Preview Employee Training Program Schedule

Introducon

New employee training programs give employees

the informaon they need to protect themselves

and others at work and to eciently manufacture

quality feed. Feed mill employees must receive

formal training to comply with Occupaonal Safety

and Health Administraon (OSHA), Food and

Drug Administraon (FDA), and Environmental

Protecon Agency (EPA) regulaons. Training is

also required to aain most third-party cerca-

ons. The training program must document and

verify that the employee understands the material

and is competent in the subject maer. In addion

to being required by government agencies, train-

ing programs are a good business pracce.

Geng Started

STEP 1. The rst step in developing a training

program is to idenfy all of the topics required

by the company and specically by the feed mill.

Topics generally fall into the following broad cat-

egories:

Employee Handbook•

Posion Requirements•

Safety Training•

Quality Assurance•

Regulatory Compliance•

Employee Development and Cercaons•

Prevenve Maintenance and •

Housekeeping

Standard Operaon Procedures•

STEP 2. The second step is to create a check-

list that summarizes all the training topics (New

Employee Checklist). In some cases, employees

will require only an introducon to a topic, where-

as other employees will need to receive in-depth

safety training as part of their job assignment. An

example is Conned Space Entry Training: all em-

ployees must understand what denes a conned

space and the locaon of all conned spaces in the

feed mill, whereas maintenance employees and su-

pervisors who work in a permit-required conned

space must complete entrant, aendant, or supervi-

sor training.

First Day

A well-designed training program signals the com-

pany’s commitment to safety and employee devel-

opment. The employee’s rst day on the job is the

best me to establish safety expectaons. First-day

employee training topics should include an overview

of the company’s employee handbook, emergency

procedures, hazard communicaon standards, mate-

rial safety data sheet (MSDS) requirements, personal

protecve equipment (PPE), key policies, a facility

tour, and general administrave procedures. All

training should be documented.

Posion Informaon

Managers should review with each employee the

work schedule, payroll policy, job requirements, and

tasks specic to the posion. The employee should

receive a copy of the job descripon and understand

the performance expectaons and standards related

to the posion, as well as when and how his or her

performance will be evaluated.

Computer Systems

The job descripon should outline the computer

skills essenal for each posion. Feed mills use com-

puter systems to control the manufacturing process,

Developing a

Training Program

for New Employees

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