Releasing the Energy of Workers to Create a Saffer Workplace: The Value of Using Mentors to Enhance Safety Training

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Camm, Thomas W. ; Cullen, Elaine T.
• Description:
  The mentor/learner model is a time-honored approach to teaching, including within the mining industry. Miners know when they see excellence and have a deep respect for experts in their field. By using expert miners as mentors to other, less-experienced miners, training programs can be developed that will have a legitimacy and credibility that resonates with those being trained. Building upon concepts in current theories of adult education, this paper highlights the unique advantages of using mentoring as a teaching method that can make the educational experience both interesting and effective. Current NIOSH safety training materials use these concepts to deliver effective adult learning experiences for workers in the mining industry. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Mine-workers; Miners; Mining-industry; Training; Age-groups; Age-factors; Underground-miners; Underground-mining; Coal-miners; Coal-mining; Coal-workers; Mining-equipment; Occupational-safety-programs
• Source:
  NIOSH 2002 Sep; :35-38
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SRL - Spokane Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022099
• Editor(s):
  Peters RH
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• NORA Priority Area:
  Other Occupational Concerns
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/8977/cdc_8977_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 109.29 KB ]