Task:
1 List 10 different types of visual communication used in the construction industry.
2. List five points that must be considered when using two-way radio communication.
3. List four major items of PPE that are often mandatory on a construction worksite.
4. Besides providing individual protection for the wearer, how does the use of PPE by one worker benefit other workers?
5 How would you go about communicating with another worker who has a severe hearing disability?
6 Explain how you would demonstrate to other workers that you have a strong work ethic, without actually telling them.
7 How would you let someone in a noisy work environment know they are doing a good job? Assume you and the other worker are wearing hearing protection and that you can’t leave the work area
8 A worker accuses you of ridiculing them after you attempt to help them complete a task because you believed they needed assistance. How would you remedy this situation?
9 What would you do in the future to prevent such a misunderstanding?
10 You have made a mistake and pull down work that you have just completed after working on that job for 4 hours.
Select one of the three options below and explain why you have selected it.
a Tell your supervisor immediately. ☐
b Not tell your supervisor and instead immediately start to make good the defective work. ☐
c Pull the work down and start another job.
