Galliford Try's Health, Safety and Environment team's 'Choose the Safe Path Virtual Reality' (VR) training initiative has achieved the firm the prestigious Princess Royal Training Award.
The Princess Royal Training Awards delivered by City and Guilds Foundation, recognise and honour organisations that show exceptional commitment to learning and development by create engaging learning programmes for growing and retaining talent across the UK and Ireland.
The Choose the Safe Path and VR training for site safety scheme uses VR to focus on the prevention of falling objects. It comprises an interactive training package which provides employees with an authentic learning experience using real locations from Galliford Try sites and real actors from the team for the demonstration.
Since implementing the training, there has been a 50% reduction in high-risk accidents, and two additional VR modules are now bring introduced.
Nimesh Patel, Head of Health, Safety and Environment for Galliford Try's Specialist Services, who led the entry commented: "Our commitment to education and health and safety is the foundation of everything we do, and we want to maintain an environment where care for our people and those who work with us as a top priority. We are extremely proud to have achieved the Princess Royal Training Award and look forward to celebrating with our team."
Commenting on the award, City and Guilds CEO Kirstie Donnelly MBE, said: "Every year, I am amazed by the outstanding training, learning and development programmes that recipients are implementing in their organisations. It's clear that, this year, Galliford Try's dedication to submitting a high-quality application demonstrates strong commitment to providing excellent workplace training and creating opportunities for its people."
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