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Hello everyone. My name is Tung Pham. I am a PhD student at RMIT University. My research topic is about the effectiveness of (occupational) health and safety training in terms of training transfer.
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(Occupational) health and safety training has been recognised as a conventional approach to promote (occupational) health and safety capabilities of construction workers. However, even if construction workers completed their (occupational) health and safety training, the change in work performance may not be observed if they do not use what they learned in the work setting, which is a waste of training investment. The extent to which construction workers apply the training content at work is defined as training transfer. However, the lack of training transfer is a common problem in the construction industry, so it is necessary to identify factors promoting or hindering training transfer among construction workers.
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This research considered three stages of the training transfer process. For the first stage, the research investigated how construction workers experienced their OHS training. For the second stage, this research examined the intention to use the training content among construction workers when they have just finished their (occupational) health and safety training courses. For the third stage, this research investigated how construction workers actually apply the training content in the work setting. The research also identified the similarities and differences in the transfer of training between nonmanagerial and managerial construction workers because they attended different types of (occupational) health and safety training.
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The result indicated characteristics of the training design that need to be considered in order to improve the learning of construction trainees. For example, the relevance of the training content, the consideration of prior knowledge of trainees, the instructional methods, and the quality of trainers.
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This study confirmed the applicability of the theory of planned behaviour in predicting the intention to transfer among construction workers. Specifically, the intention to use the training content among nonmanagerial workers is affected by the social pressure to perform or not to perform the transfer action. By contrast, managerial workers will be motivated to use what they learn when they positively evaluate the training transfer behaviour.
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This research also identified certain workplace support that construction workers want to be provided in order to enhance their application of (occupational) health and safety skills and knowledge. For example, the opportunity to use the training content, the support and encouragement from co-workers and supervisors, and the organisational learning culture.
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Regarding implications, the research provided suggestions for training providers to promote the learning of their trainees, and suggestions for construction employers to improve the actual training transfer of their workers.
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