The digitisation of training, a historic opportunity for companies and the French economy
The expression of a unique know-how developed over decades by our Group, Apave is now the leading occupational health and safety training organisation and the 2nd largest private vocational training player in France. As a unique risk management player to have such a significant and recognised training activity, each year we train nearly 350,000 trainees in our 170 training centres, on our customers’ sites and now remotely.
We have a particular role to play in a growing and rapidly changing risk management market, disrupted by technological changes and ecological transition issues, which is constantly pushing us to accelerate our innovation momentum. This ambition is one of our top priorities for all our activities, of which training is an integral part.
Encourage upskilling,
save costs
By offering enhanced face-to-face, blended learning and 100% distance learning, we have put ourselves in a good position by digitising our training provision and supporting our customers in creating customised digital content. By mobilising our 2,200 trainers and integrating the best available technologies into our catalogue, our ambition is to meet the major challenges of vocational training and our customers’ specific requirements. Our aim is to provide our trainees with a differentiating experience to attain specific educational objectives, both during the training courses and in the way they are organised and followed up (digital pathway, instant assessments on smartphone, etc.).
Electrical accreditation, notice of ability to drive a forklift truck safely, fire training, workplace first-aider, actions and posture to combat musculoskeletal disorders, radiation protection, automated line management, prevention and safety, the wealth of our catalogue and the trends that we can see emerging, form a mirror of the new occupations and their transformation and a new safety culture that we are contributing to developing every day in organisations.
Among the innovative formats we are deploying, virtual reality is bringing huge benefits. It not only makes it possible to combine face-to-face and distance learning between trainers and learners, but also to offer professional role plays that are difficult to reproduce in real life (for reasons of safety, availability, cost of equipment, etc.), with different levels of difficulty. Learners can interact and reproduce behaviours in fictional environments, in an infinity of possible scenarios. The educational gains can be measured in real time. Learners make progress by carrying out the occupational techniques under the control of our trainers, while limiting costs and time spent (travel, monopolisation of equipment).
Combined with our unique “inspector-trainer” model and our local territorial coverage, the use of new technologies to enhance educational efficiency allows us to effectively support organisations as part of a logic that is both global and very local.
Safety is the foundation for all progress. Through this new training approach, we are proud to be contributing to the economy and performance of the companies of today and tomorrow.
* Centre Inffo/CSA barometer – February 2021.
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