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Table 4.13: Safety Training3. Safety Training# ofRespondentsStronglyDisagreeFrequency ofoccurrenceDisagreeNeutralAgreeStronglyAgreeMissing answersRIIRankwithingroupRankAll managers should go through propersafety management trainingAll engineers should go through propersafety management trainingAll workers should go through proper safetymanagement training61 0 0 9 22 30 0 0.832 1 261 1 2 5 20 33 0 0.832 1 361 0 4 6 26 25 0 0.791 3 9"All managers should go through proper safety management training" factor wasranked in the first position among safety training group with RII = 0.832 and was alsoranked in the second position among all groups factors of quality. This result showshow much important the training is. It also indicates that training of top managementis very important which proves the importance of top management role instrengthening safety within workplace.All employees are required to attend safety training from manager to worker. Safetytraining gives employees opportunity to identify hazards and the best practices toavoid such hazards at workplace. The reason why managers' safety training owned thehighest rank among the three factors of safety training is that project manager is incharge of the safety and health of all workers of the project. If the project manager isnot sufficiently trained in the field of safety, he would not be able to feel the hazardsand risk surrounding workers he is in charge of. It is also known that top managementcommitment is vital to applying safety measures at workplace.Project manager is required to have knowledge in the field of construction safetymanagement, risk management, accident investigation, first aid, design andimplementation of safe systems of work and accident prevention programs, and otherrelated topics. Project manager would train workers based on his experience in safetyand as a result of professional safety training the manager joined. It would be highlyappreciated by workers and easily grasped when their project manager train them. Thegood relations that the manager has with workers would make the training presented98