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Formal training vs. on-the-job experience
April 20, 2020 | Best Practices
When it comes to heavy equipment, is it best for an operator to learn in a structured training environment - such as a classroom or computer-based training program - or via on-the-job experience? The ideal solution is a combination of the two.
Training: How do you assess what your trainees know?
May 20, 2019 | Best Practices
Teaching or training is an art form. One of the biggest challenges facing teachers and instructors is discovering how well information being taught is understood.
7 ways mobile technology can be used for in-field safety training
May 20, 2019 | Best Practices
Rapidly advancing mobile technology is opening up big opportunities for in-the-field safety training. Here are 7 ways in which smartphones and tablets can be used to enhance the training function.

Why equipment pre-use walk-around inspections are a must
May 20, 2019 | Products
Are your operators in the habit of performing a pre-use walk-around before they start up their machines to tackle the day's tasks? If not, they should be. Doing so isn't just a safety issue - it's also a bottom-line one.
Improve the performance of your equipment operators with "Tips from the Pros"
April 2, 2019 | Products
āASSET MANAGEMENTā vs āDATA MANAGEMENTā
February 13, 2019 | Best Practices
Most of the existing, off-the-shelf Asset Management software programs today are not for Asset Management. Even though most of the vendors claim to have AMS software, their programs are actually for Data Management, so their systems are not performance-based AMS and lack the analysis tools and processes to perform planning, programming and budgeting.
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