Information and training

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20. Information and training

20.1. Workers should be adequately and suitably:

(a) informed of potential safety and health hazards to which they may be exposed at

their workplace;

(b) instructed and trained in the measures available for the prevention and control, and

protection against, those hazards.

20.2. No person should be employed in any work at a construction site unless that

person has received the necessary information, instruction and training so as to be able

to do the work competently and safely. The competent authority should, in

collaboration with employers, promote training programmes to enable all the workers

to read and understand the information and instructions related to safety and health

matters.

20.3. The information, instruction and training should be given in a language

understood by the worker and written, oral, visual and participative approaches should

be used to ensure that the worker has assimilated the material.

20.4. National laws or regulations should prescribe:

(a) the nature and length of training or retraining required for various categories of

workers employed in construction projects;

(b) that the employer has the duty to set up appropriate training schemes or arrange to

train or retrain various categories of workers.

20.5. Every worker should receive instruction and training regarding the general

safety and health measures common to the construction site, which should include:

(a) general rights and duties of workers at the construction site;

(b) means of access and egress both during normal working and in an emergency;

(c) measures for good housekeeping;

(d) location and proper use of welfare amenities and first-aid facilities provided in

pursuance of the relevant provisions of this code;

(e) proper use and care of the items of personal protective equipment and protective

clothing provided to the worker;

(f) general measures for personal hygiene and health protection;

(g) fire precautions to be taken;

(h) action to be taken in case of an emergency;

(i) requirements of relevant safety and health rules and regulations.

20.6. Copies of the relevant safety and health rules, regulations and procedures

should be available to workers upon the commencement of and upon any change of

employment.