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Safety and health in construction
20.7. Specialised instruction and training should be given to:
(a) drivers and operators of lifting appliances, transport vehicles, earth-moving and
materials-handling equipment and plant, and machinery or equipment of a
specialised or dangerous nature;
(b) workers engaged in the erection or dismantling of scaffolds;
(c) workers engaged in excavations deep enough to cause danger, or shafts,
earthworks, underground works or tunnels;
(d) workers handling explosives or engaged in blasting operations;
(e) workers engaged in pile-driving;
(f) workers working in compressed air, cofferdams and caissons;
(g) workers engaged in the erection of prefabricated parts or steel structural frames and
tall chimneys, and in concrete work, formwork and such other work;
(h) workers handling hazardous substances;
(i) workers working as signallers;
(j) other specialised categories of workers.
20.8. Wherever required by national laws and regulations, only drivers, operators
or attendants holding a certificate of proficiency or licence should be employed to
operate particular vehicles, lifting appliances, boilers or other equipment.
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