PPE & Personal Safety
This type of footwear is required when working in the automotive shop.
What are closed-toe, closed-heel shoes?
Before placing a lift arm underneath a vehicle, you must identify these locations.
What are the manufacturer's recommended lift points?
This is where every shop tool should be returned after you finish using it.
What is the tool room?
This should be addressed immediately when it is found on the shop floor because it can cause slips and falls.
What is a fluid spill?
This is the primary purpose of an automotive test drive.
What is to diagnose or verify a repair?
This piece of PPE protects your eyes from flying debris, fluids, and other shop hazards.
What are safety glasses?
This piece of equipment is designed to raise a vehicle one wheel or end at a time.
What is a floor jack?
If you accidentally break a shop tool, this is the first person you should notify.
Who is the instructor?
If you find a chemical container without a label, you should do this.
What is leave it alone and notify the instructor?
Before a student can test drive a vehicle, this person must give authorization.
Who is the instructor?
Hearing protection should be worn when noise levels exceed approximately this many decibels.
What is 85 decibels?
Unlike a floor jack, this equipment is designed to support a vehicle after it has been raised.
What is a jack stand?
Using the correct tool for the job helps prevent these three things.
What are injuries, vehicle damage, and tool damage?
A clean shop helps prevent these common hazards.
What are trips, falls, spills, and damaged equipment?
When you finish your assigned job early, these are three things you should do before sitting around.
What are clean your area, return your tools, and ask what comes next?
Long hair, loose clothing, and jewelry should be secured because these can become caught in these types of components.
What are moving or rotating parts?
You should never work underneath a vehicle supported only by this piece of equipment.
What is a floor jack?
If you don't know how to operate a piece of shop equipment, this is what you should do before using it.
What is stop and ask the instructor for help?
Opening a hot cooling system can cause this pressurized substance to escape and cause serious burns.
What are hot coolant and steam?
This personal quality is essential because technicians are trusted with expensive vehicles, equipment, and customer property.
What is honesty?
If your safety equipment becomes damaged while working, this is what you should do before continuing the job.
What is stop working and replace or report the damaged PPE?
Before raising a vehicle on a lift, these are three things you should verify.
What are the correct lift points, proper arm placement, and that the vehicle and surrounding area are clear?
This should never be done with compressed air because it can cause serious injury.
What is pointing it at another person or using it on your skin?
A classmate tells you not to worry about an unsafe situation because "we've done it before." This is what you should do.
What is stop the unsafe activity and notify the instructor?
A professional technician doesn't know how to perform a procedure. Instead of guessing, this is what they should do.
What is stop, ask for help or research the procedure, and make sure they understand it before continuing?