Mentors work with an applicant site to assure that its application is properly documented, well organized, and contains all the proper elements. The mentor may perform benchmarking on safety and health programs as requested. Small workshops have been slightly more effective than large ones. Efforts are made to match companies of similar size, but comfortable relationships have developed between programs of differing sizes. Mentees generally prefer to be matched with a company in a similar business and geographic area.
Hourly employees appear to be as involved in the mentoring program as management.
Graduates of the program now mentor other companies.