7/8

Technology and
Livelihood Education
SMAW
Module 5: Week 5
(Perform Basic Preventive
Maintenance)
Technology and Livelihood Education – Grade 7/8
Week 5 Self-learning module 5
First Edition, 2020

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Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
Have a wonderful and fruitful day!
Welcome to our new normal teaching modality. We all know that this is new to our
educational system but we need to cope up this change as one of the characteristics of a 21 st
century teacher.
This module serves as your guide in facilitating the learner’s exploratory course in
the most essential learning competencies in TLE-SMAW Grade 7/8. Content of this material
is more on self-paced activities and real life situations.
God bless and have fun!

For the learner:

Welcome to the world of SMAW!
This module is an exploratory course which leads you to SMAW. It covers lessons that
a Grade 7/8 students like you ought to possess.
This material begins with one or more Information Sheets. An Information Sheet
contains important information that you need to know. Answer the required learning
activities.
After reading the Information Sheet, test yourself on how much you learned from it.
Refer to the Answer Key for correction. Do not hesitate to go back to the Information Sheet
when you do not get all test items correctly. This will ensure your mastery of basic
information. It is not enough that you acquire content or information. You must be able to
demonstrate what you learned by doing what the Activity Sheet directs you to do. In other
words, you must be able to apply what you learned in real life concerns.
Enjoy learning while performing the activities.
Good luck and have fun!
 Let Us Learn!
Welcome!

In this module, you will learn about maintaining tools regularly and doing
preventive maintenance. This will be the source of information that will enable you to
acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes in this particular trade independently at your own
pace or with minimum supervision or help from your teacher.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the end of this module, you are expected to:
1. Classify maintained and non-maintained tools
2. Demonstrate preventive maintenance

Let Us Try!

PRE-TEST
Direction: Read and analyze the statement carefully. Choose the best answer
and write the letter only in your answer sheet.

1. It is a regular conduct of inspection procedure of potentially unsafe

condition to avoid accidents to happen in the workplace.

A. Safety equipment
B. Safety inspection
C. Safety procedures
D. Safety tools

2. A practice of a reliable way for identifying and eliminating conditions that

could contribute to accidents, illnesses, or environmental damages is called

A. Safety equipment
B. Safety health inspection
C. Safety inspection
D. Safety procedures

3. The inspection of tool rooms is done during?

A. Continuous inspection
B. Intermittent inspection
C. General inspection
D. Periodic inspection

4. When conducting safety and health inspection, general consideration must be

observed except?

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 A. Awareness of potential hazards
B. Duration of inspection
C. Must not interrupt normal operation
D. Review of previous inspection report

5. An employee is authorized to practiced safety except?

A. Guards and warning signs are in place

B. Identify and repair defective tools
C. Repair defective tools
D. Report unsafe conditions

Let Us Study

Information Sheet

Pre-use Inspection and Checking Procedures

INTRODUCTION

Safety and health inspection is a central part of most safety, health and
environmental protection programs, such practices a reliable way for identifying
and eliminating conditions that could contribute to accidents, illnesses, or
environmental damages.

Safety inspection is a tool in the prevention of accident. If regular

inspection of existing potentially unsafe conditions is not done, accidents in the
workplace are likely to happen.

Safety and Health Inspection Cycle

1. Purpose

The primary purpose of inspection is to detect potential hazards so

they can be corrected before an accident occurs. Inspection should be
conducted in an organization to locate and report existing and potential
unsafe conditions or activities. It is important that every potential hazard
found in workplaces must be corrected to ensure that no one will be injured
or one will be exposed to any diseases and that working environment will
not be contaminated by hazardous chemicals emitted in the process.

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 2. Inspection Priorities

Who will conduct the inspection?

a. Safety professionals. They spearhead the inspection activity

b. Company or facility management. They demonstrate
commitment to maintain a safe working environment.
c. First – line Supervisors or Foreman. Continually monitoring the
workplace.
d. Employees. They inspect the workplace and any tools,
equipment, and machinery that will be used. Any defects that the
employee is not authorized to correct should be reported
immediately to the supervisor.
e. Maintenance personnel. He is responsible for locating and
correcting hazards.
f. Joint Safety and Health Committee. It conducts regular
inspection as part of its functions.

Items to be inspected are as follows;

a. Environmental factors
b. Hazardous supplies and materials
c. Production and related equipment
d. Power source equipment
e. Electrical equipment
f. Hand tools
g. Personal Protective Equipment
h. Personal service and first aid facilities
i. Fire protection and emergency response equipment
j. Walkways and roadways
k. Elevators, electric stairways and man-lift
l. Working surfaces
m. Materials handling equipment
n. Transport equipment
o. Warning and signaling devices
p. Containers
q. Storage facilities and area both indoor and outdoor
r. Structural openings
s. Building and structures
t. Miscellaneous
u. Conditions to be inspected

Unsafe conditions inspected should be described specifically and clearly. Usually, conditions
to look for can be indicated by such words as “jagged”, “exposed”, “broken”, “frayed”,
“leaking”, “rusted”, “corroded”, “missing”, “vibrating”, “loose”, or “slipping”.
Sometimes exact figures are needed, for example, the maximum pressure in a boiler or the
percent spread of a sling hook.

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3. Schedule of inspection

Inspection can be classified as one of two types – continuous or

interval inspection, which should be discussed each using the key points.

4. Continuous inspection

It involves noting an apparently or potentially hazardous conditions

or unsafe procedure that needs to be corrected it immediately or reported
at once to initiate corrective action. It is sometimes called informal
inspection because it does not conform to a set of schedule, plan, or
checklist.

5. Interval Inspection

Planned inspections at specific intervals are what most people regard

as “real” safety and health inspections. They are deliberate and follow a
systematic procedure that permits examination of specific items or
conditions. They interval inspections may be periodic, intermittent, or
general.

5. Conducting Inspection

In conducting an inspection, some of the general considerations are the following;

- Must not interrupt normal operations
- Review all accidents and previous inspection report made.
- Awareness of any potential hazards
- Wearing of Personal Protective Equipment
- Formulation of checklist
- Reporting and recording

The format of a checklist should include columns to indicate either

compliance or date is taken action date. Space should also be provided to
cite the specific violation, a way to correct it, and a recommendation that
the condition receives more or less frequent attention. Whatever the format
of the checklist, space should be provided for the inspector’s signature and
the inspection date.

Inspection Report – Every inspection must be documented in a

clearly written inspection report furnished the inspector. Without a
complete and accurate report, the inspection would be a little more than an
interesting sightseeing tour. Inspection reports are usually of three types:

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 1. Emergency – made without delay when a critical or catastrophic
hazard is probable.
2. Periodic – covers those unsatisfactory non-emergency conditions
observed during the planned periodic inspection. This report
should be made within 24 hours of the inspection.
3. Summary – lists of all items of previous periodic reports for a given
time.

6. Implementation

Upon implementation of the inspection report, make sure that

recommendations proposed by the inspector will be given priority
depending on the hazards found in the area.
In making recommendations, inspectors should be guided by four (4) rules:
1. Correct the cause whenever possible. If all the resources needed
to correct the cause are already available, improve the working
condition.
2. Immediately correct everything possible. All possible causes of
accident should be corrected at once to prevent their recurrence.
This will definitely be done if all measures are in place.
3. Report conditions beyond one’s authority and suggest solutions.
Safety is everybody’s job. Anyone should be involved in the
prevention of accident. If you identify hazards in your place or
work, report them at once to your supervisor. Give
recommendation to correct the situation.
4. Take intermediate action as needed. Time is an essence as far as
safety is concern. If unsafe condition was identified and
corrective measure is at hand. Improve it at once.

7. Monitoring

Monitoring is a management prerogative. Management must realize

that employees are keenly interested in the attention paid to correcting faulty
conditions and hazardous procedures. Recommendations approved and
supported by management should become part of the organization’s
philosophy and program. At regular intervals, supervisors should report
progress in complying with the recommendations to the safety department,
the company safety and health committee, or the person designated by
management to receive such information. Inspectors should periodically
check to see what progress toward corrective actions is being made. Unsafe
conditions left uncorrected indicate a breakdown in management
communications and program applications.

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 Let Us Practice

Direction: Answer the following questions. Write it in a separate sheet of paper

1. What are the safety and health inspection cycle? Give a short explanation of each cycle.

2. What are the elements of effective safety and health inspection programs?

3. State some important elements in safety and health inspection?

4. Why is monitoring important?

5. Why should unsafe conditions inspected should be described specifically and clearly?

Let Us Practice More

Directions: Explain the following words briefly. Write your answer on a separate
sheet of paper.

1. PURPOSE
2. SCHEDULE OF INSPECTION
3. MONITORING
4. IMPLEMENTATION
5. INSPECTION REPORT

Let Us Remember

Elements of Effective Safety and Health Inspection Programs

An effective safety and health inspection program requires the following:

1. Sound knowledge of the facility. Familiarity with the facilities of

the establishment is an effective tool in determining things are to be
inspected and how often these things should be inspected.
2. Knowledge of relevant standards, regulations and codes. The
reference of all safety and health rules and regulations of the company
should always be the established local legislations and codes. These
standard regulations will be our guide in assessing whether our
workplace is safe or not.
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 3. Systematic inspection system. In occupational safety and health, time
is very important. An established inspection system will facilitate
inspection activities and will allow the designated safety inspector to
improve the workplace based on identified hazards as early as possible.
4. Method of reporting, evaluating and using the data. Evaluation of
effectiveness of the program is a must to determine whether a program is
a success or a failure. Inspection should be documented. Reports
prepared and submitted and other safety and health data are vital in
evaluating the program.

Let Us Assess

Post-test

Directions: Give the following answer of each statement. Write your answer in a separate
sheet of paper.

1. This is called a management prerogative.

2. The list of all items of previous periodic reports for a given time is called.
3. They inspect the workplace and any tools, equipment, and machinery that will be used.
Any defects that the employee is not authorized to correct should be reported immediately
to the supervisor.
4. It involves noting an apparently or potentially hazardous conditions or unsafe procedure
that needs to be corrected it immediately or reported at once to initiate corrective action.
5. This is a central part of most safety, health and environmental protection
programs, such practices a reliable way for identifying and eliminating conditions
that could contribute to accidents, illnesses, or environmental damages.
7. Planned inspections at specific intervals are what most people regard as “real” safety and
health inspections.
8. Inspection can be classified as one of two types – continuous or interval inspection,
which should be discussed each using the key points.
9. He is responsible for locating and correcting hazards.
10. It conducts regular inspection as part of its functions.

Let Us Enhance

Directions:

1. Research pictures of some preventive maintenance done by welders.

2. Each picture should contain steps in maintenance and a brief explanation of each step.
3. Paste you output in a long bond paper.

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Rubrics:
3 2 1
Presentation Presentation is Presentation is Presentation is
orderly and orderly ad not in order
visually effective.
appealing.
Demonstrates
effective use of
the elements of
graphic design.
Content/Accuracy Substantial, Sufficiently Limited content
specific, and developed with inadequate
illustrative in content with elaboration or
content adequate explanation
demonstrating elaboration or
sophisticated explanation
ideas.
Creativity Clearly explored Project is Project is
and expressed explored and original, but
multiple ideas in expressed in a mostly based off
a unique way. fairly original an existing
way ideas.

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 Let Us Reflect

Now you have completed this activity you should have developed the following
skills and knowledge about performing basic preventive measure. Write your reflection in a 1
whole sheet of paper.

_________________________________________________________________________________
_-
_________________________________________________________________________________.
Answer key to Activities

PRE-TEST
1. B
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. A

LET US PRACTICE MORE

1. Purpose of inspection is to detect potential hazards so they can be corrected before an

accident occurs.
2. Schedule of inspection can be classified as one of two types – continuous or interval
inspection.
3. Monitoring is a management prerogative. Management must realize that employees
are keenly interested in the attention paid to correcting faulty conditions and hazardous
procedures.
4. Implementation recommendations proposed by the inspector will be given priority
depending on the hazards found in the area.
5. Inspection report must be documented in a clearly written inspection report furnished
the inspector

LET US ASSESS
1. MONITORING
2. SUMMARY
3. EMPLOYEE
4. CONTINOUS INSPECTION
5. SAFETY AND HEALTH INSPECTION
7. SCHEUDLE OOF INSPECTION
8. SCHEDULE
9. MAINTENANCE
10. JOINT SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE

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 References

Curriculum Guide of SMAW Exploratory

https.www.slideshare.net/kenjoyb/k-to-12-welding-learning-module
https://weldingmart.com
https://en.m.wikipedia.org.
https.//www.vertexx42.com/files/download2/themed.php?file=work-order-templates.xlsx
https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/tools/how-to/g2743/measuring-tools-and-instrument

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