Mentoring in Auto Body Shops: It All Starts with a Program Manager
As shops struggle to find skilled workers, mentoring programs can be a win-win for your business, as well as for the industry as a whole.
Health & Safety: Technicians Needed!
Workplace mentoring programs offer an opportunity for skilled technicians (mentors) in your company to share their expertise and experience with a less experienced person (the mentee) in order to put them on a fast track to competency in a new career.
Health & Safety: A Healthy Start – Part II
This month, we’re looking at five more easy-to-implement components to focus on as you think about safety in your shop.
Health & Safety: Avoiding OSHA’s Top Violations
OSHA’s annual list of the 10 most cited violations can be a useful reference and wake-up call to shops that are trying to identify areas where they can get safer.
Health & Safety: Getting at the Root
Shop owners need to ask four questions when recording a workplace incident or accident.
Health & Safety: Six Steps to Creating a Successful Hazard Communication Program
Has everyone in your shop been trained on the hazardous chemicals they’re exposed to on a daily basis?
Health & Safety: Creating a Successful Hazard Communication Program
Has everyone in your shop been trained on the hazardous chemicals they’re exposed to on a daily basis?
Health & Safety: Keeping Your Records Straight
How OSHA’s new recordkeeping rule may affect you and your shop.
Health & Safety: Respirators – The VIP of PPE Part II
In a shop, workers are exposed to several different hazards that require the use of a respirator, but the choice of respirator determines the effectiveness of the protection.
Safety Guide: Creating a Safety Culture for a Competitive Edge
What can auto repair companies do to attract, hire and retain young talent? The first step is to learn what’s important to them.
Safety Guide: Make Shop Safety a Top Priority
A shop that takes safety and its employees’ well-being seriously is going to have happier employees than a shop that does not.
Health & Safety: Respirators – The VIP of PPE
Painters in collision repair shops have the heaviest exposure to isocyanates, but technicians can be exposed to them around the shop as they’re mixing paints, cleaning paint guns, cleaning spills and breathing in paint mists. That’s why respirators are a must.
