PSM General Awareness Training by Gary Whitmore - HTML preview

Chapter 6 - Training

Employees operating the process must receive initial and refresher training. Employees that are improperly trained a process increases the risk of an incident.

Initial Training - Employees shall be trained in an overview of the process and in the operating procedures, which includes:

• Emphasis on the specific safety and health hazards,
• Emergency operations including shutdown,
• Safe work practices

Refresher Training - Shall be provided at least every three years at the minimum, to assure the employee understands and adheres to the current operating procedures of the process.

The employer shall consult with employees to determine the frequently of refresher training. More frequent training could be needed or requested by employees.

Just like everything else, documentation must be kept to prove the employee received and understood the training. So the documentation shall contain:

• The identity of the employee,
• The date of training,
• The means to verify that the employee understood the training