The Master Painter Australia - April 2016 Vol. 1 | Page 11

A STROKE
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Workers
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ment to keep them safe

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likely to recognise and be able to cope with potential hazards. This
requires knowledge, skills and experience only gained by time on the
job. On a building site, this inexperience and lack of awareness can
increase the chances of being injured or causing an injury.
So while it might be costly and time-consuming to provide extra
training to bring younger workers fully up to speed on potential
hazards and safe working practices, it is a smart investment as well
as a legal requirement. A training checklist for young workers could
look like this:
• Give clear instructions about a job or task and safety precautions
to take.
• Ask them to repeat your instructions back to you to make sure
they understand.
• Encourage them to ask you questions about the task.
• Show how to perform a task and get them to demonstrate and
repeat it until they have it correct.
• Provide written instructions on their job and tasks, and stress the
importance of learning these and referring to them as often as
required.
• Explain and demonstrate equipment and machinery safety
features and make sure they understand how these work. Also
show them the personal protective equipment required to do tasks
safely, where to find it, and how to use it properly.
• Ask if they have any questions and make sure you or a supervisor
monitors the worker’s progress and performance, especially in
their first few weeks, and repeat training where necessary.Before
entering a construction site, all young workers must complete
external General Construction Induction Training (GCIT) and hold a
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