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Computer-based Training; a Contradiction in Terms

Rob Vetter

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Computer-based Training; a Contradiction in Terms

Safety First - 18 Jan 2007 (#293) Computer based training (CBT) programs, in spite of their often flashy graphics and cool soundtracks, cannot even begin to determine operational competence and I think everyone knows that including the producers of such programs.

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Cargo Chat #9

Cargo Chat - 18 Jan 2007 (#293) While it has long been accepted that cars on public roads should be fitted with seat belts and that drivers and passengers benefit from wearing them when travelling, the same cannot be said for terminal equipment. Speeds are very different. However, any mobile equipment can lose stability and, when that happens with terminal equipment, the driver tends to jump or be thrown out the side as the equipment overturns, meaning the machine falls on him or her.

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MHIA: 2007 favourable for materials handling

Fork Talk - 21 Dec 2006 (#291) The Material Handling Industry of America's (MHIA) latest quarterly materials handling equipment manufacturing (MHEM) forecast shows the sector will continue to be favourable in 2007.

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Rob Vetter

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‘Tis the Season

Safety First - 14 Dec 2006 (#290) Back in 1981 when I was an impressionable young man of 19, I lost a very near and dear friend to an industrial accident. He was electrocuted when he contacted live power lines while painting a building.

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Two weeks left to nominate

Fork Talk - 14 Dec 2006 (#290) The third annual ARA Insurance Services/National Equipment Register Award will be presented at a ceremony at the Rental Show in Atlanta from February 7 to February 10, 2007.

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Award finalists selected

Fork Talk - 7 Dec 2006 (#289) The Fork Lift Truck Association's (FLTA) technical committee has scrutinised the year's new products and services and developed a list of finalists for its annual awards for excellence.

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ProMat 2007 preparations in progress

Fork Talk - 30 Nov 2006 (#288) More than 750 exhibitors will participate in the Material Handling Industry of America's (MHIA) materials handling show in January. They will share 300,000 square feet (27,870 square metres) of exhibition space at ProMat 2007, from January 8 to January 11, in Chicago, Illinois

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Terex achieves 75 years with AEM

Fork Talk - 23 Nov 2006 (#287) Telehandler manufacturer Terex Corp, of Westport, Connecticut, has received the Association of Equipment Manufacturers' (AEM) milestone member award for its 75-year membership.

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OSHA again cites training for forklift violations

Fork Talk - 16 Nov 2006 (#286) Inadequate operator training again accounted most frequently for federal forklift-related violations, the US Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) said.

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Seek first to understand…then kick some butt

Rob Vetter

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Seek first to understand…then kick some butt

Safety First - 16 Nov 2006 (#286) In these days of extreme political correctness, it is hard for trainers to define where the line is drawn between accommodating and offending. I recall a wonderful train-the-trainer program I was delivering in Kansas City, Missouri, and completely ruining it by letting slip a reference to the place of fire and brimstone where the Prince of Darkness dwells.

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