EHS—the Center of a Company’s Longevity
Introduction
The year of the Rat sure didn’t get off to a good off to the most encouraging start, owing to Covid 19 outbreak. With over 20,000 people dead so far, more than 400,000 infected and 40+ countries affected Cities in lockdown, travel restrictions in place, plant closures mounting. The Global trade, commerce, tourism, investment, and supply chains have taken a massive hit. Industries have shifted their base by continuing business operations via the Work-from-home method.
The pandemic also brought to the forefront certain important factors that may have been overlooked when it comes to employee safety guidelines. It has forced all organizations to rethink their employee health safety guidelines and make some amends to them.
Why is Health and Safety important in the workplace?
Health and Safety is and has been the subject of several laws and regulations. Failure to comply with the established laws renders companies and individuals liable to prosecution. The health and safety laws protect the well-being of employees, employers, and customers. If these individuals are taken care of, there is no room for doubt that a business will flourish. Workplaces that neglect health and safety call upon themselves reduction in profitability and risk prosecution.
All industries usually have in place a set of safety guidelines but the management isn’t usually able to devote sufficient time to formulate, strategize and constantly update the precautions that employees must take. For instance, after the COVID-19 outbreak in China and Italy, organizations could have introduced precautions like the use of sanitizers and training programs on the importance of washing hands.
Such early steps could have helped them better equip themselves for the lockdown that was to be imposed later. Thus, ensuring no disruption of business operations and also improving their productivity.
How can Good health and safety be promoted in the current and post-COVID scenario?
It is important to note that even in this time of social distancing when employees are not physically present on the company premises, the employers are bound to provide them with adequate material to ensure employee safety. This ensures that the staff looks after their health even while at home and maintains its productivity.
This can be accomplished through various online methods of learning which aren’t restricted to MCQs or ILTs. With every passing second, new technologies are being developed to enhance human interactions. These courses and training can be created even when we when following social distancing.
How has Knowledge Synonyms (KS) contributed to creating better Employee Safety Programs?
Even before the outbreak, Knowledge Synonyms took its Employee Health Safety guidelines very seriously and took charge of creating Safety training courses for leading learning companies worldwide.
To ensure that users remain constantly engaged in the training they undertake, special care was taken in the creation of vital courses on Employee Health, Travel, Electrical, and Chemical Safety. Topics like Hazard awareness, Preventive measures, Effects of Accidents, etc were also designed to suit the needs of different clients.
Moderate interactive training programs that create awareness on health safety amongst their employees were conceptualized; these were then converted to full-fledged courses. The courses used ILTs, VILTs, AR VR experiences, and simulations. To make these programs even more interesting, highly interactive and engaging games were designed.
Within the client-specified framework of branding guidelines and images, the KS Team handled the entire process- from storyboarding to the creation of a new, user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) creation, rapid development to QA, and deployment of courses on client LMS.
These courses were divided into various topics and included Pre-tests and post-tests after each section to ensure clarity and check the learners’ knowledge retention. For instance, the safety training courses created included topics like kitchen sanitization, food-borne illnesses, allergic reactions, and physical health.
How these courses have benefited our clients?
The end result was a set of fully responsive courses compatible with all devices which facilitated seamless integration of on-the-go learning.
Today, our clients are able to:
Use these unique interactive and engaging training to increase awareness among its workforce
- Reduce time spent on these courses
- Improve the completion rates and knowledge retention
- Update the training depending on the changing scenarios
Conclusion
As COVID-19 continues to spread, it has become difficult to predict the end of the pandemic. Employers are unsure of how long this situation will continue, so till such time that things settle down. It is important for organizations to create courses to address employee health safety concerns and other aspects. By investing in safety improvements, you show your employees how important their safety is to you and also earn their loyalty.
To help you achieve this, the KS team brings together its ideas to conceptualize training according to your needs. It utilizes the best resources to create interactive and engaging programs using the latest technological methods. By investing time and resources you show your workforce that you care for their safety and well-being.