# Personal Safety Module Introduction and Assignments

In this module you will explore personal safety and understand how to keep yourself safe in the workplace and when you are welding.

## Objectives

By the end of this module you should be able to:

- Follow shop safety practices.
- Maintain a clean, safe work area.
- Prepare assigned records.
- Follow assigned instructions to complete work assignments.
- Explain the hazards of welding on health and safety.
- Locate essential safety information from codes or other standards.
- Identify and apply shop safety procedures

## Assignments

- View the Shop Safety Practices PPE.pptx presentation
- Go to the AWS website and read AWS Fact Sheet #33 Personal Protective Equipment for Welding and Cutting
- Read the Personal Protective Equipment Checklist.docx
- Go to the OSHA website and read OSHA Lens Shade Selection Chart
- Go to the AWS website and read AWS Fact Sheet #12 Contact Lens Wear
- Go to the SAIF website, and read the booklet Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls
- View the Electrical Safety Awareness video
- Go to the website and read the information on Avoiding Electric Shocks
- Go to the AWS website and read AWS Fact Sheet #5 Electrical Hazards
- Go to the AWS website and read AWS Fact Sheet #2 Radiation
- Go to the AWS website and read AWS Fact Sheet #7 Burn Protection
- Complete the Personal Safety Module Quiz