Tips for Producing a YouTube DOT Hazardous Chemical Training Video
According to DOT regulations, transporters that are carrying various potentially hazardous chemicals must receive certain, specialized training before they may operate along public roadways. DOT hazardous chemical training represents the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) established safety and security training to ensure the proper handling of hazardous materials. As a business owner that employs drivers involved in the transport and handling of the more than one million hazmat shipments which occur in the U.S. each day, producing a YouTube DOT Hazardous Chemical Training Video is likely something you’ve considered.
If you’re thinking about the production of a YouTube video that will provide your team with minimal essential DOT Hazardous chemical training, we’ve got some tips to help you out. At Beverly Boy Productions, we have decades of video production experience which we use to actively produce top quality training videos for business owners just like you every single day. To learn more about producing a YouTube DOT Hazardous Chemical Training Video, give us a call to speak with a producer about your project needs or, follow these tips to get started on a path to successful training of your team.
Plan Your Videos to Align with Learning Goals & Objectives
The first tip to creating a professional YouTube DOT hazardous chemical training video is to make sure that you plan your videos to align with the learning goals and objectives that you set. Generally, hazardous chemical training is provided in a full-length program or course that includes several videos on important topics relative to the overall concept of DOT Hazmat safety training. In such a case, you’re going to first plan out the top level concepts that you want your employees to learn followed by the individual learning objectives that are required to master each topic or concept. Breaking these ideas down into individual video plans will help you to get a full spectrum view of the total number of short, 3-6 minute training videos that you should produce.
Focus on Topical Alliance
Making sure that your topics align will ensure your audience remains on a targeted path to learning that results in the desired outcomes required for them to meet their educational goals. If you focus on topical alliance as you plan your YouTube DOT Hazardous chemical training video program, you’ll eliminate the risk of producing videos that are unnecessary or otherwise off topic.
Consider the following topics for your hazardous chemical training videos:
- Individual DOT Hazmat regulations.
- Hazmat labels.
- Hazardous chemicals.
- Emergency spill cleanups.
- Emergency operations.
- Hazardous chemical transport.
- Hazardous chemical exposure.
As you’re planning your training video program, be sure that you organize each video in a way that is going to resonate with your target audience while providing them with the essential skills and understanding necessary for their own safety.
Use Real World Scenarios
When it comes to providing training via a video, employees often learn best with real world scenarios that are shown in a way that helps the employer to explain exactly what an employee should expect from his or her position. Safety training videos that incorporate real world scenarios into the training prove to employees that there’s more importance to the training than just “compliance.” The last thing you want is your employees to think that you’re only providing training out of DOT compliance requirements. This is not the time or the place to undervalue the training that is essential to their health and safety as well as to the health or safety of others on the roadway.
Consider Interactive Elements
One of the best ways to get employees to engage in the safety training that you provide is to incorporate interactive elements into the videos that you produce. A YouTube hazardous chemical training video may be produced to include a variety of interactive elements that will keep your audience engaged. Consider any of the following interactive options for your video:
- Path based training or branching which allows your viewer to choose their next learning initiative or to choose how they navigate the training scenarios.
- Hotspots and the inclusion of links that bring the viewer to complementary content that can reinforce what is being taught in the video for added understanding.
- Quizzes to reinforce the concepts that are being taught in the video to ensure that the viewer understands the concepts that are being taught before moving forward with the training.
- 360° video views that allow your viewers to feel fully immersed in the environment that is visible on the video so that they can engage in the various learning opportunities.
Build Upon Previous Topics & Coverage
Producing a YouTube DOT Hazardous chemical training video is just one step of many in regards to providing a full training program for your employees. Consider building your videos, so that previous topics and coverage can build upon each other as the employee progresses through the training to learn more and more about safe handling of hazardous chemicals on the roadways. Building coverage so that employees gain deeper, more refined understanding as they progress through a training program is essential to ensuring full knowledge of these intense subjects over time.
As you can see, producing a YouTube DOT Hazardous chemical training video is a process that’s going to require a lot of planning and essential knowledge of video production. For assistance, give Beverly Boy Productions a call!