Breaking the Language Barrier: Making Safety Training Work for Everyone

Presenter: Jill Smith, Business Development Manager, Translation Excellence, Inc.

Translation Excellence supports companies in overcoming language and cultural barriers in the workplace. They partner with safety teams to make sure every worker — no matter what language they speak — clearly understands training, policies, and safety procedures, by translating all materials and bridging the language gap for your ESL employees, in their native language. Their goal is to ensure safety messages are not just delivered, but truly understood.

This session will focus on how language differences impact safety — especially during new-hire onboarding, onsite trainings, and virtual safety meetings. Jill will share real-world examples and practical tools like translated safety materials, and live interpreters that help improve understanding and reduce risk. Whether your team speaks English, Spanish, or another language, there are clear steps you can take to strengthen safety communication.

A Zoom link will be provided after registration for those who prefer a virtual option.