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Supervisor’s Guide to Field Level Risk Assessment Part 2: Training OthersTime Objective Content Method Helps• Identify the hazards. Explain that we will usethe questions to identify the hazards in each jobstep. You may wish to read all of the questionsand then ask what hazards are linked with the jobsteps we identified or ask what hazards first. Thehazards that the group may identify are (You canjust read and discuss these from the overhead):• Working at elevation• Dust disturbance (eyes and breathing)• Electrical hazard• Breaking glass (bulb and fixture cover)• Other workers or traffic below• Eye / muscle strain from poor lightingLead a discussion to identify the hazardsin the case studyOverhead#13 Hazardsfor Replacing aFluorescentLampUse the MemoryJogger questions todo a Field LevelRisk Assessment.Note: Some hazards are there because of the natureof the job e.g. electrical hazard. Some are therebecause of the specific situation where this work isbeing done i.e. poorly lit and busy hallway. Theseconditions would not have been predicted in a job plan.Use this to emphasize the “day of the job” conditionsidentified in Field Level Risk Assessment.Am I physically and mentally prepared to do eachtask? Am I strong enough to do each of the tasksinvolved in this job? Do I know how to do them? Do Ihave the individual tasks that need to be done, and theway I’m going to do them, clear in my mind?What could go wrong? What could happen to upsetmy plan for the way I will do each individual task?Present and Discuss These Questions Overhead:#12 IdentifyHazardQuestionsPresent and Discuss These QuestionsConstruction Owners Association of Alberta 17