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Why height safety matters

Pre-Technical Studies · Grade 9 · about 40 minutes

Appreciate safety on raised platforms: painters, mango pickers and mabati roofers go home when rules are kept. Locality visit is from the ground. Height is not a game.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Types of raised platforms
  2. Ladders: one out, four up
  3. Scaffolds, trestles and mobile platforms
  4. Rooftops, farm trees and staircases
  5. Risks: fall, slip, line and overload
  6. PPE and ways to minimise risks
  7. Role-play: painting a school wall
  8. Why height safety matters