CASE STUDY
Context: A local lawn care business was in the process of hiring and onboarding new employees many of whom are new to the industry and are new to providing lawn care through a company.
Challenges: The company was new to hiring associates and was hiring a lot of first time lawn care employees. Associates were not familiar with the importance of safety gear to prevent injuries. The company was having small, on-the-job injuries resulting from associates not taking proper safety precautions and wearing required safety gear.
Solutions: This is the course planning document for an Articulate Rise 360 learning solution that was created to help associates locate required safety gear at the company garage, to identify the safety gear required by the business to be worn while on job sites, to explain the purpose of each piece of safety gear, and to demonstrate the proper use/wear of each safety gear item. The associate learner had to properly identify each piece of safety gear, explain the purpose of the safety gear, and identify correct versus incorrect usage of each safety gear item.
Each topic was reviewed with visuals as support and mini-assessments were provided throughout.
Results: Associates provided positive feedback to the clarification of expectations. The company has noted a larger percentage of employees wearing required safety gear on job sites and there has also been a decline in the number of preventable on-the-job injuries.
