Safety day with Dramanon

At Rock, we credit much of our success to our excellent reputation with regard to Health and Safety. Rock’s business ethos is one that seeks to continually develop a holistic attitude towards Health and Safety, rather than simply an understanding. There are many ways to help promote such a mindset. One of the more entertaining involved our recent “safety day” in collaboration with the company Dramanon.

Dramanon was established in the 1990s and is a leading provider of drama-based training in the UK. As well as those like ourselves in the construction industry, Dramanon’s clients include law firms, retailers, pharmaceutical companies, Police and Fire services, Councils and NHS Trusts. Activities range from role-play, forum theatre, assessment, evaluation and consultation through to DVD production alongside conventional training models.

For many of us at Rock, experience in drama has gone little further than milling about on stage years ago as an extra in a school production. So it was perhaps with some trepidation that we found ourselves preparing for a day with Dramanon. But there was absolutely no need to worry. The team at Dramanon quickly put us all at ease before engaging us in their excellent course in Health and Safety Management. This is an area in which they have much experience, as they have participated in nationwide events for the Health and Safety Executive on the dangers of exposure to workplace Noise and Vibration.

In all, our designated Safety Day with Dramanon proved stimulating, enlightening and a great deal of fun. Though we all got fully into the spirit of the event, it’s unlikely that our skills as thespians will ever see us giving up waterproofing and renewable technology in exchange for a life treading the boards. Sir Anthony Hopkins and Dame Judi Dench can sleep peacefully!