Technical - Workshop


Good housekeeping The workshop


In this ‘refresher’ article from the Pitchcare archives, the former workshop manager at Celtic Manor Resort, Pat Callaby, offers some sound advice for getting, and keeping, the workshop tidy


Is your workshop a mess? Are there slippery patches of oil, water or blobs of grease on the floor? Are head gaskets tucked behind electrical conduits?


Are there trip hazards, such as jacks, axle stands, welders, gas bottles, grass boxes, laying down boards, spare wheels, oil jugs, gallon containers, small machines waiting for repair, boxes of parts waiting to be unpacked, dead batteries waiting for disposal, electric leads trailing around, extension leads off their reels, oil trolleys, battery chargers, waste oil or fuel filters, seats off golf carts, backlapper or a space heater waiting for colder weather?


Do you have the vice fully open but not being used; cupboard doors or draws open?


Do you have spark arrestors/guards on your bench grinder, eye protection/goggles on


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display near grinders and gas welders, all the relevant warning signs about wearing this and that on display?


Is your grinding equipment clean and ready for use with a brush to hand to clean up steel dust? Is the floor painted in the main work area and reasonably clean?


If the answer is ‘no’ to all of the above, then you are in a right mess. If the answer is ‘no’ to most of the above, then you are in a mess. If the answer is ‘no’ to some of the above, then things can easily be improved.


Whatever applies to you, you are the one to put it right, and it is your responsibility to ensure the workplace is safe. If you work in a mess, then your workshop will be treated as a tip by others, cardboard cups/coke cans left on the bench or window sill, cigarette butts thrown


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