Safety Training Net - May '25 👨🏿🤝👨🏼👩🏼🤝👨🏽 🥵 🏕️
Collaborative Learning and 7 Sample Activities, Heat Stress Infographic and Activity, Summer Camp, Safe By Design Activity for VIPs, plus Email Communication
In just a few short weeks, summer will be officially here in the U.S. and this means there is an increased risk of heat stress - both in the workplace and at home. The heat stress infographic shown below can be a good start to communicating this important topic to all workers. It’s currently available in English and Spanish but if you need another language, let me know and I’ll see what I can do. This infographic has also been modified for you to use as a training activity.
The modified version of the original infographic asks trainees to fill in the missing information. The act of trying to remember increases retention, so this is a great way to help trainees remember this important information. Download here.
Communication Corner
Great safety trainers need great communication skills. The following infographic created by Lauren Murrell provides some great advice for improving your communication by email.
Upskilling in 2025
It’s May and Collaborative Learning is the upskilling topic of the month!
Collaborative Learning
If you have ever participated in a learning activity, you know that collaboration can be a very effective learning method. Collaborative learning can be a powerful alternative to traditional methods and can result in a more engaged, skilled, and connected community of learners.
Collaborative learning refers to approaches involving joint intellectual effort toward shared goals. It typically features structured activities where participants work together to solve problems, create products, or develop understanding through direct interaction, such as most of the activities shared in this newsletter and on the SafetyFUNdamentals website.
The advantages of collaborative learning include:
Enhanced Retention and Understanding:Active dialogue between peers helps knowledge "stick" in long-term memory.
Heightened Engagement: The interactive nature of collaborative activities creates a stimulating learning environment that naturally increases participant motivation.
Organizational Knowledge Preservation: In workplace settings, collaborative approaches ensure critical expertise remains within organizations even when individual employees depart, creating resilient institutional knowledge bases.
A few examples of collaborative learning activities that you can add to your safety trainer’s toolbox include: Study Discussions, Role-Plays & Simulations, Puzzle Solving Challenges, Jigsaw Learning, Scenario-Based Decision Trees, Gamified Competitions, Peer Teaching Sessions, Collaborative Risk Assessment, Think–Pair–Share, and Build-a-Policy Activities. You can also access seven different examples by scanning the QR codes in the infographic above.
A new collaborative learning activity, Safe By Design, has been created for VIP subscribers. It is a great example of how trainees can work together to come up with new solutions to safety issues in their workplace. The download link can be found in the VIP section below.
Safety Training Calendar
In the 2025 Safety Training Calendar, May focuses on heat stress and I am happy to share the Heat Stress Infographic Training Activity (found above) with all subscribers of The Safety Training Net. There are also other themes included in the May calendar as seen below.
VIP Subscribers can download the following activities related to these topics including the Electrical Safety Crossword Puzzle Packet, The Eye Knows Activity, Mental Health Conversations Infographic, Mental Health Jeopardy for VIPs, Which is Louder PPT Game, and a Fall Harness Safety Sequence.
Download links for each can be found in the VIP section below.
If you are not yet a VIP Subscriber, you can upgrade today and get all of these activities and more - still only $50/year!
Ready to Make the Most of Your Summer?
Summer Camp is not just for kids!
If you have been reading this newsletter for awhile, you know that I am passionate about professional development. If you are looking to do a deep dive into safety training and communication topics, while having fun, consider registering for Safety Training Summer Camp!
The Safety Trainers’ Summer Camp is a 4-week virtual program that provides education and resources on a variety of safety and communication topics. Camp sessions will be offered once a week for 4 weeks in August.
To learn more and receive registration information as it becomes available, complete a short form here.
ASSP’s Safety 2025
Many of the subscribers of this newsletter are also members of the American Society of Safety Professionals and attend the Society’s biggest learning event of the year, the annual professional development conference. Safety 2025 will be held in Orlando, July 22- 24, and I’d love to see you there. I will be speaking on Wednesday, the 23rd, at 3 PM, and my presentation title is Outdated to Outstanding: Upgrading Safety Training with Better Content, Design, and Delivery. Will you be there? Let me know.
VIP Section
Hi VIP! Thank you so much for being a paid subscriber and supporting this newsletter. Many of the resources in this newsletter are only available to you and these download links are provided in the section below. The Safety Training Net is still only $50/year so if you know someone who could benefit from these resources, please use the button below to refer them to this site. Thank you!