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Text on screen: Construction Top Tips
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Text on screen: Tip #01 safe work method statements
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When it comes to safe work method statements,
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all employees should be involved in the development of it.
Text on screen: Brian Chamberlain, Construction Industry Education Officer, WorkSafe Victoria
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I think from a -
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from an employer's point of view, it's pretty vital that they do get the employees involved within it,
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because it then gives employees ownership of what is taking place
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they then understand the full control measures,
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they are consulted, obviously properly, and they also to then, know
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what needs to be implemented and how it is to be implemented as well.
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Employees should also be inducted in safe work method statements -
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especially in construction.
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That induction process means that they then understand exactly what is to be implemented,
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how it's implemented and what the control measures are there to do.
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One of the things we find, especially in construction, is the old,
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what we would say, 'tick and flick'.
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So the generic safe work method statement where it may be a young worker,
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or an apprentice or an employee who just signs, and off they go.
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When they don't read that safe work method statement,
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the controls that should be in place, may not be in place,
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which, ultimately could end up costing them their life
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or causing a serious injury.
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