Carpenters Training Committee
for Northern California’s
Organized Labor
Mar 2009
David, apprentice scaffold erector “We’re learning safety procedures and OSHA regulations, like what hazards we may face in the work place, such as atmospheres where we might need respirators. Some of the guys work in refineries, where they have to wear air monitors on their hard hats. I work in San Francisco, where they do a lot of frame work, and we go up as high as 100 feet. In the beginning it was a little shaky, but after a while you get used to it and just go up there and do the job. I like the safety stuff; that is what keeps us alive. The more you learn, the more you can try to avoid the hazards. We learned about fall protection and to wear a hardhat. And today I got a forklift operator’s license.