Marco Vetter - Got ability? The relevance of ability tests in Safety Assessments
12 Feb 2013
Got ability? The relevance of ability tests in Safety Assessments
Increasing safety is a crucial aim of companies and organizations. Human factors play a major role in achieving this goal because people are involved in all aspects of work. On average, about 90% of work accidents are at least partly caused by workers themselves. Investigations of work accidents demonstrated that not only personality factors, such as recklessness or defiance, but also a lack of relevant cognitive abilities strongly contribute to human failure. For instance, the degree of attention ability, reaction speed, eye-hand coordination or logical reasoning can influence the behavior in critical situations. It is therefore important to identify the relevant cognitive abilities for the specific job. Consequently there are two ways for an enterprise to enhance safety: to select or to train. In the selection process ability tests help to identify the best suited applicant for the job. Apart from recruiting the right people, accidents can also be avoided by training employees in the relevant abilities. As a result, assessing and improving cognitive abilities in personnel selection and development provides significant added value to a company’s safety strategy.
(Magdalena Vrajitoru, RBS Romania) We have been developed and run with HART Consulting several assessment and development centers during 2007 and 2008. These projects goals were:
Assessment of the managerial competencies for retail and corporate banking employees
Selection for career progression (promotion)
HART Consulting used different customized exercises, adapted to each profile of competencies. HART has conducted
(Roxana Tronaru, BRD - Groupe Societe Generale) We worked with the HART Consulting team in order to develop role-playing exercises – part of the AC for the BRD GSG. From the beginning, the consultants were very receptive to our needs, we built along the project structure and we communicated effictively throughout it.
In the follow-up sessions, experts from Hart have shown the ability to easily identify items that need improvement or
Ioana, Talent Attraction & Development, Manufacturing The certification session conducted by HART Consulting proved to be a real challenge. The fact that I had the opportunity to interpret the result of my own test changed my vision on the connection between human nature, leadership and performance. The open-ended conversations, the practical examples from the trainer’s own experience, and the active socializing with the other course
