A guide to embedding an essential skills
curriculum within an OHS training program
Essential Skills and
OHS Training
3 Preface
5 About this guide
7 The 9 essential skills
8 The process at a glance
9 Identify a training program
in which to embed essential
skills curriculum
10 Establish a project team
11 Outline data requirements
12 Identify the most important
essential skills gaps to
address
13 Develop the essential skills
curriculum to be embedded
within the existing OHS
training program
14 Validate the modified
curriculum with the
instructional staff and other
stakeholders, as required
14 Finalize the curriculum
documents
15 Offer a train-the-trainer
session to help guide
instructors on the delivery of
the modified curriculum
16 Develop the evaluation
strategy
18 Test and fine-tune the
modified program
18 Implement the final program
18 Evaluate the program as per
the evaluation strategy
19 Acknowledgements
21 Appendix A:
Sample before-and-after
training curriculum
51 Appendix B: Sample interview
and observation evaluation
questions
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