The Importance of Documenting Training and Exercises
In this 19th episode of our Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob has a chat from home about the importance of documenting your training and exercises.
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Thank you for your comment, Allan. We often call those lessons “lessons-to-be-learned”
We have recognised this challenge by Site Leaders
Review of the training conducted, the lessons learned and the actions to improve with an action closure plan and persons assigned to close out actions