A Model for Research on Training Effectiveness

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Loos, Gregory P. ; Fowler, Thaddeus W. ; Miles, Karen K.
• Description:
  More than 100 OSHA standards for controlling workplace hazards contain requirements for worker training to reduce risk factors for injury and disease. Other standards limit certain jobs to workers considered competent by virtue of special training [Cohen and Colligan 1998]. However, the documented outcomes of occupational safety and health training are varied and inconclusive. Moreover, the newly proposed OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Program Rule [DOL 1998] redirects compliance audits to training outcomes and impacts (in the past, such audits focused on hours of training delivered). Given this shift in priority, research will be needed to identify strategies for improving the measurable performance of mandated training programs. Each year, corporate America provides nearly 2 billion hours of training to approximately 60 million employees at a cost of $55 to $60 billion [Industry report 1997]. Effectiveness research can maximize the impact of this investment on worker safety, productivity, and profits. To equip America's workforce with the skills necessary in today's economy, the U. S. Departments of Education and Labor have recently cosponsored several initiatives that reflect the national importance of worker training. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  "October 1999."
  
  "This document was prepared by Gregory P. Loos, Ed.D., and Thaddeus Fowler, Ed.D., Education and Information Division (EID) of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Karen Miles, Ph.D., helped develop the model concept." - p. iv
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 21).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Education Occupational Health Program Evaluation Safety Safety Management Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Training; Education; Vocational-education; TIER-model; Mathematical-models; Statistical-analysis; United-States
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 99-142, 1999 Oct; :1-26
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guideline
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  28 pdf pagets
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000069
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2000-103265
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• 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/5187/cdc_5187_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 197.34 KB ]