The second Annual Regional Trainer training in Occupational health, safety and environment just concluded

In February 2003 OHSEI received support from the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), the LO-TCO (Sweden) and LO-FTF to conduct its first Regional Trainer training in Occupational health, safety and environment course.  Fourteen participants (two females) attended (see article in OHSEI Newsletter No. 7.  Eighteen participants (five females) attended the 2004 course conducted from 7-19 March at OHSEI’s facilities in Bangkok.  On this occasion support was received from the CLC and the ILO. 

The Regional Trainer training in Occupational health, safety and environment course is designed to provide experienced union Trainers with a refresher on active learning methods plus skills to train trade union occupational health and safety activists.

The course itself was rated by participants in their evaluation as 9.1 out of 10.  Some of the participants comments included:

What is the most important thing which you have learnt in this course?

That I can get more information from the Internet.

Hazard management strategy;  how to conduct training on OSHE;  feel more confident to train on OSHE.

The importance of a safe workplace.

In conducting training, process and content must go together;  it has helped me to realise how great a role OSH can play in any work environment;  how to effectively design a training session using relevant techniques and strategies.

The importance of OSHE and its implementation.

About occupational health and safety as a priority issue for trade unions, and more importantly how to conduct an OSH program.

Camaraderie, teamwork/team building;  OSH can be negotiated in all workplaces.

Knowledge about OSH through training and sharing with participants from different countries.

What is one thing you will do differently in future?

Organise more field trips to get first hand knowledge of OSH hazards.

Change.

To use video in one of the sessions as workers are from unorganised economy and do not have reasonable education background, therefore video will be useful to appreciate workplace hazards.

To be a good and professional Trainer.

To use the skills learnt and to try to form a Joint occupational health and safety committee at work.

To be active on OSHE at the union and workplace.  to conduct training on Occupational health, safety and environment;  it is VERY IMPORTANT.

To see the Report of the course go to:   - in Regional Trainer Training 2004 , put on the web also

Raghwan and Gunnar Walzholz from ILO addressing the course.

Four participants from Indonesia in small group work.