Humour in Safety

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Humour in Safety
By Tim Page-Bottorff
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Introduction

• Name
• Organization
• What you like to do on the weekends.
• Does your partner have a bad habit?

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Humour Fits for The Following

• Topic
• WHMIS
• Any Compliance Training
• Instructor
• Boring
• No Passion
• Environment/Classroom
• Poor learning conditions
• Awkward Students
• Many Others for Discussion

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Problem Topic

• Safety Material is Dry
• Creating a program is too much work
• Regulations are cumbersome
• Golf story
• 95 of golf played vs.
• 95 of golf trained

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Solution Topic

• Group Activity
• Personality Issue
• Yes They are get over it
• Train your people before they get the I am too
  safe attitude.

• Safety Material is Dry
• Creating a program is too much work
• Regulations are cumbersome
• Golf story
• 95 of golf played vs.
• 95 of golf trained

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Example Topic

• Traffic Control and Flagging
• Unsafe Acts and Conditions
• Driving Distractions
• Top 10
• Name the top 10 driving distractions.
• Put them in order.

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The Distractions

• 16 - Rubbernecking! (usually at another
  accident)
• 12 - Fatigue
• 10 - Looking at scenery / landmarks
• 9 - Passenger or child distraction
• 7 - Adjusting radio, tape or cd
• 5 - Using a cell phone
• Source Study of 2700 accidents from 06/06 to
  11/06,
• Washington Post, March 17, 2007

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Where does this fit on the list?
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The Learning Pyramid
Average retention of material presented in
different ways
(according to an investigation by National
Training Laboratories Bethel, Maine)
Lecture
5
Reading Text
10
Audio-visual representation
20
Demonstration
30
Discussion group
50
Learning by doing
75
Teaching others
(immediate conversion of
90
what you have learned)
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Problem Instructor

• Instructor reads from a book
• Instructor was forced to do it
• Instructor is a CIH or CRSP
• Instructor has no passion

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Solution Instructor

• Spend more time preparing
• Think of the positives.
• Does not make you a great trainer.
• GET IT!
• Use Humour

• Reading from a book
• You HAVE to do it.
• Instructor is CSP, CIH, RSP, CHMM, CRSP
• No Passion

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Example Instructor

• Learn by Doing
• Research
• Understand
• Find something that is important to you

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Problem Environment/Classroom

• Break Rooms/Ready Rooms
• Distractions
• Outdoors
• Sun/Rain/Weather
• Class room shape and setup
• Audio/Visuals

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Solution Environment/Classroom

• Break Rooms
• Outdoors
• Setup
• Audio/Visuals/Technology

• Find another location
• Go outside
• Deal with it, minimize distractions
• Avoid excessive heat
• Go into a warehouse,
• See Diagram

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Example seating arrangement
Improves overall retention by 10
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Technology with High Impact Video Clips
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Higher Impact Videos (Tyre)
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Highest Impact Video (Horse)
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Offset with Comedy
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The Awkward Student

• The Rescuer
• The Projector
• The Passive Aggressor
• The Apologizer
• The Fighter
• The Flighter
• The Questioner
• The PARTICIPANT
• The Not Again Student

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Managing Difficult Behaviors
The Rescuer

• Tend to make nice
• Apologize, defend, interpret for others
• Get frustrated or frightened by conflict
• Protect others

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Managing Difficult Behaviors
The Projector

• Attributes his or her own thoughts and feelings
  to other people.
• They talk in generalities.
• Rarely make statements for themselves.

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Managing Difficult Behaviors
The Passive Aggressor

• Are hostile or angry but they express their
  hostility in subtle and indirect ways.
• Attempt to mobilize group members to express
  negative feelings.

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Managing Difficult Behaviors
The Apologizer

• Are not negative or unpleasant people.
• They generally use up a lot of air time in a
  group.
• Usually feel unsure of themselves.

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Managing Difficult Behaviors
The Fighter

• Argue or disagree with most things that are said.
• They give the impression they want to pick a
  fight.
• Their questions are really statements.

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Managing Difficult Behaviors
The Flighter

• They seem to be in another world.
• They often tune out.
• Often respond I dont care or It makes no
  difference.

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Managing Difficult Behaviors
The Questioner

• Repeatedly stops the flow of the presentation by
  asking questions.
• Often have trouble thinking for themselves.

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My Personal Strategies

• Tell a story
• Talk about family
• Talk about interests and rope into the topic
  (almost always can relate)
• Ask questions (not too many)
• KNOW Your topic!
• Work harder.
• Stay up to date on technology and changes to the
  material.
• Keep your material fresh.
• Group Discussions!!!!
• Tell Someone else about your experience

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The Learning Pyramid
Average retention of material presented in
different ways
(according to an investigation by National
Training Laboratories Bethel, Maine)
Lecture
5
Reading Text
10
Audio-visual representation
20
Demonstration
30
Discussion group
50
Learning by doing
75
Teaching others
(immediate conversion of
90
what you have learned)
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One Final Secret

• Integrated Material for example.
• Get Permission and Use Safestart Principals.

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Most Accidents Have Many Contributing Factors
Hazardous Energy
Hazardous Energy
Something Unexpected
A Person or Persons
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Sources of Unexpected
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Sources of Unexpected
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Defective Equipment
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Sources of Unexpected
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The Other Guy
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Sources of Unexpected
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Ourselves
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What Do You Think the Percentages Would Be For
Each Category?
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The Learning Pyramid
Average retention of material presented in
different ways
(according to an investigation by National
Training Laboratories Bethel, Maine)
Lecture
5
Reading Text
10
Audio-visual representation
20
Demonstration
30
Discussion group
50
Learning by doing
75
Teaching others
(immediate conversion of
90
what you have learned)
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Contact Info

• Office 800-267-7482
• Cell 602-757-5054
• Email tpbottorff_at_cox.net
• Thank You So Much! Have a great conference.