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Brandon Sayre, president of ACC Party
" FINDING THE
HAPPY MEDIUM
IN THE BALANCE
OF SAFETY AND
EFFICIENCY IS THE
KEY TO SUCCESS. "
KYLE RICHARDSON
L&A TENT RENTALS
Rental Inc. in Hilliard, Ohio, says that
safety training for his company starts even
before the onboarding process. During
the interview process, they talk with each
applicant about safety. " We feel this does
a great job at starting the conversation
and showing each new hire how much
we value safety, " Sayre says. " During the
onboarding, every new process and skill
taught also contains a safety component. "
This is the first year ACC Party Rental
has had a specific employee partially
dedicated to training and safety. This
employee reviews the company's safety
procedures and makes sure everyone is
as safe as possible. From there, ACC Party
Rental's safety training is modified for
current and new employees. " Even with
this new employee role, safety is a team
effort, " Sayre says. " It takes our whole
team to keep each other accountable. "
According to Kevin Vasquez, chief
From safety vests to protective
helmets to having the proper
number of team members on site,
safety should be at the forefront
of every project. Photo courtesy of
L&A Tent Rentals.
technology officer at Made in the Shade
Tent Rentals (MITS) in West Sacramento,
Calif., when it comes to new-hire
onboarding, his company has started
putting employees through the industry's
Foundations of Safe Tenting course (found
at: tent.textiles.org/FST) and having them
pass that course to continue employment.
" Before that, we would usually pick
a certain style tent and have the new/
recent hire set it up with a lead and
have the lead explain the install and
takedown process, " Vasquez says. " This
still takes place, just after a couple of
onboarding trainings. "
MITS also hired a contracted safety
consultant to keep the company upto-date
with compliance and provide a
curriculum and topics that leadership
discusses with crews monthly and
weekly. " This has not always been the
case; we have been audited in the past
and had to come up with our safety
culture on our own, " Vasquez says. " We
made good progress, but it wasn't until
we brought a professional into our
setting that we made big strides. "
UNIQUE CHALLENGES
Due to the seasonal nature of the
tent rental industry, there is a lot of
turnover with new hires frequently
coming onboard. As such, handling
the safety component of new-hire
onboarding is paramount.
Richardson typically only brings on up
to three new hires a year, as his companies
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