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A SURVEY OF PARK VIEW EDUCATION CENTRE STUDENTS WHO WORK IN PART TIME JOBS. PVEC STUDENT POPULATION…. 869 STUDENTS. 454 COMPLETED RESPONSES. 250 STUDENTS WORKING PART TIME. Miscellaneous work included… Office Call centre Nursing home Mover. “Agriculture” included landscaping, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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A SURVEY
OF
PARK VIEW EDUCATION CENTREPARK VIEW EDUCATION CENTRE
STUDENTS
WHO WORK IN PART TIME JOBS
PVECPVEC STUDENT POPULATION…
869 STUDENTS
250 STUDENTS WORKING PART TIME
454 COMPLETED RESPONSES
What Work are Students Doing?
24%11%
8%
9%
18%
5%
14%
1%1%
3%
2%
4%
Agriculture
Building Supplies
Grocery
Retail
Theatre
Construction/manufacturing/ industryFast Food
Recreation
Misc.
Restaurant
Lumber mill
Fishing
retail
misc.
restaurant
recreation
fast food
cconstructionmovie theatre
grocery
lumber mill fishing
agriculture
building supplies
Miscellaneous work included…•Office•Call centre•Nursing home•Mover
“Agriculture” included landscaping, tree sheering and planting etc.
The survey…The survey…
Worker information-•What job•What training•What PPE
Write - in comments describing unsafe work situations
Multiple choice safety knowledge ?’s
10 Questions…
Our findings…
5 Most Dangerous Jobs for Teens (NCL study, 2005)
•Agriculture •Construction, work at heights•Landscaping, lawns•Forklift / tractor drivers•Traveling youth crews
The context…
3 Categories from PVEC survey included in dangerous jobs list: agriculture, construction, building
supply (forklift, heights)
The context…
Training Provided For Various Jobs…
Red bar indicates NO training…
TOTAL
job specific
none
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
TOTAL whmisjob specificnone food handlersfirst aidforkliftladder/heightOHS
Agriculture
TOTAL
whmisjob specificnonefood handlersfirst aidforkliftladder/heightOHS
Building Supplies
TOTAL
job specific
none
first aid
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
total whmisjob specificnone food handlersfirst aidforkliftladder/heightOHS
Construction/ Manufacturing/ Industry
total
whmisjob specificnonefood handlersfirst aidforkliftladder/heightOHS
TOTAL
whmis
job specific
none
ladder/height
OHS
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
TOTAL whmisjob specificnone food handlersfirst aidforkliftladder/heightOHS
RetailTOTAL
whmisjob specificnonefood handlersfirst aidforkliftladder/heightOHS
TOTAL
whmis
job specific
none
food handlers
0
5
10
15
20
25
TOTAL whmisjob specificnone food handlersfirst aidforkliftladder/heightOHS
TOTAL
whmisjob specificnonefood handlersfirst aidforkliftladder/heightOHS
Grocery
TOTAL whmis
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
TOTAL whmisjob specificnone food handlersfirst aidforkliftladder/heightOHS
Theatre
TOTAL
whmisjob specificnonefood handlersfirst aidforkliftladder/heightOHS
TOTAL
whmis
job specific
none
first aid
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
total whmisjob specificnone food handlersfirst aidforkliftladder/heightOHS
Recreation
total
whmisjob specificnonefood handlersfirst aidforkliftladder/heightOHS
TOTAL
whmis
job specific
nonefood handlers
ladder/height
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
TOTAL whmisjob specificnone food handlersfirst aidforkliftladder/heightOHS
Fast Food
TOTAL
whmisjob specificnonefood handlersfirst aidforkliftladder/heightOHS
TOTAL
JOB SPECIFIC
NONE
FOOD HANDLERS
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
TOTAL whmis job specificnone food handlersfirst aid forklift ladder/heightOHS
TOTAL
whmis
job specific
none
food handlers
first aid
forklift
ladder/height
OHS
Restaurant
Rights awareness - very limited understanding
Training that is available is not always tracked
Most students don’t know what they don’t know
What we’ve learned…
High percentage of students working in “dangerous” sectors with NO training
WHMIS most common safety instruction
Write in comments about unsafe conditions…Q. Was there ever a time when you felt unsafe at work? Explain..
“All the time. I work alone and we’re not trained
for an emergency / robbery.”
Fast food worker
“Only when working on a steep slant.”
Mover
“Propane leak - no one told us what to do.”
Prep cook - restaurant
“I was working in Electronics and
2 laptops were stolen
and a really sketchy man
kept hanging around”
Retail
“Someone came to replace the helium tank
and nobody told us
whether that was safe and what
we were supposed to do.”
Retail
“Stock boxes were piled too high
in the back and I was afraid
they were going to fall.
Eventually somebody moved them.”
Retail
“Yes. We sometimes get some
rowdy drunks.”
Fast food
“Yes, lifting the deep fryer or
going across the room - slippery floors!”
Fast food
“Yes, I burned my hand and
had to be rushed to the hospital.”
Fast food
“Yes. When I was carrying
heavy objects
down the stairs and fell.”
Restaurant
“Yes an old guy wouldn’t leave the department -
it was really creepy.”
Retail
“I was threatened while working at [Christmas tree yard].”
Agriculture
What we’re doing at PVEC…
School -wide campaign
to see that every student receives
Passport to Safety
PVEC administration will
make this or an equivalent resource
a mandatory part of a
compulsory Grade 10 course
(Communications Technology)
in subsequent years
Convene a forum of local employers - for input and
to make suggestions
Lobby employers to give preferred hiring status to students with Passport to Safety training or
equivalent when hiring
Future plans at PVEC…
Findings from student “focus group”
The Employers…
1 major grocery chain1 theatre chain2 fast food restaurant2 gas stations1 manufacturing facility (airplane parts)1 major department store1 small bakery1 large drugstore chain1 restaurant1 small clothing retailer
Productivity and Safety…(not always a good match)
Speed and crowded workspace identifiedas problematic
Workplace design and safety
Several recognized workspace design asproblematic
(stairs, high shelves, crowded work area)
Student observations about employer motivation to provide training
Customer safety focus or commonperception of industry as dangerous =
more overall safety focus
Fire Safety
Only gas station and theatre workers could identify fire procedures
Training provided
• Major grocery chain Food Handler’s, job specific• Theatre chain - job specific, WHMIS - full day• Fast food restaurant - some job specific, WHMIS video (student 1) student 2 - job specific• Manufacturing facility (airplane parts) - full day, Job specific• Gas station - (student 1) WHMIS, first aid, propane handling, safe drop cash (student 2 - very basic job specific
Training provided, cont.
• Major department store - WHMIS, some job specific• Small bakery - informal job specific• Large drugstore chain -some job specific after student began working• Restaurant - Food Handler’s, some job specific • Small clothing retailer - none
Hazard Identification and Training
Most students could identifymajor hazards but felt
insufficiently trained to deal with these hazards
(or aspects of these hazards)
Rights and Procedures
None could identify rights; one knew where to report to re: safety concerns
Use of PPE
All who used it believed it was “recommended”but not required
Worker Satisfaction and Safety
No apparent correlation betweenamount of safety training and
perception of safe work environment
Observations, Recommendations, Conclusions
• Students should document safety information while speaking with employer if this is not provided in writing by employer
• Employers should be encouraged to provide written information whenever possible
• Students do not see “job specific” training as safety training - safety training should be isolated from other training or CLEARLY brought to young worker’s attention
• Students view safety as “common sense” - some view training as patronizing
• Looking at legal frameworks early in training may make students more receptive to other safety messages (OHS)
Observations, cont.
• Establishing HABITUAL safety practices will help protect young workers
• CLEARLY explain to students how distractions such as productivity demands affect safety
Observations, cont.
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