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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 19.
Published in final edited form as: Scand J Work Environ Health. 2009 Nov 26;36(3):258–265. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.2877

Table I.

Apprentices who reported performing tasks on the job and percent who received training prior to performing task on the job

Task Had performed task on-the-job Were trained prior to task performance
Use personal fall arrest 81.4% 87.1%
Use pump jack scaffold 66.2% 76.4%
Use ladder jack scaffold 78.9% 68.0%
Work near unprotected openings/edges 82.1% 67.7%
Set outside walls 86.5% 67.6%
Set trusses 85.0% 65.8%
Set joists 84.3% 65.6%
Sheath roof 78.8% 61.8%
Use extension ladder 96.1% 56.5%
Use step ladder 96.7% 53.0%