CCESA offers RIGHT RESPONSE training for school staff to manage crisis situations.

Training others at work? It takes more than slides and talking points. Inductions, health & safety briefings, mentoring new staff: if you’re helping adults learn on the job, you’re doing more than 'training'… you’re teaching. The NZ Certificate in Adult & Tertiary Teaching (Level 4) (ATT4) equips workplace educators with practical skills to plan, engage, assess and adapt learning so it actually sticks. ✅ Fees Free for eligible learners ✅ Flexible, workplace-focused delivery ✅ Designed for NZ’s diverse workforce Read the full blog → https://lnkd.in/gi2mSZxp

If participants don’t feel safe, they won’t speak. And if they don’t speak, they don’t learn. Behind every silent face in a training session may be hidden struggles: ·      Fear of being judged ·      Worry about “saying something wrong” ·      Past negative experiences in group settings That’s why creating psychological safety is just as important as delivering great content. When learners feel safe, they: ✔ Ask questions freely ✔ Share openly ✔ Engage deeply Check out our carousel to see how trainers can build safe, supportive spaces that encourage participation and learning. Training isn’t just about content. It’s about trust. For support in designing safer, more impactful training experiences, reach out to: pooja@pslearninglounge.com shilpi@pslearninglounge.com Pooja Dangol Shilpi Khanna

At Storm Skills Training CIC, we specialise in delivering high-quality, evidence-based training in suicide and self-harm assessment. With over 30 years of experience, our training is designed to empower individuals and teams with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to explore the root causes of distress, understand its impact, and work towards effective information sharing and safety. Our self-harm and suicide prevention training goes beyond theory. With more than half the course dedicated to skills development, your team will leave not only informed, but confident in their ability to respond with compassion and a person-centred approach. 🩵 What does that look like in our training sessions? - Active observation - Skills practice (including role-play) - Self-reflection - Feedback You can find out more about our training on our website: https://lnkd.in/etgcrRdF

The evidence is clear: group training works. 🎉 Thanks to the School of Facilitation, we came across some powerful research which backs up what we see every day at LockSmith.   In one meta-analysis, students in small-group learning settings jumped from the 50th to the 73rd percentile compared to those learning alone [Source: Journal of Statistics Education]. The benefits of group learning (versus studying alone) are clear: 👩🎓Higher retention and understanding 🧮 Better problem-solving 🫂More motivation, confidence and commitment In other words, group training beats working & learning alone. Every time. And it’s not just theory. The evidence from our own work shows the same: consistently sky-high NPS scores from our in-person workshops prove that marketers learn more — and enjoy it more — when they learn together. Swipe through to see our trainers in action with some of the amazing groups of marketers we’ve trained. 

At Forest Schools, tool use isn’t about risk for risk’s sake – it’s about trust, teamwork, and real-world learning. Children learn to handle tools with care, communicate clearly, and support one another. These moments build language, confidence, and cooperation far beyond the woodland. Every session follows strict safety steps: ratios are maintained, kits are checked, and start-and-stop signals are agreed before work begins. Through these routines, learners experience managed risk within clear boundaries. We believe that when children are trusted with responsibility, they rise to it. The result is safer, more capable, and more confident young people who understand both the power and the respect that tools demand.

LET’S GET IT RIGHT TOGETHER If you’re an education lead, a trainer, or an employer managing clinical skill development – ask yourself: • Are we creating confident learners without verifying competence? • Do we have a clear progression from training to live practice? • Are we supporting our trainers with the right tools, frameworks, and scaffolds? If you’re unsure – we can help. ⸻ Confidence is a good outcome of training. Competence is the required outcome of structured learning. One without the other risks safety – and undermines the whole system.

Training doesn’t have to be complicated. At its core, effective training is: ✔️ Relevant to the audience ✔️ Actionable in real life Relevance matters. 👉 Ask yourself: Why should employees care? Does it help them do their job better? Make their day easier? Improve their life in a meaningful way? Communicate the “why” clearly. It drives buy-in, and buy-in is essential for training success. Action matters. 👉 If the information or skills don’t have a clear, tangible way to be applied, the training falls flat. Learners should always walk away knowing exactly how to act on what they’ve learned. At IHL, this is the standard we build toward: training that’s practical, engaging, and ready to use.

Real Businesses, Real Results: Discover Why H&S Professionals Trust Us Keeping everyone in your organisation safe is no small task - especially when training is scattered and hard to manage. That was the challenge facing Education Plus, an alternative education provider supporting young people who’ve struggled in mainstream school settings. But everything changed when they switched to skillsforwork | Health & Safety.   'We had training missing. Now everyone’s compliant - and we’ve seen a reduction in incidents.' - Harvey Wake, Property, Compliance & Website Manager skillsforwork | Health & Safety helped them: > Centralise all training in one platform > Easily manage teams across multiple sites > Upload custom courses specific to their needs > Ensure full compliance - fast

Compliance shouldn't be complicated. This is a great example of how the right tools can transform safety management from a scattered headache into a streamlined system. When training is centralised and accessible, everyone wins - especially in environments where safety is paramount. Happy to discuss if anyone's facing similar challenges.

How are your orientation sessions for new staff or reassigned staff? On Friday, I delivered a second presentation on “HEALTH & SAFETY AWARENESS For Workers New to Canada” for workers entering the Healthcare Field in Ontario.  I did so as a volunteer with Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (#WSPS). The audience was virtual, and they were taking this course through the “Bridge to Health Care Alternatives” program. I spoke about adult learning and how we use what we have learned in our lives, to make sense of what we are learning now.  Since as the presenter I may say the wrong thing, or the learner may hear the wrong thing, and we need to understand what we are learning. Ideally the learners, have a chance to ask questions. That opportunity is more easily achieved when it is 1 to 1 learning or in small groups. One of the key learning points I emphasized was… “There are no stupid questions when it comes to your Health and Safety”.  I have heard some people, even safety people say that is not true.   This was repeated 7 times in the presentation. Why? The answer to a problem or safe way to do a task may seen obvious to the experienced worker or supervisor but the new worker doesn’t know the answer, or at least can’t think of the right safety thing to do is.  So they are asking you. I encourage these new workers to ask their question and I mention that the question may come out wrong, and that you and your supervisor or co-worker may have a laugh about it. But now in a more relaxed place, you are able to reword the question and get it answered and often a demonstration of the right safe way to do things. Why do I repeat the important point about asking questions 7 times? There are several reasons. 1st, repetition is good in learning. Repetition reinforces your neural pathways in your brain, making the skill more automatic and efficient. 2nd, research on the Power of 7 as an average for human’s ability to retain information encourages me to do so. 3rd, research also shows that repeated statements are more often judged to be true, regardless of a person’s age or prior knowledge. So this helps break through the doubts of an adult learner who may have been convinced not to ask questions for various reasons.