A Sense of Security: Carpentry Apprentices Handling Uncertain and Dangerous Work Tasks

Grytnes, Regine

doi:10.1080/00141844.2017.1282972

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“…Generally, participation in relevant trade-specific communities of practice is seen as a vital component of general learning processes in VET (Bøje et al 2014;Poortman et al 2013;Fuller and Unwin 2013) as well as of safety learning more specifically (Grytnes 2017;Gherardi and Nicolini 2002;Nielsen 2012). Integrating knowledge, skills, and attitudes is central to the aim of both school-based and company-based components of VET (Billett 2008;Schaap et al 2012;Berner 2010;Zitter et al 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

Apprentice or Student? The Structures of Construction Industry Vocational Education and Training in Denmark and Sweden and their Possible Consequences for Safety Learning

Grytnes

Grill

Pousette

et al. 2017

Vocations and Learning

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There is a notable difference in occupational injury rates in the two Scandinavian countries, Sweden and Denmark, with the latter having a 40% higher rate of fatal occupational injuries in the construction industry. This study explored differences in the vocational education and training (VET) systems between Sweden and Denmark that may be important for students' safety learning and practice during VET. In both countries, students participate in full-time education, and the curriculum includes school-based as well as company-based training. However, during company-based training Swedish students retain their student status, whereas Danish students are employed as apprentices. From a perspective of viewing safety as a social practice developed through interactions of different social and institutional bodies, the analysis

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Apprentice or Student? The Structures of Construction Industry Vocational Education and Training in Denmark and Sweden and their Possible Consequences for Safety Learning

Grytnes

Grill

Pousette

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Vocations and Learning

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“…In order to illuminate the daily practices and the different local knowledges in play in the construction of site safety cooperation, we used ethnographic methods (Spradley 1980, Pink et al 2012. In construction research these methods have been applied in different ways (Thiel 2007, Baarts 2009, Tutt et al 2013, L€ owstedt 2015, Grytnes 2018, Jia et al 2019 but the common characteristic is that the researcher to some extent takes part in the research field studied, and does that from a certain position; a specific role offered him or heroften as apprentice or visitor but it could also be as a researcher unskilled in the work done. For this particular study, the first and the last author conducted the fieldwork, and were sometimes at site together, sometimes one at the time.…”

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“…Formal safety rules aiming at directing safety behaviour can stand in contrast to the ways in which work environment and safety are practiced (Thiel 2007, Tharaldsen and Haukelid 2009, Tutt et al 2013, L€ owstedt 2015, Ozmec et al 2015. Often regulations do not match the craftsmen's experience of, for example: how plans are negotiated to meet different demands; how a sense of security is established in practical work; or how work practice is characterized (Pedersen 2012, Bourrier and Bieder 2013, L€ owstedt 2015, Grytnes 2018). Wilson's description from 1989 of the difference between "mechanic" and "organic" organizations still holds relevance here (Wilson 1989).…”

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Developing safety cooperation in construction: between facilitating independence and tightening the grip

Grytnes

Tutt

Andersen

2020

Construction Management and Economics

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Cooperation about safety and joint responsibility between managers and workers is one of the cornerstones of health and safety work. However, attempts at ensuring safety in the workplace run the risk of focussing on formalities and compliance rather than on joint engagement in safety. Drawing on an understanding of safety as practice, this study attempts to empirically unpack the difference between cooperation as engaging with local knowledges and the disciplining of unsafe behaviour. The research involved an ethnographic study at two large construction sites in Denmark and follows empirical examples of how safety breaches are identified, catalogued, and revealed later on at safety meetings. Managers saw this as an attempt to engage the workers. However, the workers saw this as a punitive way of criticizing their work at a distance. They felt that this practice of moving safety from the construction site and in to meeting rooms ran counter to aims of establishing engaging and effective safety practices close to the work. Efforts to engage workers in safer ways of working should therefore acknowledge the integrated nature of safety practice and the value placed on independence, discretion and negotiation when developing cooperation about workplace safety.

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“…In contrast to these points, it can be seen that the evolution occurred did not meet the evolutionary needs that this sector possesses, considering that it is a segment strongly discriminated by the use of tools still devoid of technologies, as well as the use of hand of low-skilled work, which limits the expansion in relation to the other sectors. Thus, the activities of carpentry and locksmithing, in its expressive majority is developed by micro-enterprises, with limited resources (LIPKUS et al, 2005;CAMPO et al, 2010;BRUTTO;REICH;ZAMBRANO, 2013;GRYTNES, 2017).…”

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Analysis of occupational risks in the activities of carpentry and locksmithing in Pau dos Ferros/RN: a case study

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Filho

Marques

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Ind. Jour. Manag. & Prod.

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As atividades de carpintaria e serralharia são fortemente marcadas pelo uso de ferramentas antigas e trabalhadores não qualificados, o que contribui para a ocorrência de acidentes e outros riscos ocupacionais. Através destas discussões, este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar os acidentes ambientais e riscos ergonômicos em uma oficina de carpintaria localizada na cidade de Pau dos Ferros / RN. Assim, o objetivo foi quantificar a exposição ao ruído, medir os valores de temperatura ambiente e umidade, bem como os valores de iluminação ambiente. Para tanto, foram realizadas medições ambientais, bem como registros fotográficos e entrevistas com os responsáveis pelo estabelecimento. De acordo com a pesquisa realizada, nota-se que uma série de aspectos contribuem para o estabelecimento estudado apresentar condições insalubres. Entre os pontos a serem citados, a iluminação, Bem como a temperatura ea produção de ruído são os fatores mais marcantes. Além desses aspectos, a desorganização é também uma problemática presente neste ambiente de trabalho, uma vez que os resíduos não são devidamente descartados e as matérias-primas são amontoadas em meio a detritos e equipamentos. Outro ponto a ser citado é o uso de EPI, o que não ocorre devido à recusa dos empregados.

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A Sense of Security: Carpentry Apprentices Handling Uncertain and Dangerous Work Tasks

Cited by 13 publications

References 45 publications

Apprentice or Student? The Structures of Construction Industry Vocational Education and Training in Denmark and Sweden and their Possible Consequences for Safety Learning

Apprentice or Student? The Structures of Construction Industry Vocational Education and Training in Denmark and Sweden and their Possible Consequences for Safety Learning

Developing safety cooperation in construction: between facilitating independence and tightening the grip

Analysis of occupational risks in the activities of carpentry and locksmithing in Pau dos Ferros/RN: a case study

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