A safety training video that is specifically geared to your workplace can be an incredibly useful tool for training your workers. Here are the steps you can follow to make a safety training video.

• Step 1: Choose Your Topic(s)
• Step 2: Create Your Training Plan
• Step 3: Create Slides and Film Content
• Step 4: Edit Your Video
• Step 5: Review Your Video

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How to Make a Safety Training Video

Step 1: Choose Your Topic(s)

Brainstorm Ideas:

Get help brainstorming ideas for a great topic

If you are not sure about the topic that you want, get a group of people together to help you brainstorm some possible subjects. Choose representatives from both management and workers so that you can get a good range of topics that would be valuable from the point of view of several different people in different roles in your organization.

Decide on a Relavent Topic:

From your list of ideas, prioritize them in order of which ones would make the most impact on improving the safety in your workplace. Choose a topic that is relevant to the particular safety challenges that you face in your industry or worksite.

For example, if you have had a number of accidents relating to slipping or falling, then a possible topic to cover would be recognizing and preventing the specific fall hazards that are present in your facility.

Don’t “Re-Invent the Wheel”:

There are a number of good safety videos available online. Do a search to see if there already is a video that covers the topic you are considering. You don’t want to put in all of the time and effort of creating a new video if there is already one that will work.

Step 2: Create Your Training Plan

Decide on the Video Use:

When you make a safety training video you need to decide how it will fit with your training plan

When you make a safety training video, you should consider how the video is going to be used as part of a full safety training program. Outline any other training materials that you will also develop to reinforce the ideas presented in your video. These could include:

• Worksheets
• Handouts
• Tests or quizzes
• Role playing exercises
• Safety talks
• Professional health and safety training

Remember that a safety training video cannot effectively replace actual hands-on safety training and should always be used to supplement government legislated safety training courses that your workers are required to take, such as Working at Heights or Confined Space Training.

Write a Script:

If you want to make a safety training video that is going to have an impact, you need to carefully plan it out. Have someone write a script and then have several people review the script and make suggestions for improvement.

Include Personal Stories and Real-Life Examples:

Your video will be much more impactful if you can include some stories of workers from your own company. If there are workers who have been in a safety accident or near accident, hearing them talk about their experiences can be a powerful learning tool. People can more easily relate to hearing from one of their co-workers and are more likely to learn from the story because they will understand that it could also happen to them.

Step 3: Create Slides and Film Content

Use a Professional Videographer:

Hire a professional videographer when you make a safety training video

If possible, hire a professional videographer when you make a safety training video. It will look more professional and be more effective in getting your message across. It may seem like a big expense, but if you have to buy your own equipment and software to make your own video, then hiring a professional may actually be less expensive in the long run.

If hiring someone isn’t in the budget, see if there is someone on staff who has some experience making and editing videos.

Use Animations for Dangerous Tasks:

Don’t take any chances with your workers’ safety while filming your video. If you want to highlight a hazardous task, do it using an animation.

Step 4: Edit Your Video

Keep It Brief:

Try to have your video professionally edited

You want to make sure that your video doesn’t drag on too long. You want to have enough footage to clearly get your point across, but not too much to lose your audience’s attention.

Add Subtitles:

Include subtitles with your videos. This will help anyone on staff whose first language isn’t English or those with special needs to better understand the message and not miss out on any key points.

Make it Mobile Friendly:

In order for your video to have the greatest reach, make sure that you make it viewable on any device including mobile phones. This includes compressing the file so that it loads quickly and orient it so that is can be seen on smaller devices as well. That way your workers can watch the video whenever they need to.

Get It Professionally Edited:

If possible, have your videographer edit your video as well or have someone on staff who knows what they are doing complete the edits.

Step 5: Review Your Video

Host a Viewing Party:

Have a group of people review your safety video

Before you make the final cuts to the video, get together a group of people including both management and workers to take a look at it. Here are some questions you can ask your audience:

• Were you able to relate to the situations in the video?
• Did the dialogue seem natural to you?
• Would you make any changes to the visuals?
• Was the background music appropriate or distracting?
• Did the video have a good pace or was it dragged out too much?

Ask for honest feedback and be willing to make more changes if necessary.

Host a Final Viewing Party:

Invite your test audience back for a final viewing after you have made the changes to the video to make sure that it’s ready to use in your training sessions.

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