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Interview An Employee
Your Mission:
- Find a paid employee of any age (it may be a member of your family or a friend) who is willing to be interviewed about Occupational Health and Safety at their workplace.
- Ask the questions and write their answers in the space provided.
- Remember the information is personal, so do not reveal the name of the person interviewed or the workplace.
- You can use a separate sheet of paper if necessary.
Interview Questions
- Worker's age:_____ , Gender:_____ , Worker's occupation:_____
- Number of people in your workplace:
- Does your workplace have an occupational health and safety policy?
- yes, If yes, does the workplace follow it?
- no
- don't know
- Comment:
- Do you ever talk about occupational health and safety with your work mates?
- yes, If yes, what sort of things do you discuss?
- no
- Comment:
- Does your employer regularly act to solve the problem when a hazard or dangerous work is identified?
- Have you ever been given training on how to do your work safely?
- yes, If yes, do you carry out your work in the correct way?
- no
- Comment:
- Has WorkCover or a union been called to the workplace because of an occupational health and safety problem?
- yes, If yes, which one and what happened?
- no
- Comment:
- Have you ever been injured at your workplace?
- yes, If yes, what happened?
- no
- Comment:
| Activity Plan |
Date: |
| Subject: |
Topic: |
Length: |
| OHS |
Worker Interview |
2 periods |
| Activity Outcomes |
1. Students will demonstrate ability to analyse OHS Injury Data.
2. Students will demonstrate an understanding of what injuries young workers have.
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| Preparation |
- Photocopy of take home task for each student.
- Graph paper for groups (or access to graph making computer software).
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| Plan |
Steps/
Activities: |
Teacher Action |
Student Action |
Time |
1. Introduce activity
(This should be done in last 15 minutes of a lesson) |
Hand out interview sheets and explain task. |
Look at interview sheet, ask questions and think of person to interview. |
15 min |
2. Interview worker outside school
(Give students several days. Interview should only take 10 minutes) |
Follow up to see that interviews are done. |
Select and carry out interview recording the results on sheet provided. |
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3. Second Lesson
(Compile and describe results in groups then discuss as whole class) |
Organise three groups for small, medium and large business.
Supervise and assist groups with difficulties.
Collect graphs to photocopy for class. |
Groups compile primary data and create three graphs one for small, medium and large business.
In a paragraph groups should describe the results.
Discuss what these results are telling them. |
40 min |
Sample interview results for small business Workplaces with 0 - 20 people:
Note: For further information on workplace injury statistics contact WorkCover NSW
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