objectivesWhen working in construction, safety must be a top priority. Construction jobs can involve working with electricity, plumbing, or even heavy machinery, posing the potential for serious on-the-job accidents. Tailgate meetings help keep safety top of mind by providing an open forum for hazard identification and prevention education, worker training, and more. Best of all, these sessions can be tailored to the needs of individual teams. In Conducting Tailgate Meetings for Supervisors and Managers for Construction, participants receive essential training on tailgate meeting including how to organize, conduct, and make the most of these sessions, ensuring everyone has the tools needed to stay safe.
By conducting a successful tailgate training and/or safety meeting, members of the construction field can help reduce workplace injuries, promote health and safety hazard awareness, and educate about the proper use of equipment. To provide this training, our course addresses:
Meeting preparation
Determining team needs
Conducting a tailgate meeting according to industry best practices, multilingual requirements, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) General Duty Clause
Identifying potential trainers
Post-meeting evaluation and follow-up
How to improve preexisting training methods and meeting content
descriptionThis course covers basic guidelines and methods employed to develop, implement and conduct a tailgate safety meeting principally in the construction and construction related industries. This training references applicable OSHA requirements and other pertinent information. Upon completion the student should know: What a tailgate meeting is; why tailgates are necessary; what makes for a good tailgate meeting; how to identify traits that good trainers need; the six specific steps to effective tailgate meetings. Estimated length: 35 minutes. Intended for all those employees, foremen, supervisors, managers and safety officers who have the opportunity to develop, implement and/or conduct tailgate training sessions.
You must score at least 70% to pass this OSHA training. You will be given up to THREE opportunities to pass the quizzes and final exam.
Failure to pass quizzes and the final exam will result in being locked out of this online training program, but the learner can repurchase and start back from the beginning.
Upon completing this Conducting Tailgate Meetings For Supervisors And Managers For Construction and the accompanying survey, you will receive an OSHA card from the provider of this OSHA training on behalf of the Department of Labor.
Students who successfully complete the program will receive a completion card issued by the U.S. Department of Labor.
YOU MUST COMPLETE THE SURVEY AT THE END OF THIS TRAINING TO RECEIVE YOUR DOL CARD
outline1. Introduction
How to Conduct a Good Tailgate Safety Meeting
Audio
Objectives
Specific Objectives
Module Description
References
2. Background
Length
Success
Tailgate Meetings
Fed OSHA
Uses
The Basics
Adult Learning
3. The Trainer
Trainers
Trainer Development
A Good Trainer
4. Tailgate Training Steps
Steps to Effective Tailgates
Step 1: Determine "If" Training Needed
Step 2: Determine "What" Training Needed
Step 3: Preparation
Step 4: Conducting Tailgate
Step 5: Follow-up/Evaluate
Step 6: Make Improvements
5. Demonstration
Demonstration
6. Tailgate Cards
"Tailgate Cards"
7. Summary
Tailgate Safety Meetings
Safety Meetings...
Good Tailgate Safety Meetings
A Good Trainer
Six Steps to Effective Tailgates
Supervisors/Managers
Information and Assistance
Benefits Upon completion of this advanced online course, participants will understand the importance and effectiveness of tailgate safety meetings and the most productive ways to conduct them. Similarly, participants will learn what it takes to be a skilled trainer and the roles played by supervisors and managers during these meetings.