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FATIGUE MANAGEMENT TRAINING
MB SOLUTIONS IS NOW PROVIDING TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES, SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS ON MANAGING FATIGUE IN THE WORKPLACE. THE TRAINING IS BASED ON THE WORK OF THE CENTRE FOR SLEEP RESEARCH.
EMAIL: training@fatiguecalculator.com.au
BASIC FATIGUE TRAINING CONTENT STRUCTURE:
- Managing Fatigue - 30min video for shiftworkers and their family
- Affects of fatigue and what impact it has on a workers ability to complete the task safely
- Statistics on fatigue - where possible location or industry specific
- Group Discussions on personal experiences with fatigue errors and incidents
- Identifying symptoms of fatigue in self and team mates
- Your legal rights and responsibilities
- Company policy - including control measures to manage fatigue
Time Frame: aprox one hour 30min
Attendees: all staff can attend, max 20 per session
FATIGUE CALCULATOR TRAINING CONTENT STRUCTURE:
- How the Fatigue Calculator works
- How to use the Fatigue Calculator - case studies and examples
- How to calculate a Fatigue Roster - working out what time fatigue will become a risk
- How to calculate sleep required to maintain an alert state for entire shift/commute the next day
- How to introduce the Fatigue Calculator to the family unit - the important decision makers
Time Frame: approx 30min
Attendees: All staff can attend, max 20 per session
Delivery: on site, or can be downloaded off website free of charge
SUPERVISOR FATIGUE TRAINING CONTENT STRUCTURE:
BASED ON THE CENTRE FOR SLEEP RESEARCH 5 LEVELS OF FATIGUE PROTECTION
- COVERS THE CONTENT IN BASIC FATIGUE TRAINING PLUS +
- ROSTERS:
- How to manage your life around your roster
- Dealing with workers concerns with rosters
- Rosters aren't the only influencers of fatigue
- Internal policy
- FATIGUE CALCULATOR:
- How to work out what times your employees will become fatigued
- FATIGUE SYMPTOMS:
- What are the symptoms of fatigue and how to identify them in workers
- FATIGUE RELATED ERRORS AND INCIDENTS:
- What documentation is required?
- What to do when a worker reports fatigued?
- What control measures to implement?
- Moderate, High, Extreme Fatigue Likelihood
- How to pre plan in order to minimise the effect on product/operation
- What questions you can ask and what questions you shouldn't ask
- Disciplinary action
- Employee Assistance Program
- Rights and Responsibilities as Supervisors
- Internal Documentation required
- When completed before implementation of a Fatigue Risk Management System, this session has been used as a valuable source of information from the Supervisors to assist in writing a FRMS that is supported by the Supervisors and Managers.
Time Frame: Approx 4 hours
Attendees: Supervisors, Team Leaders, Foreman, Managers etc