I’ve spent the last year saying a lot of things out loud that this trade usually keeps quiet. Calling out gaps. Calling out theater. Calling out the difference between “we trained them” and “we prepared them.” Now I want to turn the floor over to the people who live in the arena. Not corporate checklists. Not polished slide decks. Not whatever topic happens to look good on a quarterly report. I want to hear from you. What areas of training do we need to be talking about that we’re not? Where are new hands getting shorted? Where are seasoned hands being expected to “just know” without anyone actually teaching it anymore? Is it job briefings that have turned into a box-check? Is it EPZ and approach distances getting watered down? Is it storm work realities versus what the policy says? Is it switching. Grounding. Rubber use. Crane safety. Leadership. Decision-making under pressure. Speaking up when something doesn’t feel right. Or the quiet skills that keep people alive long after the class ends? Be honest. Be specific. Be uncomfortable if you need to be. This page isn’t here to protect egos. It isn’t here to make anyone look good. And it damn sure isn’t here to repeat the same recycled content we’ve all sat through a hundred times. If we’re going to talk about training, let’s talk about what actually matters…What’s failing people in the field…What keeps showing up in close calls, near misses, and funerals. Drop it in the comments. One topic or ten. Technical. Cultural. Leadership. Personal. If it’s real, it belongs in the conversation. Better never rests…and silence has cost this trade enough already. ~Kevin