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1 Module 5: Safety and Health at Work Facilitator's Manual MYDev Life Skills Curriculum An Adaptation of EDC's Work Ready Now! Curriculum Module 5: Safety and Health at Work Facilitator's Manual Module 5: Safety and Health at Work Ang kaligtasan ay dapat pinaghahandaan . Safety doesn't happen by accident. Safety and Health at Work Objectives By the end of the Module participants will: Describe the importance of good personal care and healthy habits at work Do proper hand-washing techniques Identify unsafe situations that could harm people while on the job Identify ways to prevent accidents and getting sick at work Respond appropriately if there is a Safety hazard, an accident or an emergency at work Module Overview Activity Time Session 1: Positive Health and Safety Practices 5 hr 50 min 1: Introductory Activity and Learner's Reflection 1 hour 35 min 2: Healthy Hygiene & Sanitation Practices 50 min 3: Proper Hand-washing Techniques 50 min 4: Hazards in the Workplace and Application 1 hour 5: Ways to Make Work Safer and Application 1 hour 35 min Session 2: Emergencies at Work 1 hr 50 min 6: Introductory Activity 35 min 7: Responding to Emergencies 40 min 8: Module 5 Review and Assessment 35 min Total Time.

2 7 hr 40 min Mindanao Youth for Development Project Life Skills Curriculum, adapted from EDC's WRN! Curriculum 2016 Education Development Center, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Page 2. Module 5: Safety and Health at Work Facilitator's Manual Module 5 Materials and Preparations Basic training materials: manila paper, markers, tape, chalk. Make sure participants have their Participant's Handbook available. Session 1: 1 paper ball Learner's Reflection Review main concepts from previous Module Prepare a manila paper with the proverb (below) to discuss with learners. (optional) Identify and gather existing Health education materials from the Department of Health and different institutions. Handout : Habits for Good Health Handout : Healthy Hygiene and Sanitation Practices Set up 3 stations around the room, with the information in the How To Box (found in Handout ) for each station. Make a sign with manila paper for each station Germs be Gone!, Let's Eat!, and Water and Waste!

3 Place the information and materials needed for each group at different stations (use real materials that you can easily find such as basin, soap, water, handkerchief, cloths to wipe tables, make it as real as possible!). Handout : Proper Way of Washing Hands Prepare venue for hand washing activity and the needed soaps and hand towels Using manila paper, make a large chart with four columns. The headers for each column should be: Safety , Chemical, Biological, Other Review preparation steps before the activity Handout : Hazards in the Workplace Handout : Find a Hazard Create 3 signs with the headings: Remove the hazard, Improve work policies and Procedures, Use protective clothing and equipment. Become familiar with the types of hazards and stories in Handout : Controlling Hazards Handout : Finding Solutions to Hazards Session 2: Review the topics in the previous session Scissors, box Photocopy Facilitator Tool : Q&A on Emergencies and Disasters and cut out the questions and answers separately.

4 Paste the disaster questions on the manila paper and post it on the wall. Fold the answers and put them in a box. Review topics covered in the Module . Make three signs with the headings: START ; TRUE ; FALSE . Review true/false questions before the activity. Make 1 copy per participant of the End-of- Module Assessment Mindanao Youth for Development Project Life Skills Curriculum, adapted from EDC's WRN! Curriculum 2016 Education Development Center, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Page 3. Module 5: Safety and Health at Work Facilitator's Manual SESSION 1: POSITIVE Health AND Safety PRACTICES. Activity 1: Introductory Activity1. Objectives - By the end of the activity, participants will be able to: a. Review the main concepts of the previous Module ( Module 4: Work Habits and Conduct). b. Identify the main concepts of Module 5. c. Share prior experiences and knowledge regarding workplace Safety d. Identify important Health practices in the workplace e. Assess personal Health Time Required: 1 hour 35 minutes Methodology: small group work, jingle/song development, large group discussion Materials and Preparation: 1 paper ball Learner's Reflection Review main concepts from previous Module Prepare a manila paper with the proverb (below) to discuss with learners.

5 (optional) Identify and gather existing Health education materials from the Department of Health and different institutions. Handout : Habits for Good Health Steps: 1. Welcome learners to Module 5 and quickly review the main content from the previous Module . Ask the learners to form one big circle. Tell them to join hands and to follow your instructions to either jump in , jump out , jump to the left or jump to the right . The person who fails to follow the given instruction will have to give an example of things he or she learned about Work Habits and Conduct (what it means): filling up a bio-data and writing an application letter, processes and tips during a job interview, workplace behaviors and attitudes, and time management. Ask participants to think about the proverb found at the beginning of Module 5: Ang kaligtasan ay dapat pinaghahandaan ( Safety doesn't happen by accident). What is the meaning? (30 min). 1. Some of the materials in this Session are adapted from the EDC- developed workplace Safety and Health curriculum for young people in the United States, Youth@Work: Staying Safe Mindanao Youth for Development Project Life Skills Curriculum, adapted from EDC's WRN!

6 Curriculum 2016 Education Development Center, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Page 4. Module 5: Safety and Health at Work Facilitator's Manual Explain that this Module will focus on Health and Safety at Work. Ask them what they think the relevance is between the proverb and the Module . How does it relate to real life? The first session will cover good practices to stay healthy and safe at work. State the main Key Topics of this session (below). (5 min). Key Topics . Healthy habits Hygiene and sanitation at work Hazards in the workplace and ways to make work safer 2. Have learners take the Learner's Reflection in their Participnat's Handbook. Explain that this is not a test but is a way to see what they already know or do not know about the topics. Explain the meaning of each column (1, 2, 3, 4). Tell them that you will read a few statements. For each statement they need to check the column that best describes them. Stress the importance of answering honestly and independently.

7 Read one statement at a time and allow time for learners to think of an answer. (15 min). 3. Ask a few learners to share whether or not they (or someone Facilitator Tip . they know) experienced some Health / Safety hazards. Ask them If additional time is available, another way to CLAP if their answer is YES, and to do this activity would be to use existing stay quiet if their answer is NO. Health education materials from the Department of Health . A number of pictures Have you or anyone you know or posters could be given to participants and ever: then they could identify the healthy habit associated with it. Following that, they could a. Gotten sick from spoiled or do the assessment of their own Health unclean food, either at home habits. or in a restaurant? b. Been injured while working? c. Been afraid about a task you've been asked to do at work? Ask, what happened? How did that happen? Explain that most of the people experienced or know someone who experienced Health or Safety hazards at work.

8 (15 min). Mindanao Youth for Development Project Life Skills Curriculum, adapted from EDC's WRN! Curriculum 2016 Education Development Center, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Page 5. Module 5: Safety and Health at Work Facilitator's Manual 4. Explain that we will start by thinking about the ways in which we stay healthy. We will look at some of the good habits that keep us healthy. Form 3 groups and ask them to read the list of 1-14 Health habits in Handout : Habits for Good Health in their Participant's Handbook they do not need to complete the table yet. Assign each group some Health habits for them to discuss. Group 1: habits 1 5, Group 2: habits 6 10, Group 3: habits 10 14. The groups will discuss the Health habits assigned to their group and create a brief song or jingle to communicate those Health habits. They have 10 minutes to prepare a song. Have each group present their song or jingle. While the other groups listen to the song, they should compare the song with the list of Health habits in Handout (20 min).

9 5. Ask participants to complete the assessment in Handout in their Participant's Handbook, for their own reflection. There are no wrong answers. As they complete the assessment, they should think about: Do any Health habits surprise me? Is any healthy habit missing in this list? Explain that the idea is for learners to reflect on the Health habits that they already practice and the ones that they need to get better at. Healthy behavior is a very large topic, one that we could spend the whole course exploring. There may be additional opportunities to participate in more Health related learning activities through the Mindanao Youth for Development (MYDev) Program. (10 min). Mindanao Youth for Development Project Life Skills Curriculum, adapted from EDC's WRN! Curriculum 2016 Education Development Center, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Page 6. Module 5: Safety & Health at Work Facilitator's Manual Learner's Reflection: Module 5 Safety and Health at Work This is not a test but is a way for us to see what you already know or do not know about the topics.

10 I will read a skill that is listed in the left column. Think about yourself and your experience. I will read the statements across the top. Check the column that best represents your situation. The results will guide me in helping you learn more about this topic. Ang mga katanungan dito ay hindi test. Ito ay isang paraan upang malaman natin ang inyong kaalaman, kasanayan o kakayahan tungkol sa paksang ito. Lahat ng inyong mga kasagutan ay ating tatanggapin. Babasahin ko ang bawat tanong. Magbalik tanaw sa inyong mga karanasan at i-tsek ang sagot na naaangkop sa inyong sitwasyon. Ang inyong kasagutan ay magiging gabay ko sa pagpapalawak ng inyong kaalaman tungkol sa paksang ito. My experience 1 2 3 4. I don't have I have very I have some I have a lot Knowledge, skills and abilities any little experience of experience experience doing this. experience Kaalaman, kasanayan at kakayahan doing this doing this doing this Wala akong karanasan sa Mayroon Wala akong Kaunting- akong Marami karanasan kaunti karanasan akong sa paggawa lamang ang sa paggawa karanasan nito aking nito sa paggawa nalalaman nito sa paggawa nito Taking care of my Health / Pag-aalaga sa aking kalusugan Preventing illness through proper sanitation and hygiene / Pag-iwas sa sakit sa pamamagitan ng tamang kalusugan at kalinisan Identifying potential hazards (things that can cause harm) on the job /Pagtukoy ng mga bagay na maaring magdala ng kapahamakan sa lugar na pinagtatrabahuhan Preventing common workplace accidents / Pag- iwas sa mga sakunang karaniwang nangyayari sa lugar na pinagtatrabahuhan Knowing what to do if you see a hazard that is not corrected / May kaalaman kung anong dapat gawin kapag may nakaambang panganib na hindi natutugunan Knowing how to respond in emergencies /.