Video: An Apprentice’s View Of Manufacturing Risks

An apprentice engineer explains how they are learning about both manufacturing and workplace risk.

Dec 5, 2016

In this video by the British Safety Council, Leila, an apprentice engineer, walks viewer through the manufacture of a JCB excavator, observing fabrication, painting and assembly processes and how risks of lifting, moving vehicles, welding, slips and trips, chemicals and working at height are controlled.

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