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I noticed a job advert which required some interesting phystical requirements - somewhat at varaiance to UK views on lifting:
• Ability to hoist oneself up and over a 12-inch wide, 6 foot high barrier.
• Sufficient strength to:
o Lift 100 lbs. from deck to waist level;
o Lift 50 lbs. from deck to shoulder level;
o Lift 35 lbs. from deck to overhead; and
o Pull (drag) 120 lbs. at least 20 feet.
http://www.maritimejobs....Show.aspx?JobShow=106314
I do not think I will apply .....
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Gee that is hefty!
I can understand having to be strong enough to rescue yourself but the rest is nutty weights!
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Sorry guys, I have to disagree! Weights seem pretty manageable to me. We're all different - that's the point I guess!
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Wow!
I think our wildlife people should specify proven tiger wrestling abilities for their next applicant.
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It's not just the weights that make the difference. I reckon that I could still do those weights even at my age - ONCE, but if asked to repeat during a working day I would certainly fail very soon.
When I was young I daily had to lift and carry many rolls of fabric from wagon to storage and vice versa of weights up to 1cwt/50kg. Technique was crucial in getting the roll from floor level on to shoulder and involved a combination of knee jerk and arm-lift. Great for developing upper body strength. The soft fabrics were fine but PVC was as hard as concrete landing on the shoulder. Also tea chests half-full of metal components and they were a much harder lift and carry although the arrival of a sack barrow was very good news.
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Anyone personally required to drag 120 lbs at least 20 feet should consider making the task easier by using some sheets of teflon and some washing-up liquid to minimise frictional resistance! Earlier this week BBC TV featured an item (apparently a repeat of one originally shown on BBC1's "One Show" in May) about a massive 1100 tonne bridge being slid into place over Nottingham Station with such simple friction-busting substances as part of a new tramway project. For those wanting more information, have a look at http://www.thetram.net/l...ws/1/bridge-national-tv/ which includes a link to at least two video clips of the slide in progress.
As a further digression from the main thrust of this thread I guess that some followers of the recent forum thread "The Topic - Pregnant workers not allowed to use such items as washing up liquid or car shampoo?" (currently locked) might speculate as to whether any COSHH risk assessments were made about the copious amounts of washing-up liquid used in the Nottingham bridge slide, especially for a purpose which the makers probably did not envisage originally! If so, please take care with any comments about this aspect in order to avoid any risk of this thread also becoming locked ! :-)
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While typing my response above (#6) I hesitated over my comment about makers of washing-up liquid not envisaging its use as a lubricant. This was because I thought that such liquid might be used on some skid pans for training drivers of buses and lorries. However, I soon dismissed that notion through envisaging the enormous bubble baths likely to develop on such pans during wet weather! A more likely lubricant for skid pans I guess is some form of oil: Can anyone acquainted with skid pans comment on this aspect?
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SP900308 wrote:Sorry guys, I have to disagree! Weights seem pretty manageable to me. We're all different - that's the point I guess!
I agree. Not so long ago you'd expect a site operative to be carrying 50kg bags of cement without any problem.
The last sack of chicken-feed I bought was 20kg, putting that on my shoulder was the easiest way of carrying it from the shop to the car (and I have on occasion carried one on each shoulder, though I generally have help to get the second up there). I don't see a problem with lifting one overhead.
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Colin... working offshore, you must be getting close to those figures every time you get your wallet out ;)
Is it Friday yet?
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No fitter than the average British Soldier.
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SP900308 wrote:Colin... working offshore, you must be getting close to those figures every time you get your wallet out ;)
Is it Friday yet?
It IS Friday, but my wallet is perpetually thin. Offshore is the nearest IOSH bit covering harbours, where I work - and local Council as well, hence the thin wallet!
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