Using Relevant Technologies

Using Relevant Technologies

Basic Competency

01 Occupational health and safety

Occupational health and safety

An area concerned with the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The goals of occupational safety and health programs include to foster a safe and healthy work environment. OHS may also protect co-workers, family members, employers, customers, and many others who might be affected by the workplace environment.

Safety Regulations:

• National Electrical Safety Code

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8749 - PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6541 - AN ACT TO ORDAIN AND INSTITUTE A NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

• Waste management

Fire Safety Code

A model code adopted by the state or local jurisdiction and enforced by fire prevention officers within municipal fire departments. It is a set of rules prescribing minimum requirements to prevent fire and explosion hazards arising from storage, handling, or use of dangerous materials, or from other specific hazardous conditions. It complements the building code.

Health and safety is important at work

How you can be safer at work?

Things your employer must provide

When starting a new job

Things you must do

Hazard management

Hazard (the problem)

• Any situation with the potential to cause injury or illness

Risk (how bad is it?)

• How likely is it that the hazard will cause injury or illness?

Controls (the solution)

• The aim is to eliminate or minimise the risk of injury
• Controlling the risks at the source is much more effective in preventing injury and illness
• Prioritise which hazards are the most dangerous and will therefore need to be controlled first

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" Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time"

Victor Hugo

5S

5S is the Japanese technique of good housekeeping and workplace organization. It is a systematized approach to organize work areas, keep rules and standards, and maintain the discipline needed to do a good job.

Seiri (Sort)

Seiton (Set in Order)

• Label items and their locations systematically.
• Store goods for first-in-first-out retrieval.

• Put frequently used items nearer to the user.
• Make things visible to reduce searching time,

Separate the unnecessary items from the necessary items within your work area, cubicles, tables, and drawers

Seiso (Shine)

Seiketsu (Standardize)

• Allot three (3) to five (5) minutes cleaning daily of work area before work starts and after you leave your work place.
• Assign owner to each machine. Person using the machine is responsible for to clean it.
• Prevent causes of dust and dirt by daily cleaning your work area.

• Use of visual control signs.
• Use of color coding.
• Use of fool proofing (pokayoke).
• Use of responsibility labels.
• Use of inspection marks.
• Use of maintenance labels.
• Use of one-point lessons.

Shitsuke (Sustain)

• Keep everything you did part of your daily routine. Make the 5S habit your habit.

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Is it a third class workplace? Everybody throws things around and there is nobody to clean up the places Is it a second class workplace? People throw things around but there are cleaners who tidy up the place. It is a first class workplace? Nobody throws things around because everyone is disciplined.

5S Implementation

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