We are organizing three training webinars in collaboration with Vinmonopolet, Systembolaget and Alko to introduce issues on heat stress and the damaging effects it may have on workers in the sugarcane sector.
Objectives:
- Learning about possible health risks to workers due to heat stress and the importance of keeping your workers healthy in order to gain optimal efficiency.
- Learning how to assess workloads and provide acclimatization at the start of the season, in order to create optimal health and efficiency for workers.
- Learning how to provide sufficient amounts of water, rest breaks and appropriate shade, in order to keep workers healthy and productive. Best practices to be provided as examples.
- Learning about best practices on sanitation, that are affordable and practical solutions.
Our speaker
Ilana Weiss is La Isla Network’s (LIN) Chief Program Officer. She is the project lead for research in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. She has 10 years of experience working with sugarcane cutters, worker communities and sugar mills with a focus on Occupational Safety and Health and heat stress prevention. Her background is in global health, international development, and anthropology. In addition to leading LIN’s research endeavours she also focuses on what we’ve learned from our research to affect evidence-based policy change.
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