EFFECT OF SAFETY TRAINING ON KNOWLEDGE OF WORKERS IN SELECTED INDIGENOUS OIL AND GAS COMPANIES IN PORT HARCOURT METROPOLIS
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This study investigated the effect of safety training on knowledge of workers in selected indigenous oil and gas companies in Port-Harcourt metropolitan. Quasi-experimental research design was adopted. The study population comprised of field workers in five selected indigenous oil and gas firms in Port-Harcourt. The sample size comprised of 137 workers from which 123 respondents completed the pre-test, training and post-test stages. The data collection was done using safety training manual and test-questions. The test question designed on “True or False: format was used to examine the knowledge of workers before and after the safety training. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach Alpha test. Data analysis was carried out with descriptive statistics and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) using SPSS version 26. The revealed that; overall knowledge of the workers on fire safety training, emergency first aid response training and electrical safety training increased from 48.55% to 99.12% before and after the safety training. Z-test revealed that there was positive and significant difference between the overall levels of knowledge before and after the safety training (mean difference = 44.57%, p-value = 0.000<0.05). ANOVA results also revealed that there was significant difference in effect of safety training on knowledge among the sampled companies (p-value = 0.047 < 0.05). It was concluded that the safety training improved the knowledge of workers in the sampled indigenous oil and gas companies.
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