Activity Sheets for Group Work in the CEE Sub-Regional Seminars 

  

Using a Questionnaire Survey

AIMS:

  •  to help you implement an oshe survey at the local level

  •  to analyse the steps and possible obstacles

  •  to identify what to do with the results of the survey.

Divide into small groups. In your groups, discuss and complete an action plan on how to use a questionnaire survey to identify OSHE issues at the workplace. Identify a person to write down the group's ideas and identify a spokesperson to report on the group's conclusions to the plenary.

TASK:

Use the following questions to help organise your action plan:

  1. What is the aim of your questionnaire?

  2. How will you distribute it?

  3. To whom will you distribute it; to how many people?

  4. How will you collect it back?

  5. Will you use interviews? Why or why not?

  6. What are your immediate goals with this initiative?

  7. What are your long-term goals with this initiative?

  8. What are the first steps you plan to take towards achieving your goals?

  9. What will be the time-frame for your initiative?

  10. What will you do with the results of your survey?

  11. What resources will you need for your plans? Can the union provide these: - in terms of people?

    • in terms of financial resources?

  12. Who, or what organisations, might help you?

  13. Describe the network for communicating:

    • with the members of your union

    • with other union officials, including the leadership

  14. What barriers might you face in carrying out the survey:

    • from employers?

    • from government authorities?

    • from the union (members and leadership)?

  15. What can you do to involve union members in your plan or to convince the union leadership to support you?

  16. What do you feel are your chances for success?

 

 

 

Identifying Priority Issues Concerning Occupational Safety and Health and the Environment

AIMS:

  • to help you identify different issues concerning osh/env

  • to help you think about your members= concerns locally

  • to help you think about priorities for the union

TASK:

  • Organise yourselves into small groups. Each group will focus on a different area:

    • Group 1 - Safety

    • Group 2 - Health

    • Group 3 - Work organisation

    • Group 4 - Environment

  • In your small groups:

  • Consider the preliminary results from the ILO-CEET survey. Using this as a guide, offer a list of concerns on your group=s areas that you think affect your members and your union.

  • (Remember that there are no right or wrong answers. Some of the conclusions from the survey may not be relevant to your local or national situation - you will think of other issues that are.)

  • Elect a person to write down the group=s ideas as they are proposed

  • Put some kind of priority on these issues

  • Elect a spokesperson to report on the group=s conclusions to the plenary

 

 

Formulation of a Trade Union Policy on Priority Issues

AIMS:

  • to help you develop a union policy on identified occupational safety and health and environmental issues

  • to help you think about what action is needed to realistically carry out the policy

TASK:

  • Look at the priority issues identified in the previous session.

  • For each of the issues think about a trade union approach to help improve the situation. For example, consider: what action needs to be taken by your union how and when the proposed actions should be carried out.
    (Remember to be as realistic as possible and, keeping in mind the union’s capacities and limited resources, avoid ideas that have no chance of being implemented.)

  • Elect a spokesperson to report to the plenary on the group’s conclusions.

  • You may find the following table useful to help you organise your ideas and report back to the plenary.

Issue

What action to take

How to carry it out

When to carry it out
       
       

 

 

 

Planning a Strategy for Action

AIMS:

  • to think about how to implement an action plan at the local level on priority issues

  • to analyse the steps and possible obstacles in detail

TASK:

  • In your small groups, you should think about and complete an action plan. Now that you have identified some priority problems, choose one that you would like to tackle first, and analyse the problem:

    • what obstacles might you face when you try to make improvements in the situation?

    • what other organisations could you approach for help?

    • what can you do to involve union members in your plan or to convince the union leadership to support you?

  • Use the following questions to help organise your action plan:

    • Priority problem?

    • Background of the case?

    • What are your immediate goals?

    • What are your long-term goals?

    • What are the first steps you plan to take towards achieving your goals?

    • On what sort of time-scale will you base your activities?

    • What resources will you need for your plans? Can the union provide these in terms of people? in terms of financial resources?

    • Who, or what organisations, might help you?

    • What information do you have access to?

  •   Describe the network for communicating:

    • with the workers of your union

    • with union officials, including the leadership:

  • What barriers might you face in carrying out your action plan:

    • with employers?

    • with the government authorities?

    • with the union (members and leadership)?

  • What do you feel are your chances for success?

 

 

Risk Mapping

AIMS:

  • to help you identify the primary occupational and environmental risks associated with your workplace
  • to create a graphic representation of potential hazards in the work environment.
  • to prioritise interventions using information from the risk map

TASK:

  • In your groups:
    • Choose a workplace that you know (this could be your own workplace or a typical workplace of an industry you are all familiar with).
    • Draw a floor plan of the layout of the workplace, including location of machines, equipment, storage areas, work stations, exits, etc.
    • Circle potential hazards where they exist, using the following colours:
      • Red: Physical/safety hazards such as noise, heat, cold, leaks, slippery floor, unguarded equipment, radiation, electrical, etc.
      • Blue: Chemical hazards such as dusts, vapours, fumes, gases and mists.
      • Yellow: Hazards related to physical exertion, or bad ergonomics, which can cause musculoskeletal injuries.
      • Green: Work-related environmental problems, such as water pollution, dusts, air emissions, over-exploitation of the environment resources, solid waste, etc.

 

 

 

Course Evaluation

AIMS:

  • to help you think about how useful the course has been
  • to help you decide how future courses can be improved

TASK:

  • Discuss the following questions and summarise your views:
    • Were the aims of the workshop met?
    • Taking the workshop as a whole, did the different sessions meet your interests and needs?
    • Which sessions or parts of the workshop were most valuable to you, and why?
    • Which sessions were of less interest to you, and why?
    • Has the workshop affected your attitudes?
    • Will it lead to things being done when you return to your work?
    • What suggestions do you have for future workshops?
    • Any other suggestions?

 

 
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