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dc.contributor.authorTichon, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorDiver, Phil
dc.contributor.authorKikkawa, Yoriko
dc.contributor.authorMavin, tomothy
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-12T05:50:23Z
dc.date.available2019-11-12T05:50:23Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn2205-6181
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/389094
dc.description.abstractWorking at heights is recognised as high risk work. The dangers of working at heights have been mitigated with the introduction of the elevated-work platform (EWP). However, use of EWPs has resulted in new dangers including overturning, entrapment, and collision. The layout of basket control panels vary significantly among EWP types and models and several variations can often be found in use across the same construction site. EWP operators have indicated the requirement to transition across multiple control panels is problematic. To gain a better understanding of how operators learn to use a new set of controls, this paper examined the initial course operators undertake to gain a licence to operate a boom-type EWP. Video data gained over the three-day program was analysed to elucidate how the trainees identified, selected and tested controls. Results indicate a heavy reliance on unsafe practices such as ‘trying out’ a control when its function is not known and ‘learning from mistakes’ in order to learn what a control does.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAsia Pacific Institute of Advanced Research (APIAR)
dc.publisher.urihttps://apiar.org.au/journal-paper/how-students-learn-to-operate-an-elevated-work-platform-the-practice-of-trying-out-controls/
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom27
dc.relation.ispartofpageto37
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAsia Pacific Journal of Contemporary Education and Communication Technology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume5
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist studies in education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther education not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCurriculum and pedagogy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3904
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode399999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3901
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3903
dc.titleHow students learn to operate an elevated work platform: The practice of ‘trying out’ controls
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTichon, J; Diver, P; Kikkawa, Y; Mavin, T, How students learn to operate an elevated work platform: The practice of ‘trying out’ controls, Asia Pacific Journal of Contemporary Education and Communication Technology, 2019, 5 (1), pp. 27-37
dc.date.updated2019-11-04T21:24:47Z
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gro.griffith.authorMavin, Timothy J.


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