Online paperwork

[Anouk]

One side of this job i didn't realise would be such a big part of it before i joined this industry is the Online paperwork. From the daily van checks and hand-arm vibration logs, weekly near miss reports and risk assessments for every job, it quickly builds up! Some days i don't get off the ground as the work is finished before i get the forms done.

Can i ask what other people's experience is regarding filling all this out? 

[Mick Dempsey]

You only qualified in August, and were looking for a job as a trainee.

 

Now it seems you’re employing people and filling in the forms.

 

Quite the career curve.

[Anouk]

😂 

Well as the newest member of the team, i guess it's to be expected i get the less exciting tasks. . !

[Mick Dempsey]

What’s the Hand-arm vibration log?

 

If it’s what I suspect it is, it is counting the minutes individual employees spend whacking off behind the shed.

Edited December 29, 2020 by Mick Dempsey

[carlos]

id hope one wouldnt be filling out too many near miss reports!!!!

[Paddy1000111]

1 minute ago, Mick Dempsey said:

What’s the Hand-arm vibration log?

If you're working with high vibration tools (chainsaws are into the hi section) as an employer you are meant to log total vibration as it's cumulative. 

Using rivet guns and Sanders and stuff in aviation I had to wear a wrist band with a little box on it which logged vibration. It's all to do with health monitoring which HSE requires you to do. 

[Mick Dempsey]

Just now, Paddy1000111 said:

If you're working with high vibration tools (chainsaws are into the hi section) as an employer you are meant to log total vibration as it's cumulative. 

Using rivet guns and Sanders and stuff in aviation I had to wear a wrist band with a little box on it which logged vibration. It's all to do with health monitoring which HSE requires you to do. 

What a load of bollocks. (Not you, the directive)

[Anouk]

yep, it's HSE craziness for sure. 

I asked what if i don't have any near misses, and was told i have to put 2 in a week. Someone walking past could've got hit by a falling branch, i could've fallen over a banana skin, the chainsaw could've fallen apart in my hand. . .It's like creative writing in English class all over again.

[Mick Dempsey]

Otherwise how’s it going? You enjoying it? What’s your favourite part?

[Moose McAlpine]

17 minutes ago, carlos said:

id hope one wouldnt be filling out too many near miss reports!!!!

 

When i was at the AA we had a form for reporting near misses. It was basically a means to get yourself a bollocking from management as they'd inevitably say you'd done something wrong.

 

I never filled out the form and just kept quiet. (Luckily nothing major happened to me.)