PART TWO: Mini-presentation

　　What’s important when…?

　　Planning health and safety training for employees

　　为员工组织健康与安全培训，需考虑哪些要点?

　　l Selecting training contents 选择培训内容

　　l Staff involvement 员工参与

　　l

　　When planning health and safety training for employees, it is important to select the right and related topics. Take chemical training as an example, relevant and important topic should be included, such as the methods used to detect the presence or release of hazardous chemicals, the physical and health problems posed by hazardous chemicals, and the ways by which employees can protect themselves from chemical dangers and so on. Right topics achieve purposes.

　　In addition to selecting topics, staff involvement in designing and implementing the training program is also important. Since employees can offer valuable ideas regarding specific safety and health topics to cover, instructional methods, and proper teaching techniques. Furthermore, acceptance for safety training is heightened when employees feel a sense of participation in the instructional program.

　　Besides, the length of training and opportunity for re-training can be important as well because safety and health knowledge needs to be emphasized and reinforced from time to time, and lengthy training can be boring and have negative effects on trainees.

　　当为员工组织健康和安全培训，选择恰当和相关的培训内容很重要。以化工培训为例，应该包含相关联的和重要的话题，例如用来检测存在或释放有害的化学物质的方法，化学危险品所造成的身体和健康的问题等等。恰当的话题可以达到目的。

　　另外，选择一个话题让员工参与进来设计和执行培训计划也很重要。因为员工能够提供关于特殊的涵盖安全和健康话题的有价值的想法，指导的方法，以及适当的教学技巧。而且，接受安全培训提高员工在指导方案中的参与感。

　　除此之外，培训的长度与再培训的机会也很重要，因为安全和健康知识需要时刻被重视和强调，长期的培训会使学员感到枯燥并产生负面影响。

　　PART THREE: Discussion

　　Enforcing Safety Rules

　　The employees in your company recently violated safety rules frequently. You have been asked to make recommendations. Discuss the situation together, and decide:

　　l what are the reasons behind the violation

　　l how to effectively enforce safety rules

　　加强执行安全制度

　　你们所在公司的员工最近频繁违反安全操作制度。请你们对此提出建议。讨论并决定：

　　l 违规操作的原因

　　l 如何有效地执行安全制度

　　l

　　A：These days, some employees frequently violated regulations and rules concerning safety and several times are on the brink of accident. It can be very risky.

　　B: Yes, very dangerous. This is nothing occasional. In my view, this is because of our lack of effective means of safety communication.

　　A: Yes, that is accountable. So far we just make use of bulletin board notices, employee handbooks, manuals of standard operating procedures and signs attached to equipment to instruct our employees the safety rules. The problem is that they pay little attention to them.

　　B: To attract their attention, we may turn to posters. And it’s important to display posters in strategic locations where workers will be sure to see them. Besides, safety meeting and training can also be effective in promoting safety awareness if they are organized and held regularly.

　　A: That is workable. Besides the ineffective communication means, supervisors and managers should be responsible for the situation, too. You see, some of the immediate supervisors just failed to explain thoroughly the proper work procedures, potential hazards, and the use of protective clothing and devices.

　　B: So, we should make it a rule that managers be responsible for and punished for the rule-breaking of their staff. Then they will do their best to observe employees at work, reinforce safe practices, and foster a team spirit of safety among the work group.

　　A: Good idea! Discipline and penalties/punishment definitely help enforce safety rules and regulations effectively. Penalties should include an oral or written warning for first violation, suspension for repeated violations and dismissal as the last resort.

　　B: Though penalties may force employees to work safely, the most effective enforcement of safety rules is that employees willingly obey and support safety rules and procedures.

　　A: Exactly. So it’s important to offer chances for employees to participate and get involved in all aspects of the organization’s safety program, such as recruiting employees in accident investigation, inviting employees as danger rangers to spot near miss accidents and take corrective action, etc.

　　A:近来，许多员工频繁的违反安全操作制度并且数次险些造成事故，这是非常危险的。

　　B：是的，非常危险。这不是偶然的。就我来看，这是因为我们缺乏安全交流的有效方法。

　　A：是的，那是有责任的。迄今为止我们只是用布告板通告员工指导员工安全规则。问题是他们很少注意这些通知。

　　B：为了吸引他们的注意，我们应该转而使用海报，把海报放在醒目的位置上确保员工能看到它是非常重要的。此外，如果能组织员工定期参加安全会议和培训对提高安全意识也很有效。

　　A：那是切实可行的。另外，监督者和管理者也应该对无效的沟通方式负责。你知道，一些直属的管理者无法透彻的解释正确的工作流程，潜在的危险和防护衣物和设施的用处。

　　B：因此，我们应该制定一个规则让管理者对违反规定的员工进行惩罚和负有责任。他们竭尽所能监督员工工作，加强安全实践及培养安全工作小组的团队精神。

　　A： 好主意!纪律和惩罚确实有助于加强有效地安全规则和调控。第一次违规的处罚应该包括口头和书面警告，多次违规应留职查看以及把解雇作为最后的手段。

　　B：虽然惩罚支付可以强制员工安全作业，但是最有效的执行安全规则是员工愿意遵守和支持安全规则和程序。

　　A:确实是这样。因此为员工提供机会去参与和加入各种组织的安全方案，例如招聘员工事故调查，邀请员工作为防范危险巡逻员去亲临事故现场并采取纠正措施等等。

　　(1) Is safety training important to employees?(Why?/Why not?)

　　对员工进行安全培训重要吗?(为什么?)

　　Yes, especially for those handling hazardous chemicals or working in environment with potential dangers. Safety training will help then sidestep unnecessary perils(极大的危险) or help them successfully deal with risky situations.

　　(2) Is punishment effective when dealing with employees violating safety rules?

　　惩罚违规操作的员工有用吗?(为什么?)

　　Yes. It’s important to teach them a lesson. Severe punishment will leave them deep impression. Otherwise, they will commit the same mistake again.

　　(3) Is workplace safety important to you when accepting a new job?

　　工作场所的安全性对你决定是否接受一份工工作重要吗?(为什么?)

　　Yes. Safety is the number one of the basic needs of human being. I will never consider jobs with potential hazards, even though I am offered a luring(吸引人的)/staggering(令人吃惊的) salary.

　　(4) What kind of work setting do you hope to work in?

　　你希望在什么样的环境中工作?

　　My ideal work setting should be healthy, danger-free, comfortable, spacious, clean, convenient, well-equipped, and beautiful.

　　(5) How should employees contribute to healthy work environment?

　　创造健康的工作环境，员工能做些什么?

　　To create a healthy work environment, there are many thinks they can do, such as keeping office tidy, respecting safety rules, avoiding smoking in public, taking part in safety training and so on.

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