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We have all been there. We are about to deliver a training class or we
are in the middle of the class and something goes wrong. The following
list shows 60 worstcase scenarios . Have you experienced any of these
situations? How did you handle it? Do you have any advice to share with
others? If so, please share them in the comment section and I will add
them to this document.
If you comment I will make sure you get the final project with
suggestions for handling each situation.
Worst-Case Safety
Training Scenarios
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Worst-Case Safety
Training Scenarios
1 You freeze or your mind goes blank during the training class
2 You get sidetracked with unrelated information
3 Your lose your notes or your slides are missing
4 You are forced to start the session later than planned and you don't have enough time to
cover all of the material
5 All of your trainees arrived late to class
6 You realize the wrong people are in your audience for the material you have prepared
7 You don't know the answer to a question
8 You have a cold or sore throat and have lost your voice
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9 You feel like you are going to throw up
10 You need to urgently go to the bathroom
11 Someone in your class becomes seriously ill
12 The whole group of trainees is hung over
13 Trainees don't care about the topic and leave
14 The trainees don't want to be there
15 The trainees are so excited about a recent event that they get out of control and you
can't get them back on topic
16 There are hostile people in your audience
17 There are hecklers and critics in the training class
18 Trainees start a fight with one another in the middle of your presentation
19 You hear sexist or racist or other offending remarks during your presentation
20 You don't want to answer a question from a trainee that's too personal
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21 Your training class doesn't speak the same language that you do
22 You need to present to a group with a different culture than what you're used to
23 You see trainees cheating on the test or quiz
24 A trainee is leaning back and falls out of his or her chair
25 You do something or say something to embarrass yourself
26 Trainees call you out for using incorrect information
27 You have to deliver a training class to only one or two people
28 Trainees come really, really late to your training class and you need to catch them up
29 Trainees don't return after a break
30 A fire alarm goes off and everyone leaves the room immediately
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31 Your trainees know more than you do
32 You disagree with what your trainees are saying
33 The trainees are making you really, really angry and you don't know if you can hold
your temper
34 Trainees start to leave the room before class is finished
35 You ask for volunteers to help with an activity and everyone refuses
36 More than half of your class or all of your class is falling asleep
37 Someone is snoring really loudly
38 You have to use a microphone and it's making loud squeaky noises
39 The power goes out and you have to present in the dark
40 The room is too hot
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41 The training room is freezing cold
42 There are more people than the training room can seat and everyone is squished together
43 The projector will not work
44 You asked the class to read something and then realize that they cannot read
45 Your highlighters run out of ink when making a point on a flipchart
46 You don't have enough handouts for everyone
47 Your visual aid or demonstration fails miserably
48 Someone insists on taking pictures or video of you while talking
49 The trainees are suddenly paying attention to something else going in the room such as
maintenance or repair work
50 There are loud noises or loud intercom system distracting people during the training class
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51 Trainees' pagers or phones keep going off
52 A Trainee starts to get upset and physically aggressive with you
53 You notice mispelled words or incorrect information on slides or handouts
54 You've spilled food on the front of yourself right before the training class
55 You show a joke and it offends people
56 Delivering the training class and the supervisor comes in and removes trainees from
your session
57 There is bad smell in the room and trainees can't focus
58 You are the trainees smell smoke
59 Trainees are texting or otherwise busy on their smartphones and not paying attention
60 You are asked to deliver a training session in a cigarette smoke filled room
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Have you been in any of these situations?
If you can help others, send me your answers, along with the number of the questionyou are answering, and I will include it in the next version of this collection plus add itto the website list. If you would like me to credit you (and I hope you do) be sure toinclude your name with your response. Feel free to answer as many as you like. Allcontributions are welcome!
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