More on my discussion regaridng our tools for eLearning and OSHA safety, Troy had some great thoughts about how we might make our training stronger. The difficulty in the case I explained before was that we had OSHA compliance mandates we had to meet.
In order for our technicians to work in refineries they had to have training on working with and cleaning up hazardous waste streams. We would have much preferred having them in an instructor-led course with hands on training, but what we found was that our branches were so desperate for workers that they couldn't wait for the instructor to show up. Branches were sending untrained workers into the field without telling anyone. Ergo the way to get them some training was through the intensive week long virtual live training. Certainly not ideal, but far more ideal than no training at all. Our job then at that point was to find the best way to provide the training via that medium.
What I find interesting is that we were doing this in 2012-2016. We moved on to other (less effective) means after 2016. Now because of Covid I have seen a majority of our clients shift towards this same model. It's a rare opportunity for me to be able to consult with them and show them the pain points we encountered so that they can overcome the same issues before they become challenges.
Regarding the kinesthetic learner aspect . . . there is a "hands on" aspect to 40 hour hazwoper training. We had two things to spur that side of the coin. First we had a workbook for each day that we enforced the use of by everyone. This helped them keep involved. We also had a locker full of equipment that they could access and use and touch and figure out. We had them demonstrate different pieces of safety equipment at different times. At the time we were shutting it down we were experimenting with giving each branch a pair of google glasses and asking the trainees to go into the yard and work with equipment so the entire class could see.
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