EazySafe has won a contract with the Irish blood transfusion service to provide contractor induction training and contractor safety validation. EazySafe will do this using a combination of online training and safety presentations.
Sean Fennell, managing director of EazySafe said that “IBTS will managing their contractor training initiatives using The EazySafe Learning Centre, our online training service. This kind of induction programme reduces the risk to contractors but also to IBTS staff.”
Ciaran Roche (FBD), Sean Fennell (EazySafe) and Martin O'Halloran (HSA) launch of FarmSafely.com
The Health and Safety Authority have launched an online risk assessment tool which will allow farmers to methodically analyse the risks and dangers involved in the daily running of their business. The Health and Safety Authority are the first safety authority in Europe to launch such a tool which offers innovative software to assess the risk of an industry where health and safety are of huge importance.
EazySafe, an Irish company specialising in online health and safety training, has developed this cutting edge software in line with the Health and Safety Authority. Similar software can be applied to most industries where health and safety training and risk assessments are a must. By adopting online risk assessment and health & safety training, businesses can easily analyse the current status of their site. The EazySafe software will automatically guide them towards any actions which may be required to improve health & safety and reduce accidents.
Companies have full control of the software and can monitor the progress and results of employees as they work their way through the health and safety training. According to EazySafe CEO, Sean Fennell, “online training offers huge benefits such as time and location flexibility as well as enabling the user to control the pace or revisit the training down the road”. For information on adopting online health & safety training or risk assessment for your company please contact EazySafe.
As we know all know laptops are not good to use as regular use workstations without the use of additional peripherals (such as external screens, keyboards and a mouse) usually connected using a docking station.
Well, it looks like the new iPad is introducing new challenges for workstation safety.
From a health and safety standpoint using an iPad as much as you would your PC/laptop would be a bad idea. But I don’t think that many people will want to replace their laptop or PC with an iPad, no matter how lovely it looks it does not do what most people need their work PC to do.
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It is interesting to see how online Learning is getting on given the downturn in the world economy. There are a number of people who have asked EazySafe how their business is going in these tough times. And I have to say that “I think it is improving”. But the question is WHY?
I think it comes down to the benefits of eLearning. The normal reply is that “it’s cheaper” or “we can get at it when we like”, namely cost and flexibility.
But what exactly does that mean?
Well to quote a recent acedemic paper:
1. It saves time without decaying learning benefits;
2. It minimizes travel costs;
3. It minimizes time away from work;
4. It is more cost effective;
5. It can meet the needs of a geographically disperse employees;
6. It provides consistent course delivery;
7. It can offer more individualized instruction;
8. It can achieve consistently higher learning results over traditional training.
I would not go so far as to include #8 I would make it “higher learning results over traditional training alone”.
And the phrase “more cost effective” depends on what you do and how you use it. See my discussion of “Blended Programmes“.
In health & safety the consistency of the EHS message is very important.
You need to be sure that every employee gets the same story.
The ASTD (one of the foremost organisations in corporate training) has evaluated the effect of the economica downturn on the industry and have found it to be quite robust.
The phrase that explains it the best is “our best to support the workforce to learn it on their own with minimal guidance and support”.
Because if you have to cut back, you cut back where the cost is highest or where there is low impact.
But Online Health and Safety is low cost with high impact, so where budgets are reduced eLearning prevails.
And I think this is why Online Heath and safety training will weather this ressession.
References:
1. http://eli.elc.edu.sa/2009/content/Duncan%5Bresearch%5D.pdf
2. http://www.astd.org/LC/news.htm
The managing director of EazySafe, Sean Fennell, announced that the course library in their “Learning Centre” training service has grown to more than 30 health and safety computer based training courses, and including variations for language or regional legislation there are now more than 100 titles.
In the first 18 months EazySafe released in excess of 5 titles per month to The EazySafe Learning Centre. The Learning Centre itself supports French, German, Solvak and Polish.
EazySafe announced the addition of a free training administration service to customers of The EazySafe Learning Centre. Customers let EazySafe know what training each of the staff groups need and by what date. Training administration including following up with and reminding participants of their training, and if needed escalate non-attendance to supervisors.
“All too often it gets left on the shelf”, said Sean Fennell, managing director of Eazysafe. “Health & Safety belongs in the hearts and minds of people in the workplace and with this administration service we will help our customers keep it there”.
EazySafe won a contract to provide training for all Dell contractors. Contractors are no longer allowed into Dell facilities without being certified by EazySafe. The contractor induction programme has currently active in Dell facilities in Ireland, England, Scotland and Solvakia.
Contractors can take the Dell training online in the office, or from their home. Once they have passed the online test, they print off the safety pass. Contractors must show the safety pass to in facilities personnel before being allowed on site. The Learning Centre validates the certificate to ensure it is in date. This programme makes Dell facilities safer which is good for management, contractors and staff.
EazySafe announced that they are expanding their relationship with Phoenix Safety to provide blended learning programmes for “manual handling” and “workstation ergonomics” in Ireland.
Sean Fennell, managing director of EazySafe explained “This is a logical step in the partnership and provides real savings for both our customers in difficult business climate“. Phoenix Safety are one of Irelands most well known health and safety consultancies and have been a major contributor of subject matter expertise as EazySafe continue to expand their course library.
“We are always looking for ways to improve the service we provide to our customers. The blended programmes reduce the time participants spend away from their work while maintaining a high quality of training and compliance”, said Mr. Fennell.
EazySafe is a specialist e-learning company focusing primarily on the Health & Safety market. Our core business is the operation of the EazySafe Learning Centre which is our proprietary Learning Management System. We have built over 100 e-learning courses all of which are available through the learning centre. We currently deliver in excess of 10,000 online courses per month through the learning centre. All courses and the learning centre are currently available in English, French and Polish although we have also worked with other European languages.
We also specialise in bespoke content development and have worked on a broad range of topics from oil well drilling to good manufacturing practices. Our bespoke content development service is a streamlined approach to custom online learning. Our expert designers and online learning experts will guide you from concept stage to a fully SCORM compliant finished product.
Customisation options include:
EazySafe can also completely re-design your existing courses and put some “life” into them by making the course look more attractive and become more interactive for your employees. We are members of the BILD (British Institute for Learning & Development) and hold BILD Skills Mark status. All our content experts are FETAC (Further Education and Training Awards Council) approved and have learning and development qualifications. They are accredited by FAS and are members of NISO (The National Irish Safety Organisation) and IOSH (the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health), Europes leading body for health and safety professionals.