It is often said that in order to fully understand something, you have to experience it yourself. In regards to disability, this can of course be hard or impossible to empathise with.
However, if you have disabled employees or work with a physically impaired individual, understanding how you can help them in emergency situations can go a long way. As can assisting the company you run or work for in becoming much more disability friendly.
One way that businesses approach this is by sending employees on an evacuation chair train the trainer course, which trains people on the safe use of emergency evacuation chairs and then how to share the knowledge and teach the technique to others.
A Life Saving Role
Those who become evacuation chair trainers will, on completion, be in a position to train others in the safe use of such equipment. This brings the benefit of having several people in your organisation who are fully trained and who feel comfortable using the chairs. In case of an emergency, those who are trained will have a clearly defined role – it will be their job to help physically impaired people out of the building. Having defined roles such as this makes the whole process speedy, compliant with regulations and will save valuable time – it could even save a life.
Understanding the Regulations
There is nothing worse than being told to do something but not being told why. This can lead to a job being performed half heartedly and dissent setting in. This is why evacuation chair train the trainer training is so important. Those who go on the course will learn not just how to effectively use an evacuation chair, but understand why it is such an important job. They can then bring this knowledge back and teach it to others – meaning the whole workforce will soon know all about evacuation chairs, why they are a necessity, why only certain people can operate them and what will happen if the regulations are ignored.
Protecting vulnerable members of staff is vital. Evacuation chair train the trainer courses are not only an effective way to train staff on how to use them, but also a way to increase awareness of disability in the workplace. Invest in a course today; you’ll be making a real difference within your business.