Culturas, Idiomas y la Seguridad Cultures, Languages, and Safety

Today´s training . . .
Job training for limited-English Hispanic workers in many Oregon workplaces
often happens like this:
• The trainer, usually a native English speaker without bilingual skills,
grabs a native Spanish speaker with some English skills from the group
of workers, and uses this person as an interpreter.
• The training begins with the trainer speaking through the interpreter.
• Sometime during the training session, the trainer asks the trainees if
there are any questions.
• The trainees hardly ever have any questions.
• The training ends with the trainer asking the trainees if they
understood everything.
• The trainees nod their heads in a “yes” motion, indicating they
understood everything.
For training purposes only
OR-OSHA PESO - CULTURES, LANGUAGES, AND SAFETY
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They didn’t.
Unicamente para adiestramiento
OR-OSHA PESO - CULTURAS, IDIOMAS , Y LA SEGURIDAD