Conception et évaluation d’ateliers de formation visant à développer un comportement préventif au travail chez les élèves en apprentissage d’un métier

Abstract

The prevention training offered in vocational programs has several shortcomings, and, as a result, students make little use of it when they enter the labour market. It would appear that the teaching resources employed do not target the specific health risks associated with a given occupation. To design and evaluate workshops aimed at developing preventive behaviour in the workplace among students in secretarial and landscaping programs. A systematic process was followed in the development of the workshops. The evaluation focused on three variables : 1) the satisfaction with the workshops, 2) the apprenticeship, and 3) preventive behaviour. The results of this study describe the process for designing the workshops and suggest a significant improvement in the three variables following the participation of the students in these workshops. The process for designing the workshops described in this article can be replicated in other vocational programs. The empirical bases are now known and can be used as references in the development of future studies.

Keywords

• preventive behaviour
• training
• young workers