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1. The technological process
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3.2.
Hygiene and safety rules
If a saw can cut through wood so easily, imagine what it could do to your fingers.
Even a small tool can cause serious injuries.
There are a lot of tools in the classroom workshop that can hurt you if you don’t
use them properly. Don’t be afraid, but be careful and pay close attention to what
you’re doing.
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Hygiene
is the part of medicine that deals with staying healthy and preventing
illnesses. In the classroom workshop there are tools and machines that are
useful but also dangerous if we don’t use them correctly.
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Safety
is the prevention of and personal protection from risk when doing an
activity.
To prevent accidents in the classroom workshop, always follow your teacher’s
instructions. You also have to follow the rules in the following table.
HYGIENE IN THE
WORKPLACE
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Keep your hands clean
and dry.
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Inform your teacher
immediately of any injury
(cuts, burns, small pieces in
your eye, etc.).
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Clean and tidy up your
workbench while you work:
remove tools and put them
back in their place if you are
not using them.
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Every time you finish a task,
clean and tidy up your
wor k space and the
workshop.
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Too much noise can cause
aggressive behaviour, it
makes it hard to concentrate
and it’s annoying. Try to
work in silence.
Evaluate
7.
Work in groups. Each group writes one of the rules we’ve given
you here; then write a sentence explaining why you think the rule
is important. Put all the rules and explanations together on a class
poster.
Apply
8.
Cross out the actions that might be dangerous in the classroom
workshop: running, working, jumping, drawing, wearing your hair
down, pushing someone else as a joke, eating or drinking.
9.
Find out about your school’s evacuation plan. Make a poster in
English with the plan and the rules for your classroom workshop.
Understand
10.
Learn about the internal
organisation of the
workshop. Where are the
emergency exits? Where
is the safety equipment
(fire extinguishers, alarm
bell, goggles, gloves, etc.)?
Safety rules for tools
Safety rules for tasks
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You must know how to use every tool
and machine before starting to work
with them.
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Use the right tool for each job. Follow
the safety rules for each one.
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Before you use them, make sure the
tools are in good working order.
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Always have a specific task to do.
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Avoid
distractions
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and
pranks
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Even if you just give someone a small
fright, it can cause a serious accident
when a group is working with
machinery.
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To work, you have to be in good
physical and mental health (to have
eaten or slept enough, etc.).
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Learn how to use each tool before
you use it. Ask first, then use it.
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Use the right safety equipment if
necessary:
goggles
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, gloves (to
avoid cuts), etc.
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distraction
:
something that stops you
from concentrating
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prank
: a practical joke
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goggles
: glasses for protecting the eyes
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