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Issue No. 141 | 21 June 2002 |
Bitter Pills
Interview: The Fels Guy Solidarity: Life or Death? Unions: Back to Basics International: Global Terror History: Sorry Business Technology: Future Active Satire: Executive Presents PowerPoint Eulogy at Mother�s Funeral Poetry: Santa Claus Was Coming to Oz Review: Dial 'M' For Minority Report
Fair Share: Link Executive Pay to Wages Abbott�s 'Rule of Law' Faces Court Challenge Royal Gaze Averted as Bosses Shut Down and Fined Molten Metal Sparks Safety Probe Consumer Boycotts Don't Break Law: Fels Korean Own Goal in World Focus STOP PRESS: Court Ticks Off on Service Fees Zero Tolerance on Casino Violence GIO Workers Challenge Bosses' Union Wages Nurses Reject Band-Aid Solution Saving Lives In Killer Productions McDonalds Vandal Becomes Global Hero Debate Rages Over Chinese Unions
The Soapbox The Locker Room Week in Review Bosswatch
Tom Bites Back Root Canal Therapy
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News Saving Lives In Killer Productions
IEU delegate Jay Greenway is the head of stage technics at Ravenswood School for Girls. Her students - ranging from years 9 to 11- are the people in black who make sure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes on stage productions.
Working in the most dangerous areas of the theatre, it is not unusual for students to find themselves propped 10 metres above the stage in the course of a production. Also charged with sound engineering, lighting and electrical wiring, they face a multitude of hazards.
That and the fact that there is not already a formally established safety training course for stage technicians led Greenway to take up the Safety First kit on a trial basis.
During her years on the job Greenway has sustained skull fractures, had fingers severed and almost lost an arm.
Often using her own injuries to show students that accidents happen to 'real people', Greenway says Safety First helps students realise accidents are a risk to everyone.
One of the kit's activities uses the experiences of Paralympians to help students connect the reality of everyday hazards. Students are told how Paralympians sustained their injuries and asked how the accidents could have been avoided.
The kit also teaches them that constant monitoring is required for risks to be adequately managed. Immediately after Greenway completes each topic in the training kit she asks for feedback from her students. So far the response has been enthusiastic and Jay has been pleased with the practical nature of the lessons.
Greenway says the Safety First kit is an invaluable tool for teaching student safety because it instills good habits and a working knowledge of occupational health and safety issues from an early age. For more information about the Safety First teacher training kit, visit LaborNET's YouthSafewebsite.
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