A minimum of two days should be planned to inform and train a new employee. The content should be as follows:
A.M. The new employee is directed by the personnel department to the safety director who provides information on the following subjects:
1. Health & Safety policy of the company;
2. Company's Safety Regulations and Work Practices;
3. Video presentations of the operations
Video presentations of WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System);
4. A visit of the plant with emphasis on the work area where he/she will be working;
5. A visit to the hygiene department, where information is provided on the preventive and control measures taken to protect the health of workers (dust and noise monitoring).
P.M. The training department provides information on the following subjects:
1. A video of the work station where he/she is going to be assigned;
2. A presentation of the work task in his/her field of application;
3. A visit of the plant with an emphasis of his/her workplace and work procedures.
The training department representative goes to the workplace with the new employee and presents him/her to the shift boss and the workers with whom he/she will be in contact with. Thereafter, the work which will have to be undertaken will be demonstrated, along with the good work practices and safety procedures to be followed and respected.
Thereafter the new employee goes to work, as any other worker, with the exception that the shift boss is asked to closely supervise his/her work in order to correct any inappropriate work habits or practices.
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