Safety Training Net - Dec. '25
Handwashing Safety Feud PPT Game, Indoor Heat Action Steps and Audio Deep Dive, SWAG Announcement, and More!
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
It’s December, and many of us are setting goals for 2026. I recently read Tim Ferris’ advice on doing a Past Year Review instead of setting new goals so I gave it a try. It involves going through your 2025 calendar and writing down the pluses (all of the things you enjoyed) and the minuses (the things you didn’t) for each month and then committing to doing more of the top 20% of the good things and putting the worst things on a “Do Not Do” list. It can even be applied to your safety training program. It can help you plan more of what’s great and eliminate (where possible) what’s not.
In addition to the Past Year Review, I also created a condensed list of “What I Learned Last Year.” I make daily notes in an Evernote journal template and there is a section for me to write what I learned the day before (if anything). There is a lot of random information there, but I think it’s important to periodically review it, which helps retention. If you would like to see my list, you can find it on the SafetyFUNdamentals blog here.
Upskilling in 2025
It’s December, and we are finally talking about the last upskilling topic of the year! Indoor Heat is the topic of the month. The image below shows all 12 upskilling topics that were covered in 2025.
The chart below provides the basics of workplace heat stress safety. You can also listen to an audio deep dive created by Google’s NotebookLM (my favorite AI tool).
🔉 Audio overview of indoor heat stress
Several of the 10 Steps included in this illustration tie directly to safety training including #1 - Teach hazard and risk factor recogniton, #2 - Drill symptom identificaton, #6- Explain engineering and administrative controls, #7 - Instruct on proper PPE use, #8 - Practice Emergency Response, #9 - Conduct Supervisor specific training, and #10 - Ensure language accessibility. Fortunately, activities related to many of these steps have been covered in past issues of The Safety Training Net. I have created a new collection of training resources for these steps and provided links for VIPS in the VIP section below. These activities can be easily modified for just about any topic, including heat stress.
Is there an Upskilling Topic you would like to see included in 2026? Just reply to this email or comment below to let me know.
Safety Training Calendar
The December training themes focus on Bloodborne Pathogens and Handwashing Procedures. The activity provided for December in the 2025 Safety Training Calendar is an interactive PowerPoint called Safety Feud.
Safety Feud for handwashing is a PowerPoint game similar to the popular Family Feud. You can download it here. (Note: when you open the file, you will need to enable macros for it to work).
Thinking of Getting Published in 2026?
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Note: This SWAG will start in January and end in early April. After that, SWAG participation will no longer be free:)
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