Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Ulster University, Magee Campus, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Group Training and Development Manager, ReachActive Unit 4B Lough Sheever Corporate Park, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland.
PLoS One. 2020 May 12;15(5):e0231979. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231979. eCollection 2020.
We evaluated a simulation-based training curriculum with quantitatively defined performance benchmarks for utility workers location and excavation of utility services.
Damaging buried utilities is associated with considerable safety risks to workers and substantial cost to employers.
In a prospective, randomized and blinded study we assessed the impact of Proficiency Based Progression (PBP) simulation training on the location and excavation of utility services work.
PBP simulation training reduced performance errors (33%, p = 0.006) in comparison a standard trained group. When implemented across all workers in the same division there was a 35-61% reduction in utility strikes (p = 0.028) and an estimated cost saving of £116,000 -£2,175,000 in the 12 months (47,000 work hours) studied.
The magnitude of the training benefit of PBP simulation training in the utilities sector appears to be the same as it is in surgery, cardiology and procedure-based medicine.
Quality-assured utility worker simulation training significantly reduces utility damage and associated costs.
我们评估了一项基于模拟的培训课程,该课程具有针对公用事业工人定位和挖掘公用事业服务的定量绩效基准。
损坏埋地公用设施会给工人带来相当大的安全风险,并给雇主带来巨大的成本。
在一项前瞻性、随机和盲法研究中,我们评估了基于熟练程度递进(PBP)模拟培训对公用事业服务工作的定位和挖掘的影响。
与接受标准培训的小组相比,PBP 模拟培训减少了 33%的性能错误(p = 0.006)。当在同一部门的所有工人中实施时,公用事业罢工减少了 35-61%(p = 0.028),在研究的 12 个月(47,000 个工作小时)中估计节省成本 116,000-2,175,000 英镑。
在公用事业部门,PBP 模拟培训的培训效益似乎与手术、心脏病学和基于程序的医学相同。
经过质量保证的公用事业工人模拟培训可显著减少公用事业损坏和相关成本。