelines and includes new instructions on the creation and use of cloth face masks. While respirators are commonly used as a first line of defense against air contaminants in fields such as construction or oil and gas, many people are wondering whether they can […]
COVID-19 a.k.a. the Coronavirus: What We Know and What You Can Do
Note: As the situation develops and we learn more about this new virus, SafetySkills will continue to update this page. A coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 is rapidly spreading around the globe and the World Health Organization has declared the disease a pandemic. As an employer, you should take precautions to ensure the safety of your […]
8 Reasons to Adopt Microlearning Training
If you are at all familiar with the training industry or general education, you have likely heard of microlearning. This concept of breaking down typical training topics into short, bite-sized modules has gained popularity in recent years, and for good reason. In both our professional and social lives, technology truly surrounds us. Microlearning is an […]
Job Hazard Analysis
All workers have the right to a safe work environment, but every year, more than 4.1 million workers in the United States suffer from work-related injuries and illnesses. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) enforces regulations to combat workplace hazards. As an employer, you are legally required to take steps to correct all known […]
How to Effectively Perform Competency Mapping
Competency mapping is a process of linking employees to job duties, job duties to hazards, and hazards to training that will eliminate or mitigate those hazards. There’s no one right way to perform a competency map, and it can be a difficult process. However, the results are worth it. A well-done competency map allows an […]
What’s Best: eLearning or Conventional Training Approaches?
Stating The Problem elearning is not a new technology. It’s been around in various forms since the 1980s, though today’s elearning is miles away from the rudimentary programs kids took in computer labs back when Macintoshes and Rubik’s Cubes were new. However, even though elearning now has a fairly long use-case history, there are still […]
