Designing and Delivering Construction Safety Training practice questions for the CHST exam
CHST5 Domain 4: Leadership, Communication, and Training (K4.1 Training methods; S4.4 Evaluate training effectiveness). 3 free questions below. Every answer quotes and links the regulation paragraph it rests on.
- OSHA 3824, Resource for Development and Delivery of Training to Workers (2015): Resource for Development and Delivery of Training to Workers
Text pulled from the eCFR, current as of .
A framing contractor is onboarding a crew of day laborers supplied by a staffing agency. Many have limited English, and reading levels vary widely. The safety technician is deciding how to build the fall-protection orientation. Which approach best fits the guidance for this audience?
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Answer: C. Use visual and verbal methods, such as demonstrations and pictograms, rather than relying on written text
For contingent, day, and temporary workers the guidance says to use approaches like those for low-literacy or non-English audiences and to favor visual and verbal methods over written text. A written manual or written quiz depends on reading ability, and an English lecture adds the language interference the guidance wants to minimize.
“Employ approaches similar to those used for low-literacy or non-English speaking audiences. This will ensure maximum communication of the training content with minimum language interference. Favor visual and verbal methods over written text.”
A general contractor is preparing a fall-protection orientation for a crew of newly hired laborers. During intake, the safety technician learns that several workers have limited literacy in their primary language and that most of the training handouts are dense, text-heavy sheets. Which approach to the session best matches OSHA's guidance for this audience?
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Answer: A. Use multiple methods that require fewer literacy skills, such as photos, short role-plays, demonstrations, and hands-on practice
The guidance calls for multiple training methods that require fewer literacy skills, including photos, pictures, short role-plays, case studies, demonstrations, hands-on practice, and small group activities. Relying on written handouts or a written quiz leans on exactly the skill these workers lack.
“Multiple training methods that require fewer literacy skills should be used with this population. Methods include the use of photos, pictures, short role-plays, case studies, demonstrations, hands-on practice, and small group activities with which workers can identify and easily understand.”
A safety technician is preparing a toolbox-talk workshop for a framing crew. She wrote about 150 words of detailed text on a single flip chart page. During a test run, a colleague seated at the back of the trailer cannot read it. According to the guidance on flip chart use, what should she do to fix the page?
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Answer: A. Print in large block letters and write only the key points, so the page is not crowded
The guidance says to print in large block letters, test that the page can be read from the back of the room, and not crowd the chart, writing only key points. Reading to the flip chart is wrong because the guidance says not to turn your back on the group and "talk to the flip chart."
“Print in large block letters. Do a “test” flip chart page before the workshop and make sure it can be read from the back of the room. Be sure not to crowd the flip chart with too much information. Only key points should be written.”
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