Health, Safety and Environment - International Labour Organization

Manual 4:HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT FACT SHEETSManual 4:HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTFACT SHEETSAimsThis Manual has been developed to help union educators/facilitators to: address some of the key HS&E concerns of workers and their worker HS&Erepresentatives provide additional resources to help educators to run courses provide basic information on priority hazards and risks to supplementeducational activities Format of each of the Fact SheetsEach of the Fact Sheets follows a similar format: Background – what is the problem? Information that is available Trade union action ActivitiesThe Fact Sheets should be used in conjunction with educational activitiesso that the course is run using active learning methods. There is notenough space to provide a series of activities with each Fact Sheet.However, educators are encouraged to develop their own activities to suitcourses that they are running. The guidelines provided in Manual 1 of thisseries of ILO-IUF Manuals should be consulted for this purpose.123 Health, Safety and EnvironmentA Series of Trade Union EducationManuals for Agricultural Workers