2021-04-05 18:46
Many employers are gearing up (or trying to sustain) their COVID-19 Return-to-Work efforts, and we’ve got an upcoming April 20 COVID/Return-to-Work webinar that explains 16 elements OS… Read More
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2021-03-30 00:26
At Vector Solutions, we’re busy working with our customers to help them with their Return-to-Work efforts and COVID Prevention Plan and are scheduling a live webinar on April 20, 2021… Read More
2021-03-23 23:01
Every safety professional in the construction industry is dedicated to improving safety and health, and part of that includes designing and delivering safety training. But not every safety p… Read More
2021-03-23 02:31
Back in 2016, OSHA published OSHA 3886, Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs in Construction. We encourage you to read the entire OSHA publication, and believe your con… Read More
2021-03-15 21:42
Some organizations have been able to continue working during the COVID-19 pandemic “just” by having workers work from home. Sure, there were hiccups along the way as we all figur… Read More
2021-03-15 18:01
On March 12, 2021, OSHA announced a National Emphasis Program (NEP) titled National Emphasis Program – Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The purpose, as OSHA’s NEP explains, i… Read More
2021-03-11 22:25
One way for companies to “return to work” and work in a safe, healthy, sustainable manner during the COVID pandemic is to have employees get vaccinated (of course, there are othe… Read More
2021-03-11 17:37
[Quick note: you can download the guide from the bottom of this page or just click here.]
Have you heard of things like Human and Organizational Performance (HOP), Safety Differently, Safety… Read More
2021-03-10 22:11
As the COVID-19 pandemic grinds on (though mercifully, it seems, with a light at the end of the tunnel), many companies are trying to sustain their return-to-work efforts or initiate them.
B… Read More
2021-03-08 23:41
Every year, OSHA releases a list of the 10 standards most for which OSHA field agents most commonly issue citations to employers for violations.
To be honest, the list is largely the same ev… Read More
2021-03-01 21:26
Many workplaces are trying to create safe, healthy work environments so workers can come to work and get work done while also not getting infected with COVID-19 or spreading COVID-19 to othe… Read More
2021-02-26 19:30
Employers all over the world, and certainly here in the United States, are trying to find ways to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 infections at work so their companies can stay open and prod… Read More
2021-02-26 00:21
As you may already know, on January 29, 2021, OSHA released a new guidance related to workplace safety and health and COVID-19 mitigation strategies: ‘Protecting Workers: Guidance on M… Read More
2021-02-24 17:40
Shortly after the presidential inauguration in 2021, OSHA released a new guidance related to workplace safety and health and COVID-19 mitigation strategies: ‘Protecting Workers: Guidan… Read More
2021-02-24 00:57
Back on January 29, 2021, OSHA released a new guidance called ‘Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace.’ As we generally… Read More
2021-02-22 21:24
As you may know, the American Industrial Hygienists Association (AIHA) has released a Focus Four for Construction Health guidance document that identifies four significant health hazards in… Read More
2021-02-17 20:30
On January 29, 2021, OSHA published Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Spreading the the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace. As in all instances like this, we encourage you to c… Read More
2021-02-04 23:22
Our Vector Solutions partners over at RedVector recently created two reports looking at the state of training in 2021: the report we’ve got for you here, the State of Manufacturing &am&hell…Read More
2021-02-04 16:45
2020 brought the COVID-19 pandemic and a lot of challenges to workplace learning efforts and neither have gone away just yet.
We asked some of the leading learning & development experts… Read More
2021-02-02 14:37
COVID’s been a major challenge for employers and employees in every industry and, frankly, for everyone in the world. And there’s some light at the end of the tunnel, as we&rsquo&hell…Read More
2021-01-28 00:14
Online training has become increasingly common in recent years (and for good reason). And the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated that trend (and, again, for good reason). And, while things will c… Read More
2021-01-27 23:53
At Vector Solutions, we specialize in performance improvement solutions and training solutions for many industries, and our Vector partners at RedVector have an especially strong offering fo… Read More
2021-01-19 21:46
The International Board of Standards for Training, Performance, and Instruction (IBSTPI) has created sets of competencies and standards for training managers, instructional designers, instru… Read More
2021-01-11 16:37
As you may know, the American Industrial Hygienists Association (AIHA) has released a Focus Four for Construction Health guidance document that identifies four significant health hazards in… Read More
2021-01-07 22:36
Thinking of buying some safety management/EHS management software but not sure how to start?
That’s why we, the makers of Vector EHS management software, created the guide below and pu… Read More
2021-01-06 22:59
As you may know, ANSI and the ASSP have two national standards related to environment, health, and safety (EHS) training. The first, Z490.1, applies to all EHS training and the second, Z490… Read More
2021-01-06 16:56
If you’re interested in new approaches to safety, sometimes referred to with the umbrella term “new safety” and other times discussed in more specific schools of thought, s… Read More
2021-01-05 17:19
Thinking of implementing online training for your tissue manufacturing workforce? But not sure how to select & use online training?
If so, we’ve got the guide for you at the bottom… Read More
2020-12-18 16:29
It’s been a tough year for most of us in a lot of different ways and that surely includes issues related to mental health, suicide, and even depression, sadly.
Continuing our recent fo… Read More
2020-12-17 21:16
The American Industrial Hygienist Association (AIHA), and in particular their AIHA Construction Committee, has a guidance document titled Focus Four for Health: An Initiative to Address Four… Read More
2020-12-15 18:45
The Vector Solutions family continues to grow. Last week, we profiled the Vector EHS Management Software offered by our Vector Solutions partners IndustrySafe. This week, we’re profili… Read More
2020-12-08 23:29
In case you weren’t aware, ANSI and the ASSP have two standards related to EHS training. They are:
Z490.1, Accepted Practices in Environmental, Health & Safety Training
Z490.2, Acc… Read More
2020-12-07 23:46
Some Convergence Training customers may know that (1) we became part of Vector Solutions about two years ago and are in the process of changing our name to Vector Solutions and (2) Vector So… Read More
2020-12-07 21:32
Our society and workplaces have become increasingly aware of the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion this year (2020) and that will continue to be true in the future as well.
In t… Read More
2020-12-01 05:34
OSHA recently published yet another guidance related to COVID-19, titled Common COVID-19 Citations: Helping Employers Better Protect Workers and Comply with OSHA Regulations (there’s a… Read More
2020-11-30 16:00
Companies have been dealing with a skill gap for many years–this is well known. And the COVID-19 pandemic only increased that skill gap. That’s because some old jobs were lost, a… Read More
2020-11-16 20:30
A lot of companies are rightly concerned about acquiring a more diverse workforce. I’d say that’s just the right thing to do from a societal perspective, but beyond that there&rs&hell…Read More
2020-11-16 18:48
You don’t need us to tell you that when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, work changed for a lot of us. And workplace training changed a lot because of COVID-19, too.
We’ve been writing… Read More
2020-11-12 00:54
Workplace learning has made increasing use of technology for not only years, but for decades now.
And then the COVID-19 pandemic came, making face-to-face, instructor-led training dangerous… Read More
2020-11-11 22:15
Industrial companies and other organizations have been making increasingly common use of online training and different technologies associated with online training for some time now. And tha… Read More
2020-11-09 16:10
In 2019, the American Industrial Hygienist Association, also known as the AIHA, released a document titled Focus Four for Health: An Initiative to Address Four Major Construction Health Haza… Read More
2020-11-05 21:36
Interested in learning how to select and use online training at your pulp manufacturing facility?
Well, we’ve got just the guide for you. Scroll down to the bottom to get a copy. And d… Read More
2020-11-03 16:38
It can be easy to unnecessarily “silo” different sets of ideas and not immediately recognize that they’re related. We all probably do it at times, which is too bad, because… Read More
2020-11-02 19:59
Developing helpful mental models is critical for learning and performing effectively at work.
We decided to talk with learning strategist Arun Pradhan to learn more about it and to learn mor… Read More
2020-10-27 18:06
Human Performance Improvement, or HPI, is a method of improving performance and outcomes at organizations that can include workplace training but considers reasons for problems beyond… Read More
2020-10-26 19:29
Not so long ago, we had a discussion with Julie Dirksen about how to help people learn at work, with Julie mixing in stuff from her classic book Design for How People Learn along with additi… Read More
2020-10-22 23:24
We’re excited to be able to offer a new supplement to our existing online training courses for electrical transmission & distribution–a new 3D-animated High-Voltage Switching… Read More
2020-10-18 18:36
In an earlier recorded discussion with Cal Beyer, we learned that the construction industry had very high rates of stress, depression, substance use and abuse, and suicide (see Why Mental He… Read More
2020-10-17 01:28
Back in the years and even decades before the COVID-19 pandemic dominated much of what we talk and think about, employers and learning & development experts used to talk a lot about the… Read More
2020-10-14 23:47
The Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing (go get your flu shots, friends!), and while many people are sadly without work or are working from home, quite a few Americans are indeed… Read More
2020-10-02 21:39
Many people are quite familiar with learning management systems (LMS), what they can do, and how you can use them at work. However, other people are still new to the idea of a learning manag… Read More
2020-10-02 19:46
Many studies have shown that blended learning experiences tend to lead to better instructional outcomes–more learning, more knowledge acquisition, more skill development, better transf… Read More
2020-10-01 18:54
Although we publicized this in different ways when it happened, we’re late here at the Convergence Training blog announcing that Vector Solutions, including Convergence Training and Re… Read More
2020-09-29 22:51
If you’re looking to implement online training for your electrical transmission & distribution workforce, this is the guide for you. We explain tech and terms; walk you through cri… Read More
2020-09-28 15:15
Australian safety professional David Provan is an interesting voice in occupational safety, and recently I read two interesting papers he has co-authored: Safety Work v. Safety of Work and S… Read More
2020-09-28 14:00
In this recorded video discussion with English safety professional Adam Johns, we talk about two big issues in organizational performance improvement (in general) that are big concerns in oc… Read More
2020-09-26 20:57
Human Performance Improvement, or HPI, is the field of study dedicated to creating methods that allow us to better (1) identify workplace problems, (2) analyze their cause(s), (3) come up wi… Read More
2020-09-21 17:16
I recently caught an article out friend Dr. Stella Lee wrote about how the COVID-19 pandemic presented a need and opportunity for learning and development departments and professionals aroun… Read More
2020-09-20 20:42
From time to time, we run an article in our Instructional Design Basics series to help you learning designers out there (whatever you call yourself…instructional designers, learning e… Read More
2020-09-17 04:33
Vector Solutions (remember, Convergence Training is part of Vector Solutions) is dedicated to helping our customers improve their workplace performance.
Sometimes, that means we’ll hel… Read More
2020-09-14 00:03
Many people who wind up having training creation as part of their job roles have never had a full opportunity to learn about the basics of instructional design, how people learn, and how to… Read More
2020-09-10 23:56
In our continuing look at some of the basics of project management, we’re going to consider some related, similar-but-different terms used in project management: projects, programs, an… Read More
2020-09-09 21:55
Need help training your design & construction staffs?
Our Vector Solutions partners at RedVector are experts at it. And they’ve worked together with us to create this guide to give… Read More
2020-09-09 21:31
Industrial employers and manufacturers have their hands full in today’s business climate. And while there are a lot of challenges (and opportunities too, of course), there’s no d… Read More
2020-09-09 17:30
You may remember our earlier article mentioning that the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) had updated the National Electrical Code, creating NEC 2020®.
Here’s what the N… Read More
2020-09-08 20:11
Reliability-centered maintenance is a process of planning maintenance inspections and procedures to ensure your equipment what you need them to do and to preserve its current function(s).
Re… Read More
2020-09-08 18:14
We’re a little late in announcing this–apologies for that!–but earlier this year we released an entire series of online training courses on the basics of Lean Manufacturing… Read More
2020-08-25 23:34
In recent years, OSHA created some recommended practices for safety and health management programs or systems. One of those, OSHA 3886, is titled Recommended Practices for Safety and Health… Read More
2020-08-25 21:31
Welcome, video fans! This is the fourth and last in a four-recording series of discussions with Jennifer Serve, Assistant Professor at Central Washington University, on topics related to dec… Read More
2020-08-24 20:33
You might know Convergence Training as primarily a job-training company because we create a lot of training that’s often assigned at workplaces or otherwise made available to employees… Read More
2020-08-17 19:41
If you’ve been following us lately, you know we’re in the middle of a four-discussion series with Jennifer Serne, an Assistant Professor at Central Washington University’s… Read More
2020-08-10 18:15
In a recent recorded discussion with Jennifer Serne of Central Washington University’s Safety and Health Management program, Jennifer told us how we use heuristics in our life and duri… Read More
2020-08-07 18:47
If you’re interested in agile project management, you’re going to want to know about the Agile Manifesto, including its 4 Values, and the 12 Principles of Agile (which follow fro… Read More
2020-08-05 21:44
Providing effective training that helps industrial employees quickly develop necessary job skills is an important part of success for industrial companies. Yet not all industrial employers a… Read More
2020-08-05 18:33
Safety training is important in all types of work and that of course includes construction, an industry with many serious safety and health hazards.
While safety training isn’t the ent… Read More
2020-08-04 15:17
Performing an incident investigation is an important role within the job responsibilities of a safety manager or safety professional.
The reason we conduct incident investigations is because… Read More
2020-07-27 20:46
There have been times or even are times when occupational safety and health professionals have wanted to discipline workers for infractions of various sorts.
In this recorded video discussio… Read More
2020-07-21 17:02
As a safety professional, you want to know about the world around you. But that begs the question–what DO you know about the world around you, how do you know that, and how can you app… Read More
2020-07-20 23:25
Human Performance Improvement, or HPI, is a field or thought (or philosophy, or mindset, or management system) dedicated to helping humans working more effectively within their workplace sys… Read More
2020-07-20 21:29
One of the key tenants of human performance improvement, or HPI, is that there can be a variety of causes for workplace performance problems and therefore also a variety of potential solutio… Read More
2020-07-17 22:57
Have you heard of agile but are perhaps still wondering what it is and how it can be used in project management?
If so, this article, an introduction to agile and when to use it for project… Read More
2020-07-15 23:15
Responsible for training employees in the corrugated board industry?
If so, you’re going to love this guide free guide.
We cover a LOT of information that will help you improve your ov… Read More
2020-07-15 23:09
OSHA’s 1926 standards provide safety regulations for American employers in the construction industry (along with some additional regulations that apply to all US employers, such as OSH… Read More
2020-07-14 20:36
OSHA’s Construction Incidents Investigation Engineering Reports webpage is an interesting and helpful resource for those of you in construction, construction engineering, and construct… Read More
2020-07-09 19:29
Industrial employers want excellent performance, including efficiency and even innovation, from their work forces. And robust, well-designed industrial training programs give employers a bet… Read More
2020-07-08 23:39
OSHA’s standards include both horizontal standards and vertical standards. Horizontal standards are standards that apply to employers in multiple different industries. For example, the… Read More
2020-07-08 01:04
Convergence Training, our sister company RedVector, and our parent company Vector Solutions aren’t just training companies (despite the word training appearing in our name). Instead, w… Read More
2020-06-22 20:36
If you’re interested in implementing lean manufacturing for continuous improvement at your workplace, you might want to check out our recently completed (and now (1) free and (2) recor… Read More
2020-06-11 19:58
Good manufacturing practices are practices that manufacturers that produce food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices must follow. Good manufacturing practices, or GMP, are someti… Read More
2020-06-10 22:54
In this article, we’ll be talking about workplace fatalities. Workplace fatalities in the construction industry, to be more specific. And to be even more specific, about the four hazar… Read More
2020-06-07 18:50
Traditionally, blended learning has meant using both instructor-led (or similar face-to-face) training along with online learning (typically in the form of elearning). And there’s evid… Read More
2020-06-07 15:00
Learning objectives are a key part of effective training materials. Create and use them correctly, and you’re well on your way to helping your employees learn the knowledge, skills, an… Read More
2020-06-04 15:00
It’s not easy to write well. Or, as Ernest Hemingway put it, “Easy writing makes hard reading.”
As a writer, you want to do the difficult work so your reader doesn’t… Read More
2020-06-01 16:38
Safety metrics and measurement is a big issue and it’s not as simple as it may seem at first.
We caught up with our friend Carsten Busch to discuss safety measurement and safety metric… Read More
2020-05-29 19:49
This year (2020) the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) updated the National Electrical Code, also known as NEC and NFPA 70. The NFPA reviews and updates the NEC on a regular basis… Read More
2020-05-28 18:33
The Project Management Institute, or PMI, publishes a book called A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, which is often known as the PMBOK, PMBOK Guide, or simply The Guide.
In… Read More
2020-05-28 18:23
In our ongoing “eLearning Basics” series of articles, we’re going to address the question of where you can get elearning courses from. And, in particular, we’re going… Read More
2020-05-26 22:56
There’s been a lot of interest about online training for work for quite some time, and of course that interest has increased recently due to COVID-19.
In this webinar, we’ll give… Read More
2020-05-26 16:08
Live online learning–meaning stuff including webinars and virtual classrooms–has been part of the workplace learning & performance improvement quiver for quite some time.
But… Read More
2020-05-26 16:01
We wanted to learn more about how people learn so we could also learn more about how to create better training and do other things to facilitate that learning at our workplaces more effectiv… Read More
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