Training
Toyota Tsusho recognizes that training personnel is one of the most important parts of promoting a culture of safety. In line with this understanding, the Company offers extensive training. We are also installing equipment capable of simulating danger and working to transmit safety information.
Training
We are expanding rank-based safety training and cultivating in-house safety training instructors.
We believe that human resource cultivation is where safety management truly begins. Based on this conviction, in addition to Group employees, we are expanding the scope of our safety training to include suppliers.
In line with our aim of increasing safety awareness, the "Zero Accident" Team members who direct safety activities at sales divisions are required to undergo training upon appointment as a safety manager. In fiscal 2010, 113 people took part in this training, raising the cumulative total to 752. Rank-based safety training is also provided to new employees, mid-level employees, managers and executives, and we are expanding the scope of safety training to include suppliers.
We support and help develop the instructors who provide this safety training in-house. Training is provided by employees who have received RST Trainer certification as instructors for occupational health and safety by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Toyota Group's instructor certification for supervisory foreman education as "specialist instructors for all Toyota Tsusho personnel responsible for work operations."
At our workplaces, we also create a variety of safety training DVDs. Four DVD series are available: in the construction category, training covers working at high elevations, suspension operations and preventing electric shock; in the delivery category, lashing and crane operations; in the production category, responding to differences in production times; and the management category. We have distributed these DVDs to 337 business units in Japan and overseas, as we are continually working to expand our safety assurance initiatives on a global scale.
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Principal Training and Number of People Taking Courses (Fiscal 2010)
| Training topic | Target | Number of people taking courses |
|---|---|---|
| Education and training for new employees | New employees | 85 |
| Training upon appointment as a safety manager | Mid-level employees, managers | 133 |
| Education for persons responsible for safety and health | 9 | |
| Supervisory foreman education | 15 | |
| Training for personnel posted overseas | 139 | |
| Education for persons responsible for construction | People in charge (including at Group companies and suppliers) | 221 |
| Education for persons responsible for work operations | 431 | |
| Education for persons responsible for work operations at high elevations | 435 | |
| Education on prevention of electrical shock | 441 | |
| Training for top-level executives | Executives | 490 |
We have set up a Practical Safety Workshop to enhance employee sensitivity to danger.
Practical Safety Workshop
To heighten employee sensitivity to danger, in fiscal 2009 we established the Practical Safety Workshop at the Toyota Steel Center. In addition to simulating some 40 different types of danger, including squeezing and danger involving heavy items, employees of Toyota Tsusho and its Group companies attend the Safety and Health Cooperation Council, which has also been opened to business partners.
In fiscal 2010, 1,299 people used this facility.
Providing Information on Safety
We provide information related to safety and health via the "Zero Accident" Room and OSH*-NET.
Top page of the OSH-NET electronic bulletin board
We have set up the "Zero Accident" Room at our headquarters, where we provide information about Toyota Tsusho's safety initiatives, as well as disaster case studies and training content. The facility is open to employees of Toyota Tsusho and its Group companies, and can be freely used by suppliers.
In fiscal 2008, Toyota Tsusho set up OSH-NET, an electronic bulletin board. This site offers employees materials on safety and health management, disaster case studies, the minutes of various meetings and information on safety and health, all in a single convenient location.
- * OSH: Abbreviation for occupational safety and health
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