Mentoring new and young workers to be safe

Past event: VRCA Vancouver, Feb 26th 2013, Vancouver

This workshop is designed to provide construction staff, supervisors, owners and management tools and techniques to educate, motivate and empower young workers to be safe on the work site. Workshop participants will learn how to ask effective questions, learn methods to gain the respect of new workers, learn how to build healthy relationships and learn open communication techniques.

Mentoring involves more than just educating - it involves the mentor to be a leader both in action and words. A mentor that can drive thoughtful responses and a heads up attitude with their staff will be more effective. By creating buy in, so the new worker is personally invested in the safety plans, is critical in maintaining a safe work site. Through the mentoring process the new and young worker will be empowered to take responsibility for their own actions and learning plans to make safe decisions. Strong mentors can be an important link to effectively manage and lead new and young workers to be safe.

Format:

• Content is conveyed through a discussion based format and lecture.
• Examples of case studies will be examined.
• Participants will be actively engaged in asking questions and leading discussions.
• Individual exercises and group break- out sessions keep the workshop both educational and entertaining
• Participants will be challenged to examine their own communication style and develop new approaches to convey important information.

Learning Outcomes:                
At the end of the course the participants will be able to:

• Ask effective questions to enhance the learning process
• Identify the components of a strong argument
• Establish a position and help young workers examine their opinion
• Understand how creating a sense of place can lead to open communication
• Be able to look for the value in others, youth and converging points of view
• Understand how a young mind develops intellectual maturity
• Have a better understanding of self and how this affects communication style

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