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two courses simultaneously. The eLearning only resumes once the learner navigates back to the browser window with the course, ensuring multi-tasking isn’t possible to keep focus on the instruction.
Documenting Chemical Safety Training
When it comes to chemical safety documentation, keeping accurate SDS is top of mind for safety directors. Yet current chemical safety employee training records are just as important to comply with OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard. Again, a strong partnership with HR or learning and development departments is beneficial.
Most companies with more than a couple dozen employees will have an LMS in place. If not, a manual process of sign-in sheets and quiz grading for chemical safety training may be in use. It is tedious but can be done. It will require strict discipline and meticulous filing and classification, especially if ever needed for an audit.
The problem with manual recordkeeping—aside from inefficiency and opportunity for errors—is it makes it near impossible to be proactive with training. An LMS makes it easy to instantly see which employees have passed chemical safety training and which haven’t, as well as those who are due for refresher training. It is no surprise a recent survey representing
more than 4,000 facilities found organizations using an LMS are2: ■ 49 percent more likely to be able to verify any individual
employee understood their safety training.
■ 30 percent more likely to provide refreshers and
reinforcement for safety training.
■ 26 percent more likely to provide documented safety
training to temporary and contract workers.
All of the above can have a huge, positive impact on an
organization’s chemical safety program. With hazards and injuries ranging from instant chemical burns and explosions to slow-to-surface skin disease and respiratory illnesses, the need for training beyond a one-and-done approach is necessary for all employees.
Holly Mockus helps Intertek Alchemy create world-class workforce development solutions for large, complex operations within the manufacturing industry.
REFERENCES
1. https://www.bls.gov/iif/
2. https://blog.alchemysystems.com/intertek-alchemy-workplacesafety-
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