chair training - I sheet you not

[PM-Junkie]

....The guys injury wasn't work related, but he couldn't sit down for any length of time.

Mind working overtime here. I wonder what could have happened to his posterior region that would stop him sitti...

Hmm, maybe I shouldn't go there

[BrowneIssue]

<H&S MODE>I've performed chair training before.

[snip explanation]

</H&S MODE>

Thank you.

[Sysman]

If you work at a certain MoD site you can put a help desk ticket in to have your desk raised or lowered to suit your posture, there was one guy whose back was so bad he didn’t want to sit at all, his desk was 4ft high.

That sounds an excellent idea to me. There was one contract where the desks were too low and it was most uncomfortable.

[TimberWolf]

I hope they cover how to fall off a chair too. It's actually quite simple once you get the technique right.

[darmstadt]

If you work at a certain MoD site you can put a help desk ticket in to have your desk raised or lowered to suit your posture, there was one guy whose back was so bad he didn’t want to sit at all, his desk was 4ft high.

A lot of places I've worked in at Germany, the people have those big balls to sit on or weird orthopedic style chairs. The last gig a lot of people worked standing up most of the time with desks that went up and down at the touch of a button. Naturally as contractors we never got such treatment in fact most of the places I've worked at I've had to make do with what I've been given. At Porsche I worked in a cellar by myself full of crap with an old wheelie chair, battered up desk and an old green screen. Mind you. I spent most of the time with my feet up reading a book or browsing through the crap in the cellar (found quite a few interesting photos and mock-ups of the cars they were planning on making.)

[Dark Black]

At the current gig I recently had an email request to do some kind of "online" H&S training thing... apparently they wanted all contractors to do it..

Needless to say I've ignored the request - if asked I'll just tell them to contact the H&S officer at my co who will politely but firmly tell them it's not required

That sort of thing is for permies....