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mBackground Spatial skills are crucial for carpentry and are a major learning objective in the
initial vocational training of carpenter apprentices. Carpenters specifically need to develop the
capability to switch between two-dimensional (2D) and threedimensional (3D) representations.
Previous studies have explored spatial skills, but never in the context of vocational education and
training (VET). This study sheds light on the level and evolution of spatial skills in the initial
vocational training of carpenter apprentices in Switzerland. Methods In this study, 726 subjects
(98 females) who were either carpenter apprentices, apprentices of another profession, or high
school students, took a test on spatial skills with three parts: mental rotation, paper folding, and
orthographic projections. The first two parts are widely used tests for spatial skills, while the last
one was specifically designed to address the 2D-3D transition that is a core skill of carpenters.
Results Carpenter apprentices do have higher spatial skills than would be expected given their
general school level. In particular, their spatial skills were found to be similar to those of high
school students and superior to those of apprentices of another profession. Carpenters’ spatial
skills improve over the course of their apprenticeship. These findings confirm that spatial skills
are trainable and suggest that the high spatial skills level of carpenter apprentices is due to a
selection bias as well as to the training

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1.Hand Tool Safety – how to handle sharp and potentially dangerous tools

2. Power Tools safety, for example the nail gun

3. Heavy Equipment Safety
4. Ladder, scaffold and fall prevention
5. Floor and wall openings: hazards and prevention
6. Hazardous Environmental Chemicals Safety at Worksite
7. Awareness of asbestos and how to deal with it
8. Drugs and alcohol – Impacts and dangers in construction
9. Heat Stress Prevention
10. Fire Protection, sources of fires, prevention of combustion, how to respond to fires
11. Power Line Contacts in Construction
12. Safe lifting – Expectations, limitations, techniques
13. Personal protective equipment (PPE), such as hearing protection, respiratory protection
and footwear
14. How to avoid with and deal with and violence in the workplace
15. First Aid – What belongs in a kit, an inspection of our kit, proper placement and signage,
information about taking a course. The basics everyone needs to know.
16. First Aid – The AED. Arranging for and hosting a demonstration. Inspection of our unit and
proper placement and signage.
17. Caring for the Injured Worker, dealing with shock, electrical shock, and other injuries
10 good carpenter interview questions
 Can you operate a scissor lift? ...
 Where could you use a welding machine?
 What useful information do you gather from a blueprint?
 How do you ensure your measurements are accurate?
 If a piece of your safety gear was hindering your movements, what would you
do?

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