An Evaluation of Training Delivery Methods’ Effects on Construction Safety Training and Knowledge Retention - A Foundational Study

Mehany, Mohammed S. Hashem M.; Killingsworth, John; Shah, Shiraj

doi:10.1080/15578771.2019.1640319

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“…However, the content of safety training required by personnel at different levels is different, and it is necessary to systematically identify and analyze the safety training’s objectives, knowledge structure, skill status and other aspects of personnel at different levels to determine safety training needs at different levels [ 62 , 75 ]. At the same time, because those at different levels of safety training have different knowledge backgrounds, the methods for their safety training should also be different [ 29 ].…”

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“…In order to reduce the accident rate in construction, safety trainings of construction workers must be strengthened, and safety education and training are one of the root causes of accidents [ 27 , 28 ]. In safety education and training, it should be noted that only when workers’ awareness, knowledge and skills have reached a certain level, and construction enterprises have achieved the transformation from material-centered to worker-oriented, can the enterprise’s safety management rise to a new stage [ 29 , 30 ]. Therefore, in view of the formation mechanism of unsafe construction behavior, there is an urgent need for construction enterprises to determine the safety training needs of personnel at different levels in construction enterprises and formulate scientific and reasonable training programs based on these training needs.…”

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Exploring the Formation Mechanism of Unsafe Construction Behavior and Testing Efficient Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Programs

Liu

2022

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Safety education and training for employees is important to ensure the safety of construction and improve the safety awareness of employees. It is difficult to meet the needs of the new situation of safety production with traditional safety education and training consequences of construction enterprises. To address this deficiency, this research analyzed the formation mechanism of safety behavior of personnel at different levels in construction enterprises from the perspective of behaviorist psychology and studied their different needs for safety training, designing training programs for simple safety behavior and complex safety behavior according to the degree of difficulty of the training content. This research also developed and tested models of training frequency and training times and carried out corresponding experimental research. Through the experiments of “safety behavior by wearing a helmet” and “fire control consciousness training”, it was found that the training of consciousness of relatively complex safety behavior should follow the principles that each training should last longer and the training interval should not be too short, so as to minimize the cost of safety education and training while ensuring the quality of safety education and training.

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Exploring the Formation Mechanism of Unsafe Construction Behavior and Testing Efficient Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Programs

Liu

2022

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“…For this environment to exist there must be a clear universal qualifications system in place that focuses on training individuals starting with the onboarding process and continuing with ongoing annual training opportunities. Studies show that long term continued learning is one of the key factors linked to retention of safety training (Hashem, et al, 2021). The qualifications system would ensure employees are professionally trained for their job duties resulting in the safe completion of the job with improved performance (Cheng et al, 2015).…”

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Safety Improvement through Training Using Incident Reports

Evans,

Agarwal

2023

Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

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Despite the implementation of training during the onboarding process, weekly safety training, and on the job training a contractor experienced a disturbing trend in incidents reported during the 2022 work season. To understand the details surrounding and attributing to these incidents' general safety data from the past five years was collected for analysis. An in-depth analysis of the 2022 safety data was also generated from a series of incident reports. These reports contain both quantitative and qualitative data. The information provided in this paper covers both the general data collected and a detailed analysis of the 2022 reports. Based on the information collected program improvements are provided. Improvement to both the safety and the training program is necessary and a marriage of the two will be critical moving forward. These improvement suggestions are presented through refined training program proposals, technology incorporation examples, and include incentives for safe work. The improvements have not been adopted but are in the process of proposal. To ensure a safe completion to the 2023 work season several goals based on the information are generated.

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“…Cost, resources, and time could be contributing factors, however, for the sake of analysis these circumstances should be made clear. The study presented by Mehany et al (2019) measured learning outcomes against an industry wide average, which provides a benchmark for the results of a given training program. If possible, this should be the norm, as it gives a standard by which a given training program is analyzed.…”

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Construction Industry Training Assessment Framework

Jadallah

Friedland

Nahmens

et al. 2021

Front. Built Environ.

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The construction industry suffers from a lack of structured assessment methods to consistently gauge the efficacy of workforce training programs. To address this issue, this study presents a framework for construction industry training assessment that identifies established practices rooted in evaluation science and developed from a review of archival construction industry training literature. Inclusion criteria for the evaluated studies are: archival training studies focused on the construction industry workforce and integration of educational theory in training creation or implementation. Literature meeting these criteria are summarized and a case review is presented detailing assessment practices and results. The assessment practices are then synthesized with the Kirkpatrick Model to analyze how closely industry assessment corresponds with established training evaluation standards. The study culminates in a training assessment framework created by integrating practices described in the identified studies, established survey writing practices, and the Kirkpatrick Model. This study found that two-thirds of reviewed literature used surveys, questionnaires, or interviews to assess training efficacy, two studies that used questionnaires to assess training efficacy provided question text, three studies measured learning by administering tests to training participants, one study measured changed behavior as a result of training, and one study measured organizational impact as a result of training.

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An Evaluation of Training Delivery Methods’ Effects on Construction Safety Training and Knowledge Retention - A Foundational Study

Cited by 12 publications

References 35 publications

Exploring the Formation Mechanism of Unsafe Construction Behavior and Testing Efficient Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Programs

Exploring the Formation Mechanism of Unsafe Construction Behavior and Testing Efficient Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Programs

Safety Improvement through Training Using Incident Reports

Construction Industry Training Assessment Framework

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