Teacher’s Note

Activity 3: My responsibilities at work

Health and Safety Tests

• Evaluation
• Problem Solving
• Vocabulary

Before students go out to work it’s important that they understand their responsibilities in the workplace. This activity would be ideal to test students’ knowledge before they go to a workplace on a field trip or start volunteering. It would also be useful at the end of the school year before students begin summer jobs.

Getting Started

This activity can be administered in different ways. Here are a few suggestions:

• Read the statements on the handout on page 179 to the class and ask if they are true or false.
• Have students take turns reading out a statement and ask the class if the statement is true or false.
• Copy and distribute the handout and have students complete the quiz on their own.

Answers:

• It’s my responsibility to tell my supervisor if I see something that I think is dangerous.

Answer: True

• It’s my responsibility to fill the water cooler in the office, even though it isn’t part of my regular job.

Answer: False

• It’s my responsibility to fix hazards myself.

Answer: False – the supervisor or employer is responsible for fixing the hazards.

• It’s my responsibility to look at the label on a container before I use a liquid.

Answer: True – Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) reinforces this responsibility

• It’s my responsibility to wear safety glasses whenever my supervisor tells me I must.

Answer: True

• It’s my responsibility to follow the safety rules.

Answer: True

• It’s my responsibility to make sure that everyone else follows the rules.

Answer: False – you are responsible for your own safety and for not doing things that would hurt other people. Your boss is the one who has to make sure everyone follows the rules.

• It’s my responsibility to make sure everyone leaves on time for lunch.

Answer: False

• It’s my responsibility to make sure everyone has fun at work.

Answer: False