Safety at Work has become an increasingly important priority for Australian organisations. The Safe at Work website reminds us that “every worker has a right to work in a safe environment and expect to come home from work in the same state of health as they left”. Monash University is an example of an employer who genuinely cares for their workers, with the OH&S department dedicated to providing a safe workplace and training for 80,000 staff. Preface Films is very proud to partner the OH&S department as they’ve transitioned from PowerPoint based training to providing learners with content […]

We are extremely excited and proud to share that we have been awarded the WINNERS in two categories and are FINALISTS in another.   Working with the Monash OH&S team, our entry for the ‘Staff Induction’ video took out the honour of 1st place in the INDUCTION category. Similarly, our video that shared the experiences of the Australian Clinical Labs staff at Broken Hill, was awarded the Winner of the WEB (under 10mins) category. It’s a privilege to be working with some amazing teams in these corporate organisations and we look forward to producing more high calibre work with them […]

Everybody knows that staff training is important for any business.  Right?   After all, if you don’t train new staff successfully then they won’t be effective, they won’t be engaged and may feel overwhelmed. The question is how do you train and educate new and existing staff in a fun, memorable and cost effective way. The answer for many businesses is video. Video has the advantage of training and educating the viewer, while also engaging them. This means your staff will retain more information and will be effective sooner. Here are the reasons why videos are ideal for training and […]

Monash University’s OH&S department approached us back in 2014 to discuss creating videos that would help elevate the training modules, and create a vibrant experience for their learners. Traditional computer based learning focused on questions, written storylines, some animation and a series of questions to test knowledge. The Monash OH&S team wanted to become innovative in their approach and add video content that would be stimulating for their audience. For this project, our team liaised with the OH&S project consultant and created the story, “A Day In The Life Of”. Incorporating the current training module materials, we worked in conjunction […]