INTERACTIVE SAFETY TRAINING
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Safety Advantage allows you to train employees, supervisors and safety personnel using a combination of live-action video and interactive computer-based training!  Interactive Video Training is one-on-one, non-threatening and always patient. It teaches through visual images, the spoken word and repetition as needed by the individual being taught. Government and private industry evaluation of IVT report 75% higher retention than traditional group training.  Safety Advantage supports its Clients with a range of practical, simple Interactive Video Training resources. These include "off-the-shelf" courseware that is ready to run, plus courses that can be customized to be company or even department specific. We can provide inexpensive Windows-based software that lets you customize or even build your own courses. Or, we can convertyour present videos into Interactive Video Training for a fraction of what you've probably been quoted in the past.

Each courseware program includes software for AUTOMATIC DATABASE TRACKING of individual results and EASY CUSTOMIZING OF COURSES with logos, slides and graphics for site-specific information and fast, painless updates. 

BACKGROUND & OVERVIEW:

When SAFETY ADVANTAGE began exploring the marketplace for interactive video training resources we had several objectives:

• QUALITY. The system must have high-quality software and course content with full vendor support and technical expertise.
• SIMPLICITY. The system must be "Employee Friendly." It must be very easy to operate. Our goal is to teach SAFETY -- not how to use a computer.
• AFFORDABILITY. We must be able to justify cost as compared to conventional training immediately -- not in future years.
• FLEXIBILITY. The software must allow the computer to do double duty as a "learning machine" with minimum hardware requirements.
• OSHA COMPLIANCE. The system must support employers in meeting OSHA requirements for both initial and annual safety training. It must also have a large additional library to allow for specific client selections.
• AUTOMATIC TRACKING. The system itself must track individual employee performance. It must automatically document results and easily produce hard-copy reports on demand in order to save the safety supervisor hours of nonproductive "file shuffling" each month -- time better spent in other areas.
• AUTOMATIC VALIDATION. The system must fully document every aspect of training for each individual trained. This includes maintaining safety training records in the manner required by OSHA.



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SAFETY ADVANTAGE offers a full range of IVT resources, including custom production of client-specific programs and conversion to CD-ROM of existing video and laser disc training. Interactive Video Training is important to Safety Advantage and our clients because statistical information consistently illustrates that IVT will immediately "reduce the cost of training," "increase learning retention" and "enhance worker safety."

Subjects Explained by Experts.
Why is it so effective? Because safety experience in hindsight is always 100% effective. Once an accident occurs, EVERYONE immediately knows how it could have been avoided.

With live-action video, the accident does not really have to happen. The employee is involved in situations being played out on the screen. After approximately 60 seconds of live action (mental preparation), the employee receives a safety fact (visual registration in his mind). This safety fact is reinforced with graphics or visual choices. After the employee selects a choice, decisions are explained to emphasize and maximize learning. This is learning through cause and effect, decision making and reinforcement.

There is no greater combination of effective learning available to an individual. Eighty percent of safety is nothing more than effective decision making. That is why IVT works.

Fast-Paced, Visual & Interesting.
Each student sets his or her own pace. Employees cannot complete the training unless they correctly understand each concept, and yet they have the ability to review as needed. The system does not advance to the next idea until they successfully master the current section. The system is one-on-one and subjects are explained by experts who are always at their very best. There is never a "bad day."

It's EASY to Learn How to Use IVT.
Interaction is easy. Every subject is displayed consistently. It takes about three minutes for the employee to become friendly with the system. The response technique and interaction is consistent throughout all the subjects. There is no learning curve. If an employee can to use a touch tone phone, he or she is ready for the interactive video safety trainer.

Employees Like IVT Training. Safety Supervisors Love It.
Aside from being an effective learning tool, Interactive Video Training is a powerful tool for the safety supervisor. The many features available allow us to learn a great deal about our employees and their safety knowledge. For example:

• Pre-Testing. Select 1 to 40 questions to test the employee's knowledge of the subject prior to taking the course. Employees who have a mastery of the subject can advance quickly to the Post Test.
• Employee Feedback. The employee can write comments back to the safety supervisor at any time during training. Comments can then be addressed as necessary to ensure effective safety communication.
• Post-Testing. Again, select the extent of post testing -- 1 to 40 questions. Find out what employees have learned or, better yet, how well prepared they are to work safely. Post testing demonstrates and documents the employee's level of understanding.
• Database Tracking System. IVT lets the computer automatically do the administrative work and recordkeeping for the trainer. It shows how well individuals performed in each section. The system knows how long each person needed to complete training and if they had any difficulty. Right and wrong percentages are registered. The Safety Supervisor does not have to manually track each employee on each course. When you log on, statistics begin accumulating.

Develop or Convert Your Custom Interactive Video Training.
Our technicians can video your subject or use your custom video. Once scanned for correct OSHA rules and regulations, our CSP will develop the training criteria and interaction routines. The material is then audited and transformed into a CD-ROM Interactive Custom Video Trainer.

Coordination & Support from 
Safety & Industrial Hygiene Professionals.
Safety Advantage supports all IVT training programs with the review and recommendations of Certified Safety Professionals and Certified Industrial Hygienists. If needed, we can prepare written Master Safety Plans, Employee Safety Handbooks and other documentation that coordinates with IVT.

Each can be CUSTOMIZED to your particular work site situations!
 

"Smart Moves: Strategies for Safe Driving"
A comprehensive, full screen full-motion multimedia training program from Interactive Media Communications designed to help employees become better prepared to deal with the challenges of safe driving and learn to avert accident and injury on the road.

• Designed to teach and enhance safe driving skills, attitudes, and concepts.
• Covers defensive driving techniques, vehicle inspections, hazardous areas and conditions, and special maneuvers.
• Includes specialized administrative software to track each student's progress, store a permanent record of their training, and generate detailed printed reports.
• Developed with the participation of BellSouth Corporation and endorsed by SADD, Students Against Driving Drunk.
• Also available in videotape/workbook and videodisc formats.

This three disc CD-ROM course includes a summary and exercises on the topics listed.

DISC 1
Lesson 1: Course Introduction: Before You Drive / Safe Driver Survey / Vehicle Inspection

DISC 2
Lesson 2: Defensive Driving Techniques / Search & Identify / Maintain A "Space Cushion" /
Intersections, Expressways, and Interstates

DISC 3
Lesson 3: Hazards on the Road / Hazardous Areas / Hazardous Conditions
Lesson 4: Special Maneuvers / Backing / Parking / Passing / Towing

Each courseware program includes software for AUTOMATIC DATABASE TRACKING of individual results and EASY CUSTOMIZING OF COURSES with logos, slides and graphics for site-specific information and fast, painless updates.