Photography by Jon Ellis
Photography by Jon Ellis
Objective analysis and review of currently deployed bridge operations manuals, policies, procedures and related documents, ensuring materials are safe, mechanically accurate, user friendly, and in their best form to effectively communicate critical safety policies, procedures, and operational task responsibilities.
Analysis of bridge operations training manual for effective structure, readability, formatting, font, and spacing.
Comprehensive analysis of writing level, style, and viewpoint, with heavy emphasis on clarity of wording used in procedural descriptions.
Comparative industry standards 'best practices' safety review and analysis of bridge operational procedures.
Through objective quality control inspections, opening observations, and one-on-one interviews with tending staff, evaluate whether bridge environment, current safety management systems, and administrative policies and procedures are safe, sufficient, and complied with.
Safety inspection of tender house, egress, and surrounding bridge environment documenting safety hazards, non-functioning or missing equipment, blind spots, and any observed impediments to safe operation.
One-on-one interviews and discussions with operators with informal and formal observation inspections of operators performing bridge openings, documenting procedural compliance or noncompliance, as well as observed behaviorally based unsafe practices.
Joint review of summary reports and recommendations with prioritized planning discussions of actions necessary to improve safety.
Based on approved recommendations, design and create a new or update existing bridge tender operations manual, ensuring material is user friendly, safe, and in its best form to effectively communicate required policies, procedures, and responsibilities of bridge tenders operational tasks.
Simplify and eliminate material information not directly relevant for bridge operator tasks, required skills, and responsibilities. Incorporate newly approved and recommended safety components.
Format new or updated manual with consistent, standardized and appropriate font, simplifying structure while providing adequate spacing for greater ease of readability.
Write purposely ensuring clarity of procedural descriptions and information. Utilize photographs and visual aids for maximum comprehension and retention.
Develop a bridge operator safety training class with outline, talking points, and a 50 question and answer written exam derived from the most pertinent tasks and knowledge-based information found in the new / updated operations manual.
Plan, draft, and organize class topics and talking points based on relevant curriculum selected.
Develop a class subject outline time schedule dividing the sections of the course into a timed program format.
Create, gather, and select effective visual components to be presented during the operator safety training class, as per schedule.
Draft a well-constructed 50 question multiple choice test that will demonstrate and document the bridge operator’s comprehension of the materials covered, while serving as a permanent record of the training provided and comprehended.
Provide bridge tender classroom training instruction to frontline staff, reviewing existing policies and procedures and using the platform to introduce any changes made to the safety management system. Prior to the close of training, the new written test will be administered to further document employee comprehension and retention of the materials presented.
Meet at agreed date, time, and location. Provide approved class instruction of agreed materials according to schedule. Providing the highest quality interactive classroom training available, elevate frontline worker’s safety awareness and job performance.
Administer and grade approved 50-question multiple-choice exam and review correct answers
Document attendance and material comprehension demonstrated by a passing score of a minimum of 80% correct on the written test. Submit signed and dated class attendance roster and test answer sheets from participants.
OUR EXPERIENCED INSPECTORS HOLD OSHA 30 GENERAL INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION AND OSHA 36 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CERTIFICATION
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