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NATIONWIDE CHOOSES CUSTOM COURSE FOR H&S
TRAINING Nationwide Building Society is using a customised, interactive awareness course from e-learning specialist Engage in Learning to ensure its 17,000 employees receive appropriate health and safety training, without having to waste time reviewing content that they already understand.
Once a year, all staff in Nationwide’s head office, branches, administration centres and call centres take an initial online pre-test that assesses their knowledge and directs them to the specific course modules they need to
ONE IN SIX BUSINESS DRIVERS FEEL
INVINCIBLE One in six (16%) business drivers feel invincible when driving, claiming they never consider their safety to be at risk, according to research from Masternaut, a pan-European provider of fleet telematics solutions.
complete for their annual health and safety training. The full course is also included in Nationwide’s induction programme for new employees.
“The course takes account of what you know and it only shows you the modules you need to revise, so you don’t have to keep covering the same ground every year,” said Jonathan Munton, chief safety officer at Nationwide. “This is a significant benefit for our staff as they only have to learn what’s relevant to them. The pre-test uses a range of different questions, so people can’t simply share the right answers.”
Nationwide introduced the new course last year to support the health and safety information and guidance pages offered on its intranet. Engage
Van and LCV drivers are the least likely to feel invincible, with only 10% saying that they don’t consider their safety while driving. This contrasts to 26% of public transport drivers, who feel invincible on the road at all times. 17% of business fleet car drivers and HGV and lorry drivers never think about their personal safety on the road.
In contrast, 15% of business drivers said that they feel vulnerable all of the time when they are on the road. HGV and lorry drivers feel the most unsafe, with 21% of drivers feeling vulnerable all of the time when they are driving.
in Learning created a customised course, tailored to the particular risks the building society faces.
The interactive course uses accelerated learning techniques to provide essential health and safety advice, including how to identify hazards and control the risks in the workplace. It features practical tips and exercises to help employees stay physically and mentally healthy at work.
In an evaluation of the new course, involving 7,200 Nationwide employees, 96% felt confident about their health and safety awareness after completing their annual refresher training. Out of 1,400 new starters 93% said the course inspired and motivated them and 97% said it met their personal objectives.
Masternaut’s chief commercial officer and UK managing director, Steve Towe, commented: “Research from The Institute of Advanced Motorists’ Drive & Survive shows that 86% of fleets have experienced an accident in the past 12 months, so it’s alarming to see so many drivers still not considering their safety when driving.”
Motorways were cited as the most unsafe type of road to drive on with 27% of drivers concerned about their safety. This is despite just 3.9% of all 2013 UK road accidents taking place on motorways, comparatively motorways are the safest type of road to drive on.
Drivers also felt unsafe on rural roads, with a quarter (25%) saying they feel vulnerable. This rises to 42% amongst HGV and lorry drivers and 36% of LCV and van drivers.
Towe continued: “Driver training programmes should be one of the critical tools for fleets to ensure that their drivers feel safe when driving and most importantly, avoid causing unnecessary risks to other road users. We, as an industry, are great at articulating fuel savings but we also want to see the debate widen to include safety. We believe we can do so much more.”
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