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• Considerations in Training On-the-Job Trainers
  9/1/2002 - Information Circulars
  On-the-job training (OJT) is a very common method of teaching job skills. Health, safety, and operational skills can be connected through training. Haul truck operator training is used to illustrate some of the concepts discussed in this paper.
• Developing Toolbox Training Materials for Mining
  9/1/2002 - Information Circulars
  Toolbox training is short, informal training conducted at a worksite by technically competent persons for the benefit of a work team. The key feature of toolbox training is a focus on a work team and what is important to that group in its workplace.
• An Overview of the Evaluation Process for Mine Trainers
  9/1/2002 - Information Circulars
  This paper gives a broad overview of training evaluation and is intended to give trainers a framework for assessing training evaluation strategies. The training evaluation worksheet at the end of this paper can be used to guide evaluation planning.
• Innovative Alternatives to Traditional Classroom Health and Safety Training
  9/1/2002 - Information Circulars
  This paper discusses a technique developed in partnership with RAG Twentymile Coal Co., Oak Creek, CO, for incorporating employee participation at all levels in fire prevention and safe equipment operation training outside of traditional classrooms.
• Principles of Adult Learning: Application for Mine Trainers
  9/1/2002 - Information Circulars
  Discusses the principals of adult learning based on research in education and psychology, and stresses the importance of taking a systems approach to training.
• Getting Through to Greenhorns: Do Old Training Styles Work with New Miners?
  9/1/2002 - Information Circulars
  What are the training needs of the younger generation of inexperienced miners? Currently, many trainers are of the so-called Baby Boom generation. Can these different age groups learn to communicate across the generation gap?
• Communicating the Same Message with Different Media: An Example from Hearing Loss Prevention
  9/1/2002 - Information Circulars
  This paper describes advantages and disadvantages of different delivery systems for educational messages and shows what considerations are helpful in designing content that can be readily adapted to alternative presentations.
• Use of Simulation Exercises for Safety Training in the U.S. Mining Industry
  9/1/2001 - Information Circulars
  Organizations that used problem-solving simulation exercises to support mine health and safety training were surveyed. Recommendations are made for the expansion of simulation exercises as a method for occupational health and safety training.