Open AccessThe Role of Safety Training in Original Equipment Manufacturing Companies on Employee Perception of Knowledge, Behavior Towards Safety and Safe Work Environment
Author(s) -
Ravi Sharma,
Dharmesh K. Mishra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of safety and security engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.202
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2041-904X
pISSN - 2041-9031
DOI - 10.18280/ijsse.100514
Subject(s) - original equipment manufacturer , automotive industry , supervisor , occupational safety and health , work (physics) , human factors and ergonomics , training (meteorology) , perception , training and development , engineering , personal protective equipment , applied psychology , poison control , operations management , psychology , environmental health , medicine , management , computer science , mechanical engineering , physics , disease , pathology , covid-19 , neuroscience , meteorology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , aerospace engineering , operating system
Training is important for the development of skills and knowledge. The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of post- safety training on the supervisors learning process, behaviour towards safety and development of safe work environment in the automotive original equipment manufacturing (OEM) companies. In the present study, a total of 129 supervisor level employees from different Indian automotive OEMs units, who have undergone a minimum of one-day safety training in the past three years, were a part of the survey. The survey was administered with the aid of a pre-validated designed questionnaire (developed in consultation with industry experts) to collect responses from the supervisor’s level employees during the period of January- August 2019. The 63 different manufacturing OEM automotive units from the Delhi- NCR and Pune- Nashik - Kolhapur from Western region agreed to participate in the survey. The results obtained were tested using multiple hierarchical regression analysis in a stepwise method, along with the correlation coefficient analysis. The results indicated that knowledge acquisition, learning process, and employee involvement regarding risks and hazards identification were positively related to the perceived effectiveness of post- safety training by the supervisors. It was further found that the post- safety training has no significant contribution towards the perceived self- behavior change and development of safe work environment. The effectiveness of safety training and development of safe environment along with the change in behavior towards the safety is related to factors such as related education in safety and health, working experience in the field of safety or EHS domain and knowledge of the supervisors gained through their career which play a significant role. A safety culture can be created by the organization by harnessing the safety-related work experience of the supervisors and periodically conducting the skill development program.