Mentoring and competency verification · Lesson 3 of 4

Mentoring and competency verification: methods and worked application

The write-the-standard, watch-the-work, sign-what-you-saw method, worked on a flat-width check and a pieces-for-a-run count from AFS limits, with the hem checks, the record fields and what contractors and architects can ask for.

You will be able to: Build a documented competency check for one task: a measurable standard, demonstration, supervised practice, observed evaluation, a sign-off record and a re-check date, applied to published AFS limits.

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The method in one line

Write the standard, watch the work, sign what you saw: a measurable standard, a demonstration, supervised practice, observed evaluation, a record and a re-check date.

OSHA's guidance says to describe the conditions under which the employee will demonstrate competence and what counts as acceptable performance.

A: Define the task and the measurable standard before training begins
B: The mentor demonstrates the task
C: The trainee practices under direct supervision
D: The evaluator observes against the checklist
E: Decision: is the standard met?
F: Sign and record names, dates and the evaluator
G: Set re-check triggers: events and a calendar

The method this module teaches. In this course a trainee practices under direct supervision only; OSHA's forklift rule, 1910.178(l)(2)(i), states that boundary for powered industrial truck trainees.

Sources

Training Requirements in OSHA Standards (OSHA 2254-09R, 2015), which reprints 29 CFR 1910.95(k)(2), 1910.157(g) and 1910.178(l) and gives training guidance - U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Glossary

Measurable standard: A statement written before training begins of the conditions under which the person will show competence and what counts as acceptable performance, as OSHA's training guidance advises.
Peer-to-peer training: Training in which an experienced co-worker teaches another on the job; OSHA says peer-to-peer training, on-the-job training and worksite demonstrations can be effective outside a classroom.
Flat width (girth): The total width of a flashing profile laid flat. AFS's published limits cap it, hems included, at the width of a 48 in sheet, so a profile wider than that cannot be made.
Hem return: The length a hem folds back on itself. AFS's published limits set a minimum hem return, and a new hem in FlashDraft starts at a standard fold length.
Sign-off record: A written record that a named person was trained and evaluated on a task, with the dates, who trained, who evaluated and the signature. OSHA rules for forklifts, fall protection and lockout/tagout each name the fields they require.