Project

In Training Room 2 you are asked to demontrate the following skills to your teacher:

• use of portable fire extinguishers
• safe set-up and use of ladders

You will also be asked to create a safety reference sheet for each of the five hazard topics covered:

• fire safety
• electrical safety
• ladder safety
• confined-spaces safety
• chemical safety

Together, your five safety reference sheets will make up a Pocket Guide to Workplace Safety, which you will submit for assessment. You will be able to take your Pocket Guide with you to use at your work site. The kind of information to include in each reference sheet will be outlined for you in each section of the training room.

You can choose the format of your reference sheets and, ultimately, your Pocket Guidet. To decide which format to use, think about how you will use your Pocket Guide to Workplace Safety at work. For example, will you store your Pocket Guide on an iPod or cell phone, or will you carry a print-out to your worksite?

You might use a combination of text and pictures in a word-processed or presentation file, or you might create a graphic design or a video. Whatever format you choose, make sure your teacher is on board and that you include all necessary information and references.

Preparation

What Is Required?

To demonstrate your skill with ladders and fire extinguishers, you must have access to a materials work centre and to instruction from an individual with specialized training in work-site and/or work-station safety.You will need the supplies and/or software necessary to create your Pocket Guide.

 What Do I Need To Do?

In the training room you will be told when and how to demonstrate your skills to your teacher. You will also be given specific instructions on what must be included in your five safety reference sheets.

Keep the guiding questions for this training room in mind as you work:

• What are the workplace safety practices for each of these hazards: fire, electrical, ladder use, confined spaces, and chemicals?
• How do you, as a worker, put these practices into use?
• What information would be helpful to include in your Pocket Guide for future use on your job site?

How Do I Do It?

• Complete Training Room 2: Workplace Safety in Action.
• Collect and organize information on the five hazard topics covered in the training room. You will be given the requirements for each of your five safety reference sheets in the training room.
• Create your own safety reference sheet for each hazard topic using text and pictures to reveal your knowledge of the safety principles and practices that exist to keep you safe on the job site.
• Combine your five safety reference sheets into one file and name this file “Pocket Guide to Workplace Safety.” Make any changes recommended by your teacher.

 What Do I Already Know?

From Training Room 1, you know the three main types of controls used to reduce or elliminate risks associated with the main workplace hazards. You also know the five steps you can use to put safety principles into practice at the work site.