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<blockquote data-quote="Dracula" data-source="post: 1006544" data-attributes="member: 42691"><p>Those old methods you guys speak of, just forget them. Here are the methods you should memorize: The Five Seeing Habits, The Ten Point Commentary, The Ten Points of Backing, The Eight Keys of Lifting, LEADS, Look before you walk, Establish firm footing, Adjust to changing conditions, Don't run, walk at a brisk pace, Stay off conveyor belts...</p><p></p><p>Also, some centers make you know the Job set-up, slips and falls, lift-lowering, push-pull, powered equipment and plan for the unexpected mumbo-jumbo.</p><p></p><p>If you memorize these methods and follow them, everything else will fall in place. If management instructs you do do some new stuff--and they will--KEEP the paper they give you. Never throw that stuff away. Because most of this stuff is put on paper, they will change their minds later. Why? Because most of this crap is never thought through all of the way.</p><p></p><p>One example: years ago, our center put the full court press on us about driver releases. They gave us a paper stating that no DR could be done properly if the package could be seen from the street, or another residence. Well, almost all houses in neighborhoods can be seen by other houses, front and back, so even back door DR's wouldn't work according to their new paper. So, most of us brought back the majority of our resi's because they weren't 'safe' DR's. As you might imagine, this lasted all of two days when most of us were bringing back 50 to 100 resi's those two days.</p><p> </p><p>The point? FOLLOW THEIR RULES! Save all of their paperwork. And follow the safety methods to the T, and you will be fine. They question you? "Hey, I'm following the safety methods." They still question you? "Sir/Ma'am, are you instructing me to disobey UPS's safe work methods?" I've seen it more times than I can remember; they don't know what to say when you put it this way to them. You can almost see the gears grind in their brains when you throw their rules back on them. They're not trained to go in circles; only straight lines.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dracula, post: 1006544, member: 42691"] Those old methods you guys speak of, just forget them. Here are the methods you should memorize: The Five Seeing Habits, The Ten Point Commentary, The Ten Points of Backing, The Eight Keys of Lifting, LEADS, Look before you walk, Establish firm footing, Adjust to changing conditions, Don't run, walk at a brisk pace, Stay off conveyor belts... Also, some centers make you know the Job set-up, slips and falls, lift-lowering, push-pull, powered equipment and plan for the unexpected mumbo-jumbo. If you memorize these methods and follow them, everything else will fall in place. If management instructs you do do some new stuff--and they will--KEEP the paper they give you. Never throw that stuff away. Because most of this stuff is put on paper, they will change their minds later. Why? Because most of this crap is never thought through all of the way. One example: years ago, our center put the full court press on us about driver releases. They gave us a paper stating that no DR could be done properly if the package could be seen from the street, or another residence. Well, almost all houses in neighborhoods can be seen by other houses, front and back, so even back door DR's wouldn't work according to their new paper. So, most of us brought back the majority of our resi's because they weren't 'safe' DR's. As you might imagine, this lasted all of two days when most of us were bringing back 50 to 100 resi's those two days. The point? FOLLOW THEIR RULES! Save all of their paperwork. And follow the safety methods to the T, and you will be fine. They question you? "Hey, I'm following the safety methods." They still question you? "Sir/Ma'am, are you instructing me to disobey UPS's safe work methods?" I've seen it more times than I can remember; they don't know what to say when you put it this way to them. You can almost see the gears grind in their brains when you throw their rules back on them. They're not trained to go in circles; only straight lines. [/QUOTE]
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