Sharing on 07 June 2016

This is a busy week to me. I have six days of training HSE courses during the week. Back to work after the IVQ Level 3 Class, i have concerned about how to make something different in my teaching skills in real classes and how to improve myself. I want to become a better trainer than i am now. And i have a chance to apply in the HIRA training today. So, what does HIRA stand for? It is the course named Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment, a specific training for delegates who are assigned to conduct identifying the hazards and assessing the risk in their workplace. This is a very useful tool to control health and safety of employees for the new projects, HSE plan and all jobs, especially in oil and gas industry.

I have done this course many times before. For preparation, i usually use the slides, handout for delegates, registration and attendant list forms, laptop, audio, videos, pointer, board, markers and cleaner. When delivery the training, some techniques that i prefer to show in the class are: explanation, group discussion, table top exercises, asking questions. This is the in-house training so that i don't use the practical demonstration.

This is the two days training course. So, i share the different things that i applied for today. Firstly, at the self introduction part, i requested the delegates come up and we stayed in a round circle. Then we shared the information of ourself such as name, company, expertise and experience related to the course. By using this one, we stayed closer together and quickly we overcame the iceberg barrier. After listening to delegates talking about themself, i knew that they are all experienced in health and safety fields. So i chose the round robin activity for the start. I asked delegates main questions related to key points of the course, set the target time for each question, then the class moved. I could see all member thinking actively to write down as much answers as they can on A1 paper. They also had the good teamwork.

By using combination of teaching skills i have learned as well as apply them suitability and flexibility i could feel the effectiveness like exiting learning atmosphere, delegates open to talk and share, delegates can understand and remember more easily.