Considerations in Training On-the-Job Trainers

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• Personal Author:
  Conrad D ; Friend T ; Rethi, Lynn L. ; Wiehagen B
• Description:
  On-the-job training (OJT) is a very common method of teaching job skills. Much of the training is done by experienced workers. This paper discusses small investments that can help improve the effectiveness of OJT. Effective OJT involves some structure and planning in the transfer of responsibility for task performance from the trainer to novice. Assisting the OJT trainer could involve helping develop up-to-date job analysis and offering strategies for teaching and evaluating job skills. The scope of this paper addresses (1) organizational considerations supporting structured OJT, (2) general strategies for structuring OJT, (3) a typical approach for conducting OJT, (4) characteristics and duties of OJT trainers, and (5) limitations of OJT as a teaching method. Health, safety, and operational skills can be connected through training. Haul truck operator training is used to illustrate some of the concepts discussed in this paper. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Coal-miners Coal-mining Coal-workers Mine-workers Miners Mining-equipment Mining-industry Occupational-safety-programs Training Underground-miners Underground-mining

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory ; NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  27-34
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022098
• Citation:
  NIOSH 2002 Sep; :27-34
• Editor(s):
  Peters RH
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• NORA Priority Area:
  Other Occupational Concerns
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220533/cdc_220533_DS1.pdf
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