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Safety starts with your mindset, which is why every morning each of our field crews fill out an individual FOCUS (Focus, Observe, Check, Use, Sign) form to help them identify and mitigate safety risks. One way to mitigate risks, as apprentice Trever Sleight shares, is to make sure you're using the right tool for the job. #nationalconstructionsafetyweek #ConstructionSafety #HuntElectric #SafetyWeek2024

Lockout-Tagout (LoTo) is one of the prominent topic I learnt from my internship supervisor at Wilmar International. It is an essential safety protocol that plays a critical role in the industrial sector, particularly in manufacturing, maintenance, and servicing. It is a system designed to ensure that dangerous machines such as hydraulic press, stamping, and conveyor chain are properly shut off and not started up again prior to the completion of maintenance or repair work. The procedure involves: - isolating the energy source of the equipment, - ‘locking’ it effectively in an off position - ‘tagging’ it with a warning label to inform others that the machine should not be operated. This process is crucial in safeguarding workers from the release of hazardous energy which could lead to severe injuries or fatalities. By having this active safety procedure, we can prevent the accidental activation of machinery while it is under service. However, the system is not without its drawbacks. The process can be time-consuming, requiring a thorough understanding and strict adherence to safety regulations. For instance, my team was legally permitted to perform a high temperature maintenance work involving SMAW welding in a refinery plant after lunch as the issue was ordered in the morning. Despite these challenges, the application of LoTo is widespread across various industries, proving to be an indispensable tool in the prevention of workplace accidents. Its adoption not only protects employees but also serves as a testament to an organization’s commitment to maintaining a safe working environment. The copyright issue of shared video is fully owned by original publisher. #maintenance #manufacturing #safetyishealthy #zeroLTI

✨ #MondayMeets - Orson, Apprentice Maintenance Operative. ✨ "My job at Dance & Dean is so varied. I really enjoy working with the maintenance and project teams. My favourite tasks are groundworks and brick work. Everyone is great and they all spend time training me" #maintenance #maintenanceandrepair #maintenanceexcellence #danceanddean #peoplemakethedifference #peopleandculture #buildingservices #projectmanagement #projectwork

ICBA’s Kerry Vital, Social Media Intern Danica, and Jordan Bateman (that's me!) visited ICBA member Bigfoot Crane Company Inc. last week and it may have been my favourite member visit Yeti. (Sorry for the dad joke…) Here are my 5 takeaways: 🦺 Bigfoot puts safety first. It’s their top priority and you see it all over their HQ. Training areas, simulators, VR – it’s all about educating workers to be safe. Crane, hoist and other heavy equipment training, basic construction site safety training, rigging training: they do it all – and they do it very well. 📝 Bigfoot trains up to 300 people every week, including BC Hydro workers. They have a dedicated classroom space, and the day before our visit, they had 10 young people there learning about being an Heavy Equipment Operator. 🏗️ With 46 staff, Bigfoot is growing in leaps and bounds. They sell cranes and accessories. They rent them. They service them. They set cranes up, they take them down. And they train thousands of people a year. 🚧 Their HEO simulator is amazing. I got to “work” an excavator and a tower crane. Patience (and hand-eye coordination) make a good operator. I’ll be sticking to my day job, but it was a lot of fun. 👣 Bigfoot is focusing on 5 key areas: leadership, culture, service, innovation and brand. Those aren’t just buzzwords – I can attest that every part of the operation I saw oozed these things. It was great to see. 👷 And a bonus point: Bigfoot changes lives. Their team told us about training crane operators who had to leave manual labour or other jobs for various reasons, and their lives could have gone in a number of negative directions. Instead, they learned to operate cranes, got their Red Seal, and make great money working hard in the industry they love. One last dad joke: Bigfoot saw me today. I bet no one believes them. 🤦 Keep up the amazing work Ralf and the whole Bigfoot team! Thanks for having us visit – we feel very fortunate to have you as part of ICBA and our local construction industry!

I have learned a lot while interning at TiGurr Repair, but my top 10 things i learned while interning there would be. 1.) This is a self-motivated job you have to have the drive and desire to do the job. 2.) This job involves more skills than just technician work. it involves customer service, problem solving skills, and project management skills. 3.) It's okay to ask for help when you don't know or understand something. 4.) sometimes it's good to get other mechanics points of views and opinions on something. 5.) it's important to do the job correctly, the customer depends on you for their vehicle to be safe for them to drive. 6.) work orders are important to take the time to fill out correctly. 7.) Your responsible for each and every vehicle you work on. 8.) a key hack would be to take a picture of something before taking it apart, so you know where something goes and how it supposed to look. 9.) having containers to keep track of things like bolts and nuts will help you not lose them. 10.) its ok to step away for a little bit to readjust and refocus so you can come back and figure out the problem.

Please refresh my memory as I may have this wrong. #1. Didn't ED DROTT build the Gantry until the late 70's & #2. Myron Glickman came up with the Inter-Model attachment device? I believe, (until the late 1970's) all M-Jack did was Purchase the Gantries from Ed Drott then, attach the Inter-Model devices and market them as a package? History lesson ( as an X-employee & how I remember it ) .. If memory serves me correctly ( and yes I'm old now ) in the late 1970's, when Drott became an acquired company by Case Corp, Mi-Jack offered to purchased the Gantry line from Case and was turned down only to be offered the Gantry line at a latter date when Case couldn't figure out what to do with it. By then, the DROTT design engineers had left Drott and started Marine Lifts. Side note: DROTT's Mobile crane designers left and started Shuttle Lift ( the clone yard-crane ) to the Go-Devil Is this "History" correct as remembered? . .

More future dispatchers are starting their careers with our new trainees. In order to offer them particularly practical training, our warehouse manager Patrick took the trainees on a tour of our warehouse and explained the different types of trucks.   In practice, it is important to know how many goods fit on which truck and what is easier to load on a truck with tarpaulins than on a box truck, for example.   🚚 Do you know how many pallets fit on a 40-tonne truck?   #loxx #logistics

I am pleased to share that I completed a three-month summer training program at SABIC as an Operations and Maintenance Engineer. During this valuable experience, I gained hands-on knowledge of operational processes, maintenance strategies, and safety protocols within a leading chemical manufacturing environment. As part of my training, I worked on a project focused on converting hoses to tubes or pipes over one and a half months. This initiative aimed to improve system efficiency and reliability by enhancing fluid transport mechanisms used in our processes. Key Learnings: • Operational Efficiency: Assisted in optimizing production processes and improving operational workflows. • Project Implementation: Conducted a needs assessment to identify inefficiencies, collaborated with engineers on design, and coordinated installation with minimal disruption to operations. • Maintenance Practices: Gained experience in preventive and corrective maintenance strategies to enhance equipment reliability. • Safety Standards: Familiarized myself with EHSS regulations and best practices to ensure a safe working environment. • Team Collaboration: Worked closely with cross-functional teams to solve operational challenges and implement improvements. This training and project experience has significantly enhanced my technical skills and understanding of the engineering field, preparing me for future challenges in operations and maintenance.

Mastering pole climbing is fundamental for apprentice linemen. It's an essential aspect of their job that allows them to access power lines and equipment for installation, maintenance, and repairs. This skill ensures that linemen can work efficiently and safely at elevated heights. #linelife #linemenapprecation #IMPA

My 3 NON-NEGOTIABLE PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) When walking in the production floor 🎩 Hard hat 👓 Safety glasses 👟 Steel toe Safety Shoes I take safety seriously. There’s nothing worth getting hurt for! It’s something I learned from my internship 📌 Did you know that hard hat shells need to be replaced after no more than two years of regular use or five years from the date of manufacture—whichever comes first? 📌 The manufacture date of all hard hats can be determined using the date code stamped the underside of the brim. The number in the middle of the circle is the year of manufacture, with the arrow pointing to the specific month. 📌 Before and after using your hard hat, inspect the shell and suspension for any cracks, breakage, discoloration or other damage as these can indicate reduced impact or penetration resistance. 👉🏼 What is/are your NON-NEGOTIABLE?