Essential Skills
Working Conditions
Safe Lifting
Equipment
PPE
100

This skill is using technology such as computers and scanners

Digital

100

This working condition includes loud machinery

Noise

100

Before you lift, you need to _____ your muscles

warm-up or stretch
100

This equipment is mainly used to cut cardboard boxes

utility knife or exacto knife

100

PPE stands for _____

Personal Protective Equipment

200

This skill is finding, understanding, and using information through numbers

Numeracy

200

This working condition includes rain or snow

Weather (or Temperature)

200

Gloves and a back brace are two kinds of ____

PPE

200

This kind of gun is used to seal up cardboard shipping boxes

tape gun

200

By law, the __________ has to provide proper PPE

employer

300

This skill is sharing information using written words

Writing
300

This working condition involves smells and odours

Air Quality

300

When lifting stand _____ to the item you are lifting

close

300

This gun is most often used to hold 2 items together

staple gun

300

By law, the ________ is required to use the PPE

employee

400

This skill is about getting information and making decisions

Problem Solving

400

This working condition could be working outdoors in the sun or indoors under fluorescent bulbs

Lighting

400

Lift with your _______, not your back

knees

400

This equipment is used to move items from one area to another

cart

400

You can look for the ________ to make sure that your boots are safety-approved

green label

500

This skill uses speaking and listening to interact with others

Communication

500

This working condition could be about working alone or as a member of a large team.

Coworkers

500

Breathe ______, in through your nose, out through your mouth

Normally

500

You would use a ________ to move pallets from one place to the other where the pallet does not need to be lifted up onto a shelf

pump truck or pump cart

500

Before you choose which __________ to use, you need to figure out what kind of hazard you might be touching.

gloves