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Tuesday, September 05, 2006
News Flash! How One TV Station Covers Online Safety Training
TV station WJAR NBC-10 in Cranston, R.I uses a multifaceted approach to safety training that has resulted in their being the first television station to receive the coveted OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star.
WJAR is a GE owned TV station. GE considers itself the safest company in America. A magazine article in Occupational Hazards magazine reports "There is no other television station in the area that has an equivalent safety program in place, according to Churchville, who says that NBC stations are required to provide some sort of EHS training."
The article describes WJAR's approach to safety training which includes videos, classroom, hands-on, and online training. By using a wide variety of training techniques, employees who have weak learning skills in one area can learn what they need to know through one of the other training methods.
Read this article in: Occupational Hazards Magazine
WJAR is a GE owned TV station. GE considers itself the safest company in America. A magazine article in Occupational Hazards magazine reports "There is no other television station in the area that has an equivalent safety program in place, according to Churchville, who says that NBC stations are required to provide some sort of EHS training."
The article describes WJAR's approach to safety training which includes videos, classroom, hands-on, and online training. By using a wide variety of training techniques, employees who have weak learning skills in one area can learn what they need to know through one of the other training methods.
Read this article in: Occupational Hazards Magazine
Labels: Safety Training, VPP, workplace safety
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