According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), approximately 2.3 million workers suffer workplace accidents or diseases globally each year, which translates to 6,000 deaths every single day! 

The summation above is the main reason why training and information remain pivotal in the health and safety sector. 

Simply put, training is all about helping people to learn how to do something, telling and showing them what they should do and not do. Training also involves the dissemination of empowering pieces of information. Training could be practical programs, seminars, conferences, or formal ‘classroom’ courses where certificates of completion are issued. 

With the potential hazards and looming threats of accidents at the workplace, the role of training and information cannot be overemphasised. Providing health and safety information and training at the workplace helps in the following ways:  

i. Enables the organisation to meet its legal duty which is to protect the health and safety of employees. 

ii. Empower the organisation to develop a health and safety culture, one which becomes a norm and standard for everyone at the workplace. 

iii. Ensures that risk of management or your employees getting injured or taking ill as a result of the work they do, is minimal or eliminated.

However, training and information in health and safety isn’t just about ticking your to-do list, the law requires that employers provide whatever information, instruction, and training that is needed to ensure the overall health and safety of employees. The implications for an employer neglecting to do this can be severe and could take the form of prosecutions and financial losses arising from accidents or lawsuits. 

What are the benefits you might ask? Here are a few. 

1. It provides an organisation with a more knowledgeable workforce, one that knows what to do and when to do it. 

2. Knowledge gained from frequent training, spreads throughout the workplace and spurs your employees to seek continuous professional development (CPD). 

3. Employees become more motivated with an additional boost in loyalty and commitment to the organisation. 

4. Though it comes at a cost to the organisation, it is good for business because you’re investing in a workforce that is empowered and confident to deliver at any point in time. 

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Flocrunch is your go-to for digitising and automating health and safety processes. We utilise everyday digital tools and custom apps and solutions for organisations of all sizes. Here are 3 ways we can work together.

1. Software (readymade and custom) for Businesses and Teams designed to move you away from paper and manual processes to digital.
2. Better with Tech training for Safety Teams. Empowering teams to collect the right and meaningful data; clean, analyse and visualise that data in a way that is meaningful and impactful. We even have a community where we share content to help safety and working professionals gain digital skills.
3. Competent Person Service for small and. medium size business who do not need an in-house Health & Safety team or need external support with their Health & Safety obligations.

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