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

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• 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:
  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 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:
  35-38
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022099
• Citation:
  NIOSH 2002 Sep; :35-38
• 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/220534/cdc_220534_DS1.pdf
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