Chapter 18 - Integrated personnel training

Abstract

The concept of “integrated personnel training” in both large and small corporations is increasingly relevant not only to broad health and safety objectives, but also to converging economic and marketing interests that underlie any modern business. All personnel training is best viewed in the context of corporate risk management which is inclusive of all corporate effort to control losses in productivity, capital resources, human resources, and market performance. Deficiencies in personnel training related to human health and safety, including not only the health and safety of employees but also of the public at large, must be assumed to contribute both directly and indirectly to such losses. Regulatory requirements are best viewed as de minimus requirements that apply under all circumstances. An in-plant health and safety training program must first be integrated with an overall business ethos that gives the highest priority to sound health, safety, and environmental (HSE) management practices.