By Natalie Pitout, Innovation Partner at KBC Health and Safety
At KBC, we are committed to fostering a NO Harm culture across all industries, and our microlearning product solution is a key driver in this mission. In high-risk work environments, safety is paramount. Often, employees performing the same tasks repeatedly can become complacent, overlooking crucial safety protocols. We aim to break this cycle by ensuring that critical safety information stays fresh and top-of-mind.
Our holistic onboarding approach doesn’t just address critical learning at the start of an employee’s journey—it promotes continuous learning. By providing ongoing training, we help employees stay aware of hazards, risks, and safety controls they must follow to stay safe in their work environments. Ultimately, our goal is simple: to ensure that every worker goes home safely to their families.
Microlearning is a learner-centric, bite-sized approach to training. These small, easily digestible content pieces are designed to meet specific learning outcomes and can be accessed anytime, anywhere. Available on multiple devices—such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops—microlearning makes safety training convenient and flexible.
Microlearning isn’t just more convenient; it’s more effective. It boosts engagement, enhances knowledge retention, and supports ongoing behavioural change. The short bursts of focused content not only appeal to adult learners, especially millennials, who tend to have shorter attention spans, but they also align with diverse learning styles.
By delivering safety training in smaller, manageable chunks, microlearning encourages employees to engage with the material in a way that fits their schedules, resulting in better retention and safer behaviours on the job.
Through this innovative approach, we aim to reduce workplace incidents and ensure employees continuously apply critical safety controls. Microlearning not only supports long-term knowledge retention but also empowers workers to take control of their own safety learning, creating a safer and more productive workplace for all.
