USE OF DATA COLLECTION TERMINALS AS A TOOL FOR TRAINING AND TESTING KNOWLEDGE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY IN WAREHOUSE ENTERPRISES

Abstract

Purpose of the article is to justify and analyze the possibilities of using data collection terminals as a tool for training and testing knowledge of occupational safety at warehousing enterprises in order to improve the effectiveness of learning occupational safety requirements, the efficiency of monitoring staff knowledge, and reducing production risks.

Methodology. The methodological basis of the study is a set of general scientific and special research methods. In the course of the study, the method of analysis and synthesis was used to process regulatory and legal acts, scientific publications, and methodological materials in the field of occupational safety, as well as to generalize approaches to training and testing the knowledge of personnel at warehouse logistics enterprises. A systematic approach was used to consider the occupational safety training system as a component of the overall occupational safety management system of an enterprise and to determine the place of data collection terminals in this system. The comparative analysis method made it possible to compare traditional forms of training and testing of knowledge in occupational safety with digital approaches based on the use of portable data collection terminals. Empirical methods were used to assess the applied effectiveness of the proposed approach, in particular, observation of production processes at a warehouse enterprise, analysis of the results of training and testing of personnel knowledge, as well as generalization of practical experience in the use of data collection terminals in the daily work of employees. Modeling was used to develop an algorithm for training and testing knowledge of occupational safety, taking into account a risk-oriented approach and the specifics of warehouse logistics.

Results. The results of testing the proposed model at one of the logistics companies demonstrated its high efficiency in improving the level of occupational safety compliance and the speed of staff knowledge testing. The use of data collection terminals made it possible to integrate training and control functions directly into production processes, which helped to reduce the formal approach to training and increase employee responsibility for compliance with occupational safety requirements.

Scientific novelty is to justify the use of data collection terminals as a tool for training and testing the occupational safety knowledge of warehouse personnel, as well as to develop an approach to their integration into the occupational safety management system, taking into account a risk-based approach.

Practical significance. The results of the study lie in the possibility of using the proposed approach to the application of data collection terminals in the system of training and testing knowledge of occupational safety. The introduction of such an approach allows the integration of training and control functions directly into production processes without distracting employees from performing their main operations. The results of the study can be used by occupational safety services, managers of logistics companies, and human resources specialists to improve the organization of occupational safety training, as well as for operational testing of employees' knowledge with the results recorded in digital format. The practical implementation of data collection terminals contributes to improving the level of compliance with occupational safety requirements, timely informing personnel about potential hazards, and reducing production risks in warehouse logistics.