WorkSafeBC’s new series of free interactive ebooks makes it easier to access workplace safety information on the go, from any location, even without wireless access.
You can download WorkSafeBC’s interactive ebooks onto your iPad – and once you’ve downloaded them, you can access their content again without an internet connection. This allows safety officers, supervisors, and trainers to use these interactive images, videos, photo galleries, quizzes, and other resources from anywhere.
“Putting the ebooks on mobile devices gives employers, supervisors, and trainers greater access to safety resources, and gives WorkSafeBC one more way to share safety information that can help keep workers safe,” says Gordon Thorne, WorkSafeBC manager of Product and Program Development.
One of the coolest features allows you to customize the ebook to meet your own training needs. You can add notes and highlight different portions of the material – adding info that’s relevant to your workplace. The interactive touch-screen may have more appeal for younger workers, who may be more likely to prefer info in this form instead of old-school print materials.
It’s exciting to see how technology like this makes it easier to share information from just about any where. Let me know if you’ve tried it – and tell me if you have any other new sources of free safety info online.
Other titles include:
- Asbestos in Older Homes
- Back Talk: An owner’s manual for backs
- Back Talk for Employers
- Buried Facilities
- Confined Space Hazards
- Dangerously Exposed: Exposure prevention for young workers
- Dementia: Understanding risks and preventing violence
- Electrical Safety
- Fall Protection
- Forklift Hazards
- Home and Community Health Worker
- Introducing WorkSafeBC Ebooks
- Lockout
- Preventing Falls in Residential Construction
- Return to Work: Healthy workers, healthy business
- What’s Wrong With This Photo?
- WHMIS: An overview
- Small Business and WorkSafeBC: Registration, responsibilities, and premiums
- Small Business and WorkSafeBC: Workplace incidents and the claims process
