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There is power in a union!
Feb. 22nd, 2007 04:55 pmSo, I now have a union Red Card. Huzzah. And to get it, I only had to pay $90 to the CFMEU, miss a full day of work (at $225 per day), and sit through 8 hours of why bosses are only out to screw the workers and how important it is for workers to band together, because they're apparently too stupid to look after themselves individually.
Oh, and my favourite moment!
"Now we're going to watch a video about pre-cast tilt-up concrete panels, as an example of some of the dangers present on a construction site."
"Uh, hang on. If you're not a licensed rigger, you shouldn't be anywhere near a tilt-up, for exactly that reason."
Video: "Tilt-up panels must be installed, erected and braced by a licensed rigger in accordance with the engineering certificate provided."
"OMG! It's like I'm psychic! Or like I watched this EXACT SAME VIDEO when I got my rigger's ticket, licensing me to erect and install them!!"
Actually, tilt-ups are a good example of things that used to be a bit shonky, and are now very strictly controlled - the only engineering that used to be done on them was for the final install, and the slinging/erection/bracing was all a bit ad-hoc, leading to damage to the panels, leading to weakness and collapse. Which is exactly *why* they now have to be rigged and braced by a licensed rigger in accordance with the new engineering certificate specifying sling and brace points. But the video doesn't mention that, it just says "Tilt-up panels must be accompanied by an engineering certificate specifying sling points and bracing points, and must be rigged and installed by a licensed rigger!".
It kinda underlined how utterly pointless the induction was for me. Ah well.
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Oh, and my favourite moment!
"Now we're going to watch a video about pre-cast tilt-up concrete panels, as an example of some of the dangers present on a construction site."
"Uh, hang on. If you're not a licensed rigger, you shouldn't be anywhere near a tilt-up, for exactly that reason."
Video: "Tilt-up panels must be installed, erected and braced by a licensed rigger in accordance with the engineering certificate provided."
"OMG! It's like I'm psychic! Or like I watched this EXACT SAME VIDEO when I got my rigger's ticket, licensing me to erect and install them!!"
Actually, tilt-ups are a good example of things that used to be a bit shonky, and are now very strictly controlled - the only engineering that used to be done on them was for the final install, and the slinging/erection/bracing was all a bit ad-hoc, leading to damage to the panels, leading to weakness and collapse. Which is exactly *why* they now have to be rigged and braced by a licensed rigger in accordance with the new engineering certificate specifying sling and brace points. But the video doesn't mention that, it just says "Tilt-up panels must be accompanied by an engineering certificate specifying sling points and bracing points, and must be rigged and installed by a licensed rigger!".
It kinda underlined how utterly pointless the induction was for me. Ah well.
sol.
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