Safety Partnership Services
Instruction
Our Instructors
Our instructors are highly customer-focused, adaptable, flexible, and accountable. They are available to deliver safety training at the BASES Safety Partnership training facility or on site – during normal hours, after hours or on weekends. Our instructors are invariably connected to the local workforce which translates into a personal motivation to contribute, as they can, to improve the safety culture of our region to prevent incidents and personal loss.
BASES is very proud of the level of consistent and professional instruction that is provided to all who attend our courses. Each instructor knows that when they speak to participants, they are representing the leadership of our operating sites, building trades and contractors. BASES believes that our instructors are ambassadors for our membership and symbols of safety for the entire Sarnia-Lambton region.
Accreditation Process
All instructor accreditations are course specific. To become accredited to instruct a course, the instructor meets with BASES leadership to review course materials and instructional guides. Time is then allocated for instructors to study materials, review content with peers and leaders, and to practice delivery in empty classrooms. As the instructor gains confidence with the material and delivery, they begin to co-facilitate the delivery of the course along with fully accredited instructors who provide coaching and encouragement.
Over the course of five to six co-facilitations, the instructor will continue to study, practice, and reflect toward their final, independent delivery to the accrediting leader. Following this test, the instructor gets one-on-one feedback to identify strengths and opportunities to improve. Only when the accrediting leader is satisfied, the instructor will achieve final accreditation. Once accredited, BASES leadership routinely evaluates the instructor. Of course, ultimate feedback of instructor performance comes from course evaluations provided by class participants.
Program Development
Services
There are two standard types of services offered by the Safety Partnership Program Development Team.
1) Regional Course Development for the collective benefit of all Safety Partnership members and workers
2) Member Specific course development for internal use only by and within a single company
Process
All ideas for Safety Partnership Regional Programs begin with concepts introduced and vetted through the BASES Safety Partnership Committee. If approval is obtained from the BASES Board, then subject matter experts (SMEs) are identified to work directly with the Safety Partnership Program Development Team. The Safety Partnership Instructional Designers facilitate the process through their SME team. The general process used by the Safety Partnership follows CAN/CSA-Z1001 and the well-defined principles of ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation).
This approach ensures that learning objectives are defined, and work stays focused on the goal of developing training solutions that target regional issues and reduce risks posed to our workers in Sarnia-Lambton. A formal Management of Change process is followed to initiate, build, and implement each new program. All Safety Partnership training is continuously monitored for adequacy and effectiveness based on feedback from the BASES Safety Partnership Committee, course participants, and instructors.