Buy a cheap cat5 tester from maplins for a tenner and make up a cat5 adaptor for each end of the lead the scouts will be terminting.
Good one. Didn't realise they were that cheap these days....
Buy a cheap cat5 tester from maplins for a tenner and make up a cat5 adaptor for each end of the lead the scouts will be terminting.
I will.And consider the parents who are confronted with bleeding offspring and are less than pleased. Come with me and help me explain it to them, if you like.
No doubt though those are environments where the potential seriousness of injuries is in a different class to that for people in a scout hut with screwdrivers and sidecutters.Try that point of view on a site that insists on hand protection and see where you get
ban-all-sheds";p="2440631 said:wrapping them in cotton wool does an even bigger harm.
Rubbish, that's where we'll have to disagree.
I have absolutely no desire to wrap them in cotton wool. If that were the case, I would not be working with the scouts in the first place...I just want to get them to wear gloves, if that's deemed appropriate after the RA.
I grew up in an age when these things did not matter. At work, H&S was not so stringent.
Heck, I remember when I worked in the food industry we used to go to the pub at lunch. As long as you could stand up on your return, the boss wasn't bothered.
But now... times change. And attitudes too.
Some think there is a huge issue with "compensation culture" and an attitude of "it's everybody's fault but mine" and personally I feel this is very wrong, but a lot of what we do today, both individuals and companies including voluntary organisations, is covering their backs.
However, my own personal take on PPE, having seen its merits first hand (forgive the pun) is that it is a lifesaver and well worth using.
Covering themselves against claims from people who never learnt the basic principles of thinking for themselves and doing their own risk assessments based on their experiences.Some think there is a huge issue with "compensation culture" and an attitude of "it's everybody's fault but mine" and personally I feel this is very wrong, but a lot of what we do today, both individuals and companies including voluntary organisations, is covering their backs.
So what PPE do you wear when wiring a plug?However, my own personal take on PPE, having seen its merits first hand (forgive the pun) is that it is a lifesaver and well worth using.
Do that.Ban: Like I said, you have to do RA's these days & I may have to provide gloves. Not sure yet.
And as part of it consider the risks that arise from always protecting people from minor harm. We aren't talking circular saws here, or Japanese wood chisels, and giving them gloves will not teach them to be careful it will teach them that they won't get hurt by hand-tools.
So what PPE do you wear when wiring a plug?
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