THE ABRA SAFETY METHOD   

The NEW way to achieve OSHA or DOT compliance training and developing the required written programs specific to your company.

 What is "THE ABRA SAFETY METHOD"? 

1. You control the costs.

2. We provide "EFFECTIVE" site specific training without travel expenses such as airfare, lodging, meals.

3. We provide cost effective site specific written programs for your facility.

How do we do this?

1. We communicate with you via phone and e-mail.

2. We learn about your facility via digital pictures or video that you provide.

3. We help you to evaluate what programs you need. 

4. You are learning as we proceed.

5. We help to customize programs to meet the needs of your facility.

6. You save travel costs such as airfare, lodging, meals.

7. Your receive training documents via e-mails documents, regular mail, and web pages.

8. We conduct the training on the phone with you while you have the printed documentation in front you.

Why our program works:                                   

1. Students retain more knowledge.

2. You have material in hand to write on and take notes.

3. The material is taught by phone allowing you to ask questions and to clarify topics.

4. You keep your material as reference.

5. Smarter people will spend less time training.  Remember the goal is to have "effective" training, not to make you waste your time.

6. You are billed only for the time that we are working on your projects or while we are on the phone with you.

7. You have instant access to paid phone support billed by tenths of an hour.

8. You have the option to have the training after-hours or on weekends when you have no interruptions.

9. You have the opportunity to ask questions and ask for clarification on topics live on the phone, just like a classroom setting.  The difference is, you are not competing for the instructors attention as you might have to in a classroom.  You have our full attention.

10. You learn to teach your employees.

Why Computer Based Training (CBT) and Internet training does not work.

1. Computer Based Training and Internet Training is considered "reading" even when the training program is called "Interactive".

2. Training by reading allows the student only about a 5% retention success.  That means that 95% is wasted time.  The goal is to learn and have documentation that you completed the training, not to spend hours in front of a computer struggling by yourself.

What is wrong with the classroom teaching method?                   

1. You spend time on topics that you as an individual may know very well; however, the instructor must teach these things because of students in the class whom are not as knowledgeable as you.

2. You have to travel to the training facility.

3. You pay for travel expenses such as airfare, lodging, meals.

4. You may be away from home overnight.

5. You are away from the office if an emergency were to arise.

6. When you get back to the workplace, you normally do not have direct access to the person who taught you the class if you have questions on a topic regarding a specific topic.

7. You still have to do the work you were trained on when you return to the office.

8. You do not have the opportunity to take care of small business tasks while away at a classroom.

9. Things tend to stack up when you are away.

10. Murphy's Law means that you will be away at class when you are needed most back at the office.

Why do written safety programs that you download from the Internet fail?

1. Anyone who tries to read the downloaded safety programs, soon realizes that the document has nothing to do with their plant.

2. Employees who try to read the downloaded safety programs think that these rules pertain to someone at another facility, because this is not what they do here at this plant.

3. These "all purpose" safety plans do not result in your employees being trained "effectively".

4. Most people who look at these downloaded programs, soon realize that they will spend more time trying to change the program than if they had started with nothing.

5. Many times you will wind up having things in the written program that you have no idea why the topic is there, yet you are afraid to remove it in fear that you may get in trouble if you remove the item.

6. If you cannot explain why you have every sentence in a written plan, the plan is ineffective.  If you do not know the material completely, how can you expect someone else in the company to be able to utilize the plan as a true reference manual about proper procedures for your company?

Why do many salaried "Safety Coordinators" fail?       

1. The become side tracked by duties not related to "safety".
2. Business owners resent paying for full-time "Safety Coordinators"; therefore, the safety person is assigned more tasks not related to safety.
3. The safety person becomes "blinded" by seeing the operation everyday while working on other tasks.  This means that the safety person is overlooking what is obvious to an outsider.
4. Many in-house safety people, have not been properly trained through formal safety education or continuing education.
5. Often, the safety program is assigned to someone who may be competent; however, they have other tasks that they were trained for and cannot keep up to date on both jobs.
6. Many small or growing businesses assigned the payroll clerk or someone in the accounting department to be the safety person.  Normally, this person finds just enough time to turn in an accident claim to the workers' compensation carrier.

OSHA compliance and training is an asset in today's business climate.  Do not lose your business edge, because of something you would like to ignore.

Call us today so that we can discuss your situation and how we can best help you make the most of your training time, increase your knowledge, and not have to worry about dollars wasted.

THE ABRA SAFETY METHOD

The best choice when you have a choice.

CALL NOW!    817-292-3060