Purpose
To provide guidance to employers on training employees in health and safety.
Why is training important?
Employees are the greatest assets you have to assist you in achieving your business objectives as well as meeting your moral and legal obligations in providing and maintaining a safe and healthy workplace.
To get the best from your employees it is essential that they be provided with appropriate training on all aspects of their work including health and safety.
Training is an excellent way for employees to learn new skills and knowledge and to reinforce good work practices. This can result in a change in workplace behaviour (eg a new way of doing something).
Investing in effective employee training will increase skills, knowledge, productivity and morale as well as reduce workplace incidents.