ABSTRACT
This study aims to evaluate and compare the effect of two training methods on workers’ risk perception, when applied in metalworking small firms: an active method, with group discussion, and an expository method, with formal exposure. A sample of 212 workers was divided into three groups: two intervention groups and one group without intervention. A questionnaire was developed and applied before and one month after the training sessions to assess the following dimensions: Perceived susceptibility, Perceived severity, Perceived barriers and Perceived benefits. The results indicate that the training had a positive, but limited, impact on workers’ risk perception. Significant differences between both moments were found on Perceived susceptibility in the group where the expository method was applied and in the group submitted to the intervention supported in the active method. No significant differences between both training methods after intervention were observed in this study.
