Exam 9: Training

As mentioned in the preceding chapter,working alone increases the risk of workplace violence in many occupations,such as taxi drivers,gas station attendants,and home care workers.Discuss how training can help to reduce the risk of workplace violence for isolated workers and use instructional systems design to develop a program for one of the above groups.

What factor makes it more difficult to improve subsequent training programs?

During what type of training would you most likely be asked to participate in a role play?

According to research,what approach to learning has been shown to have a stronger and more durable effect on behaviour in terms of health and safety training initiatives?

According to Kirkpatrick's hierarchical training evaluation model,four measures provide insight into the effectiveness of a training program,with succeeding levels providing increasingly important information.What is the correct order of this hierarchy?

Which training delivery method is considered a form of off-the-job training?

What is the first step in any training program?

Job rotation is an effective means of off-the-job training.

Three principal rights provide the basis for much of the health and safety legislation and provincial health and safety training.Give an example of how these rights and legislation have influenced current occupational health and safety training.

Develop an occupational health and safety orientation checklist that will ensure employees are provided with a basic level of health and safety training and will reinforce the development of a safety climate.

Which of the following sayings aligns with the defining characteristic of social learning theory?

An organization's safety climate can signal the level of organizational support for safety-related training.

Design a training program for managers and supervisors so that they will be prepared to deal with domestic violence in the workplace.Discuss the benefits of such a training program but also the challenges associated with getting organizational support and trainee participation.

Train the trainer programs are not an effective way to deliver OHS programs in organizations.

Vulnerable workers,including less educated workers,low-wage earners,and non-union members,face greater barriers to OH&S training.

What will a good training provider be willing to do for an organization in order to meet its training objectives?

It is better to train a large group of employees all at once to ensure everyone gets the same message.

Self-reported measures of occupational events and injuries provide valid evaluation information.

What information would improve the validity of incident measures of training effectiveness?

Training programs are the best way to deal with occupational hazards.