China Capacity Building Project—Occupational Health and Safety
Appendix 4—Training Goals and Agenda
Overall Goals
China Training
Our goal is to teach and practice the following concepts throughout the training
1) There are basic steps in learning more about any health and safety hazard, and "tools" that can help you do that: reviewing sources of information (like MSDSs, monitoring records, factsheets, training materials), interviewing workers and supervisors, using checklists to do walkaround inspections, looking at previous accidents and injuries, observing workers doing their job, and checking on legal regulations and guidelines.
2) Once you’ve gathered information, you need to know how to use this information to solve problems:
- How to prioritize different hazards.
- How to present information about a hazard to the right person (someone who can help make change happen) and how to be heard.
- Best approaches to eliminating or reducing a hazard (including "simple fixes")
3) Solving health and safety problems requires a "systems" or big picture approach including: management commitment, written programs, ongoing activities, support to speak up about problems, effective communication, worker participation and involvement at all levels.
4) Creating an effective health and safety committee (or problem-solving approach) includes:
- Learning how to communicate with each other about concerns.
- Coming up with a concrete plan that includes specifics: who is on the committee, when/how to hold meetings, how meetings are run, etc.
- Creating an environment that is safe and effective for everyone involved.
- Developing a model that matches local conditions (For example, in China – planning for different plants.)
5) Effective health and safety programs require active worker involvement in every step: investigating and controlling hazards, inspecting plants, peer training, speaking up about concerns, and problem-solving.
Agenda—Classroom A
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DAY 1: Instructor Leads: Betty/Dara
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Time
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Topic
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Instructors
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8:30 AM
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Introduction/Overview of Training
- Welcome
- Icebreaker Activity
- Goals of Training
- Creating Positive Learning Process
- Logistics: Translation, Breaks and Lunches, Transportation, Bathrooms
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Betty
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10:00
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Break
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10:15
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Learning About Chemicals: Part I
- Forms of Chemicals?
- How Chemicals Enter the Body
- How Chemicals Affect the Body
- Symptoms?
- Acute/Chronic
- Target Organs
- Effects of Chemical Mixtures
- Dose: What affects my Risk?
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Betty
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11:30
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Chemical Limits: Basic Introduction
- Measuring chemicals: Defining PEL and PPM
- How chemicals are measured (Monitoring)
- Using/understanding monitoring results: Simple activity
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Dara/Pak
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12:15
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Lunch
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1:15
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Learning More about Chemicals: Part II
- Labels
- Material Safety Data Sheets
- Chemical Safety Data Sheets
Tool: Chemical factsheets
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Betty
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2:15
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T-shirt Activity/Health Effects
- Identify health effects of specific chemical using M/CSDS-6 different chemicals
- Reportbacks: What you learned
- Summary: Prioritizing chemical hazards
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Betty
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3:30
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Break
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3:45
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Controlling Chemical Hazards (Total time: 2 Hours)?
- Introduction to Topic/Approach (10 minutes)
- Workshops (50 minutes each)?
- Workshop # 1: Engineering and Administrative Controls
- Workshop # 2: Personal Protective Equipment (Half mask respirators, dust masks, gloves)
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Dara
Betty/
Christine
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5:45
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Overview of Day 2
Evaluation: Two Circles
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Betty
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6:15
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End of Day
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DAY 2: Instructor Leads: Betty/Garrett
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Time
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Topic
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Instructors
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8:30 AM
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Questions/Review of Day 1
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Betty
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9:00
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Plant Inspection: Focus on Chemicals
- Small groups use simple chemical inspection checklist to do walkaround (45 minutes)
- Groups debrief; Share highlights with entire group (1 hour) Tool: Checklist
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Garrett
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10:45
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Break
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11:00
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Noise: Divide into 2 small groups; Do 2 workshops at same time
- What is it??
- How much is too much?
- Health Effects
- Monitoring: Sound Level Meters
- Controlling Noise
Tool: Measuring/Monitoring Results
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Barry Tang
Pak/Christine
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11:45
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Plant Inspection: Focus on Noise??
- Small groups use simple noise inspection checklist to do walkaround (45 minutes)
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Christine/Pak
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12:30
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Lunch
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1:30
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Plant Inspection: Focus on Noise (cont).?
- Groups debrief: Share highlights with entire group
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Christine/Pak
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2:30
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Stress/Ergonomics Workshops (Total: 2 1/2 hours)
Stress/Harassment (1 hour 15 min.)
- Defining Stress
- Physical Stressors (noise, ergonomics, standing, etc)
- Social Stressors (workload, sexual harassment, etc.)
- Stress and Health
- Preventing/Reducing Stress?
Tool: Interviewing
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Betty
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3:45
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Break
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4:00
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Ergonomics (1 hour 15 min.)
- What is ergonomics?
- Health Problems (Where does it hurt)
- Risk Factors
- Reducing Ergonomic hazards
Tool: Observation
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Pam
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5:15
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Overview of Day 3
Evaluation
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Betty
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5:45
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End of Day
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Optional: Early Evening Group social activity and/or Repro Workshop
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DAY 3: Instructors Leads: Betty/Garrett
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Time
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Topic
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Instructors
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8:30 AM
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Icebreaker Activity
Name Game
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Betty
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9:00
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Questions/Review of Day 2
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Betty
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9:30
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Occupational Health and Safety Laws in China
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Dr. ____
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10:45
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Break
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11:00
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Effective Communication
- Introduction
- Listening Skills: Practice/Pairs
- Defining the Problem: Practice/Small Group
- Speaking Up: Practice/Role Play and Brainstorm
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Apo
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12:30
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Lunch
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1:30
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Health and Safety Committees
Opening scenario- (Read aloud)
- Introduction: How Health and Safety Committees work
- Creating an effective committee
- Small Group Activity: Benefits and Challenges of Committees
- Summary
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Pam
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3:30
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Break
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3:45
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Other Safety Hazards (Slides/Discussion)
- Electrical
- Machine Guarding/Lock-out/Tag-out
- Heat
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Garrett
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4:30
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Plant Inspection: Ergonomics/Safety/Stress
(Groups look at all 3 hazards)
- Small groups use simple inspection checklist to do walkaround (45 minutes)
- Groups debrief; Share highlights with group (45 minutes)
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Dara/Christine
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6:00
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Overview of Day 4
Evaluation
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Betty
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6:30
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End of Day
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DAY 4: Instructor Leads: Betty/Dara in AM
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Time
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Topic
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Instructors
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8:30 AM
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- Introduction/Review of Overall Checklist/Walkaround Plan
- Demonstration: Risk Mapping
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Dara |
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9:30
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Plant Inspection (Each group takes 1 dept; evaluates noise/chemical 1 specific hazard (ergo, stress, elect, heat)
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Betty
All assist
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10:30
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Break
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10:45
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Each groups meets to debrief; prepare reportbacks (risk map and 1-2 hazards of most concern/ideas for controls
Tool: Presenting your H&S concern
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All assist
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11:30?
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Reportbacks
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Dara/Betty
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12:45
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Lunch
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Groups Come Together and Meet in Large Lunch Room after Lunch?
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1:45
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Small Group Action Planning? (Meet by plant; NGO’s meet as group)
Groups use worksheet to develop concrete plan for how their committee/problem-solving plan will work over next 3-6 months
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Betty/Dara
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3:30
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Break
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3:45
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Presentations from each group
Discussion/Feedback
Trainer facilitates and adds info/makes suggestions where appropriate
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Pam/Betty
(input from all)
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5:15
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Review/Questions/Next Steps
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Betty/Pam
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5:30
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Overall Training Evaluation
Evening Reception/Graduation
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Agenda—Classroom B
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DAY 1: Instructor Leads: Pam/Garrett
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Time
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Topic
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Instructors
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8:30 AM
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Introduction/Overview of Training
- Welcome
- Icebreaker Activity
- Goals of Training
- Creating Positive Learning Process
- Logistics: Translation, Breaks and Lunches, Transportation, Bathrooms
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Pam
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10:00
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Break
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10:15
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Learning About Chemicals: Part I
- Forms of Chemicals
- How Chemicals Enter the Body
- How Chemicals Affect the Body
- Symptoms
- Acute/Chronic
- Target Organs
- Effects of Chemical Mixtures
- Dose: What affects my Risk?
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Pam
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11:30
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Chemical Limits: Basic Introduction
- Measuring chemicals: Defining PEL and PPM
- How chemicals are measured (Monitoring)
- Using/understanding monitoring results: Simple activity
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Garrett
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12:15
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Lunch
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1:15
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Learning More about Chemicals: Part II
- Labels
- Material Safety Data Sheets
- Chemical Safety Data Sheets
Tool: Chemical factsheets
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Pam
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2:15
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T-shirt Activity/Health Effects
- Identify health effects of specific chemical using M/CSDS-6 different chemicals
- Reportbacks: What you learned
- Summary: Prioritizing chemical hazards
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Pam
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3:30
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Break
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3:45
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Controlling Chemical Hazards (Total time: 2 Hours)
- Introduction to Topic/Approach (10 minutes)
- Workshops (50 minutes each)
- Workshop # 1: Engineering and Administrative Controls
- Workshop # 2: Personal Protective Equipment (Half mask respirators, dust masks, gloves)
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Garrett
Pam/Pak
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5:45
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Overview of Day 2
Evaluation: Two Circles
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Pam
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6:15
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End of Day
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DAY 2: Instructor Leads : Pam/Dara
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Time
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Topic
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Instructors
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8:30 AM
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Questions/Review of Day 1
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Pam
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9:00
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Plant Inspection: Focus on Chemicals
- Small groups use simple chemical inspection checklist to do walkaround (45 minutes)
- Groups debrief; Share highlights with entire group (1 hour)
Tool: Checklist
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Dara
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10:45
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Break
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11:00
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Stress/Ergonomics Workshops (Total: 2 1/2 hours)
Stress/Harassment (1 hour 15 min.)
- Defining Stress
- Physical Stressors (noise, ergonomics, standing, etc.)
- Social Stressors (workload, sexual harassment, etc.)
- Stress and Health
- Preventing/Reducing Stress?
Tool: Interviewing
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Betty
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12:15
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Lunch
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1:15
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Ergonomics (1 hour 15 min.)
- What is ergonomics
- Health Problems (Where does it hurt)
- Risk Factors
- Reducing Ergonomic hazards
Tool: Observation
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Pam
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2:30
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Break
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2:45
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Noise: Divide into 2 small groups; Do 2 workshops at same time
- What is it?
- How much is too much?
- Health Effects
- Monitoring: Sound Level Meters
- Controlling Noise
Tool: Measuring/Monitoring Results
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Barry Tang Pak/Christine
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3:30
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Plant Inspection: Focus on Noise
- Small groups use simple noise inspection checklist to do walkaround (45 minutes)
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Christine/Pak
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4:15
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Plant Inspection: Focus on Noise ??
- Groups debrief: Share highlights with entire group
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Christine/Pak
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5:1
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Overview of Day 3
Evaluation
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Pam
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5:45
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End of Day
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Optional: Early Evening Group social activity/ Repro Workshop?
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DAY 3: Instructor Leads: Pam/Dara
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Time
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Topic
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Instructors
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8:30 AM
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Icebreaker Activity
Name Game
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Pam
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9:00
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Questions/Review of Day 2
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Pam
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9:30
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Effective Communication
- Introduction
- Listening Skills: Practice/Pairs
- Defining the Problem: Practice/Small Group
- Speaking Up: Practice/Role Play and Brainstorm
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Apo
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11:00
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Break
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11:15
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Occupational Health and Safety Laws in China
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Dr.___
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12:30
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Lunch
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1:30
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Other Safety Hazards (Slides/Discussion)
- Electrical
- Machine Guarding/Lock-out/Tag-out
- Heat
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Garrett
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2:15
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Plant Inspection: Ergonomics/Safety/Stress
(Groups look at all 3 hazards)
- Small groups use simple inspection checklist to do walkaround (45 minutes)
- Groups debrief; Share highlights with group (45 minutes)
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Dara/Christine
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3:45
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Break
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4:00
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Health and Safety Committees
Opening scenario- (Read aloud)
- Introduction: How Health and Safety Committees work
- Creating an effective committee
- Small Group Activity: Benefits and Challenges of Committees
- Summary
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Pam
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6:00
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Overview of Day 4
Evaluation
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Pam
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6:30
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End of Day
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DAY 4 Instructor Leads: Garrett/Pam in AM
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Time
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Topic
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Instructors
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8:30 AM
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- Introduction/Review of Overall Checklist/Walkaround Plan
- Demonstration: Risk Mapping
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Garrett
Pam
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9:30
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Plant Inspection (Each group takes 1 dept; evaluates noise/chemical 1 specific hazard (ergo, stress, elect, heat)
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All assist
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10:30?
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Break
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10:45
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Each group meets to debrief; prepare reportbacks (risk map and 1-2 hazards of most concern/ideas for controls
Tool: Presenting your H&S concern
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All assist
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11:30?
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Reportbacks
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Garrett/Pam
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12:45
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Lunch
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Groups Come Together and Meet in Large Lunch Room after Lunch
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1:45
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Small Group Action Planning
Meet by plant; NGOs meet as group
Groups use worksheet to develop concrete plan for how their committee/problem-solving plan will work over next 3-6 months
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Betty/ Dara
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3:30?
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Break
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3:45
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Presentations from each group
Discussion/Feedback
Trainer facilitates and adds info/makes suggestions where appropriate
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Pam/Betty
(input from all)
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5:15
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Review/Questions/Next Steps
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Betty/Pam
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5:45
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Overall Training Evaluation
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Evening Banquet/Graduation
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