One of the most exciting new programs we have launched with our co-founder SWIFT Learning is SAHARA (Safety And Health Awareness Risk Assessment). What started as a hazard risk app designed to educate youth about how to recognize hazards in the workplace has become a game changing technology that takes a novel and proactive approach to how we assess hazards on the job and in our daily lives.

You can register your students from the Teacher Dashboard in the SAHARA 4 Service Hospitality course and then have them download the app from the Google and Apple stores.

When your students log into the SAHARA app they are presented with a ‘Select Industry’ window. The first version we have released is for the service hospitality and tourism industry where most young people get their first jobs. Under the industry they select their work environment and then click on each hazard category and select the hazards.

SAHARA educates students about hazards they might not have considered or identified as a risk. If they notice a potential hazard not listed they can add a custom hazard. Then a personal wellness self-assessment is presented eliminating a third party evaluator.  Responses are confidential so they are more likely to provide honest responses.

Their hazards and personal wellness self-assessment are combined to calculate their Risk Level which is unique to SAHARA.  Their Risk Level is assessed as low, medium, or high and personalized recommendations are provided including mobile eLearning courses they can link to that directly relate to their job, selected hazards, and, most importantly, their mental health.