How to Increase Profits Through Landscaper Safety Training Courses

You can’t work if you’re recovering from an injury. Unsafe work can lead to rework, insurance liabilities, and a poor reputation among other contractors or even customers. Fortunately, safety training can help prevent accidents, keeping your budgets predictable and profitable.

Working hard is important, but working safely should be priority number one. Onboarding and on-the-job training systems can save your crews from hurting themselves and will save you money. When you lose an injured crew member, you risk pushing back project timelines and damaging team morale.

Safe work starts by establishing proper habits when working with landscaping tools and equipment. Demonstrate how to efficiently use equipment without using unsafe shortcuts. Accountability starts at the top, and you should go the extra mile by explaining how to use your tools safely.

The best educators know that there isn’t one way to learn, and having a diverse mix of training can set up every crew member for success.

Landscapers often learn through onthe-job training, but there are obstacles like availability, teaching ability, and training speed. To broaden your options and increase flexibility, leverage on demand video training to fill knowledge gaps and save your team time.

Developing a solid crew can create a collaborative and safe environment for every landscaping job. Morning huddles are a great time and place to introduce new organizational ideas or share safety and efficiency tips picked up on the job. Tailgate Talks are also 10–15-minute sessions with your crews to highlight and promote safe work moving forward.

Greenius, the leading on-demand video training platform for landscapers, has a library of Tailgate Talks you can download and adopt into your weekly routine. These safety checklists open important conversations that help maintain a strong culture of safety.

No matter the industry, training should never stop. Robust training processes can help you grow crew members into crew leaders. Even veteran crew leaders or foremen stand to benefit from additional leadership training or even skill refreshes.

Leverage

Manually building training programs can be challenging and time-consuming. Leverage an on-demand training platform, like Greenius, to streamline processes. Greenius houses online training courses built for landscapers in English and Spanish, making it easier to onboard, train new employees, and manage ongoing safety training.

NJLCA has partnered with Greenius and LMN to provide you with member discounts on both products. Check out pages 29 and 42 for more information.

To learn more, visit share.golmn.com/ NJLCA or schedule a meeting with a solutions expert. Greenius is an online training tool and Learning Management System (LMS) for Landscape workers for equipment operation. The company uses live-action videos, online exams, and an app-based Field Checklist. Greenius also incorporates an employee lifecycle tool with performance review capabilities.