‘Companies spend a lot of money on training but is it the right training?’

In this podcast, Colin explores training and competence.

He discusses how to undertake an effective skills gap analysis for your company and what elements are required to ensure effective training and understanding.

This podcast is invaluable for those who want to create a good plan and have a good process in place to support training and competency at all levels, listen in now.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Identifying the training needs of individuals is a fundamental of good management
• and good health and safety.
• How well do you understand the skills required for a particular job role?
• Undertake an audit of the skills required for each role within the company and the skills of the individuals in the role.
• You will achieve a gap analysis clearly indicating the training required
• This does not have to be a course it could be shadowing a colleague in a similar role.
• Sometimes it can be very positive to get people in from outside to deliver training, they often bring a new and different perspective whilst in house trainers bring knowledge and insight that is company-specific.
• There is a place for effective training to feature both types - external and in house.
• If you are putting together a program of training it's important there are elements providing individuals with the opportunity to use new knowledge and understanding in the workplace and share the positive outcomes.

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘Risk assessment training that begins in the classroom and then provides the opportunity to continue in the workplace is invaluable and provides embedded learning for the individual’

‘It's about engagement’

‘Being able to develop individuals through specific elements and levels is vital’

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

 The Interesting Health & Safety Podcast 

 

ABOUT THE HOST

Colin Nottage

‘Making health and safety as important as everything else we do.’

This is the belief that Colin is passionate about and through his consultancy Influential Management Group (IMG) is able to spread into industry.

Colin works at a strategic level with company owners and board members. He helps business leaders establish and achieve their health and safety ambitions.

He has developed a number of leading competency improvement programmes that are delivered across industry and his strengths are his ability to take a practical approach to problem-solving and being able to liaise at all levels within an organisation.

Colin also runs a company that vets contractors online and a network that develops and support H&S consultancies to become better businesses.

Colin chairs the Construction Dust Partnership, an industry collaboration directly involving many organisations, including the Health and Safety Executive.

He is a Post Graduate Tutor at Strathclyde University and a highly sought-after health and safety speaker and trainer.

He has a Post Graduate Certificate in Safety and Risk management, an engineering degree and is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).