Concrete rote learning is limited to storing a pair of features and using them throughout the activity. The person may store a pair of features in their memory after following a demonstration of how to correct an error. This is apt to be a slight modification in a habitual sequence.
Memory is often better for older events than recent ones. Good declarative memories for names, dates, geography, politics and historical events may be used, but the scope of what is remembered may be shallow.
For the commercially available safety cards where photographs represent various safety hazards, they are apt to recognize the problems and state the stereotyped answer. Safety cards and simulations use stored memories. Real life uses working memory and safety recognition and response seems to be worse in real-life.