Can you tell me why I and my colleagues who carry out practical/electrical training for the JIB at Oxford College of Further Education have so much hassle when insisting trainees wear personal protective equipment (PPE) while in our training workshops?

We are constantly bombarded with: “Why do we have to wear safety hats, goggles, gloves, boots and overalls when nobody bothers on site?”

If you thumb through the pages of EMC you will see advert after advert showing operatives using PPE. So, why doesn’t the industry push its use, particularly with trainees? I am aware that it is wrong to generalize and that some companies do insist on PPE but the plain fact is that many don’t.

Source

Electrical and Mechanical Contractor

Postscript

Clive Sutton, Lecturer, Oxford College of FE