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The following are a few questions you can ask
when selecting a place of employment:
• Is a relatively safe and clean work area pro-
vided? Obviously, some areas can never be
made as safe as others. For example, tap-
ping a blast furnace is inherently more dan-
gerous than working on a small lathe or
drill press.
• Are work areas adequately lighted, heated,
and ventilated? Are noxious fumes and dust
particles fi ltered from the air?
• Is proper safety clothing and equipment
available for all dangerous work? Safety
items such as goggles, hearing protectors,
and steel-tipped safety shoes may be pro-
vided free or at minimum cost.
• Are all necessary precautions observed when
hazardous materials are involved?
• Is there a preventative safety program, and
are safety regulations and precautions rigor-
ously enforced?
2.3.3 Factors That Can Lead to Job
Termination
The following factors can lead to failure to get
a promotion, or possibly being terminated (fi red)
from a job. They include the following:
• Alcohol or illegal drug abuse on the job.
• Inability or refusal to perform the work required.
• Being habitually tardy or missing work
repeatedly without adequate reasons.
• Inability to work with supervisors or peers.
• Fighting with or making threats to fellow
workers or supervisors.
• Inability to work as a team member.
2.4 Keeping Your Skills Current
The completion of your formal schooling does
not mean the end of your training and study. To
keep a job and advance in it, you will have to keep
up-to-date with the knowledge and new skills that
advanced technologies demand. Keen competition
from foreign-made products and the ever changing
nature of technology make this a very real necessity.