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Unidad 6: Health and Safety

Vocabulary:

 Inadequate Lighting (iluminación inadecuada) – causes: have sore eyes/eyes strain.

 Trailing cables (zapatilla) – causes: trip and fall.
 An obstruction (obstrucción) – causes: be trapped in the room.
 Damaged/uneven floor surface (piso dañado/desnivelado) –causes: trip and fall.
 Inadequate ventilation (ventilación inadecuada) –causes: breathing problems/feel hot and unable to breath.
 Wet floor surface (piso mojado) –causes: a risk of slipping.
 Unsuitable furniture (muebles inadecuados) –causes: backache or other muscle pain.
 Eye strain –pain caused by using a part of your body for too long or with inadequate lighting.
 A fracture (una fractura) –a crack or break in a bone.
 Repetitive strain injury –muscle pain caused by repeating the same movement frequently.
 Long working hours –causes: tiredness.
 Noisy equipment –causes: damage or injury to ears.
 Prolonged work at a keyboard –causes: repetitive strain injury.
 Ashtrays (cenicero).

Word Formation:

VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE

fracture fracture fractured
light lighting (well-badly) lit
obstruct obstruction (un)obstructed
repite repetition repetitive
slip a slip slippery
ventilate ventilation (well-badly) ventilated
comply compliance Compliant
endanger danger dangerous
legislate legislation Legislated
protect protection protective
adjust adjustment Adjusted/adjustable
Ensure - sure
Machine/machinery machining machined
prolong long prolonged

Unit 7: Recruitment and Training

Vocabulary:

 Candidate –person who applies and might be considered for a job.

 Hire –to choose someone for a job.
 Interview –meeting at which someone is asked questions to decide whether they are suitable for a job.
 Job application –a document that a candidate completes and sends to a prospective employer.
 Qualifications –certificates and diplomas that someone has gained.
 Recruitment agency –organization that matches job candidates with employers.
 Reference –document which gives information about a person’s suitability for a job.

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 Selection board –decision-makers who conduct an interview.

 Shortlist –to reduce the applications to a smaller number of candidates, who are to be invited for interview.
 Vacancy –an unfilled job.
 Sort (separar) …through: organizar/clasificar - …out: resolver.
 Expertise (experiencia).
 Job board –is an internet site which lists vacant positions.
 Shortage –when there is not enough of something.
 Employee (empleado).
 Employer (empleador).
 Requirements (requisitos).
 Application (solicitud)… letter: carta de solicitud - … form: formulario de inscripción.
 Opening (apertura).
 Graduate –someone who has successfully finished university.
 Personnel/staff (personal).
 Recruiter/ Job hunter (cazador de talentos) –someone whose job is to find new employees for a company.
 Trainee (aprendiz).
 State-of-the-art (moderna/de avanzada…).

RECRUITMENT METHOD ADVANTAGES FOR EMPLOYERS DISADVANTAGES FOR EMPLOYERS

The company website
Electronic job boards
Recruitment agencies
 Informs potential  Applications and CVs still
employees about the have to be processed.
company.  Difficult to design.
 Applications can be kept for
future reference.
 Companies may access  Applications and CVs still
databases of CVs. have to be processed.
 Very cost-effective.
 All the paperwork is dealt  Expensive.
with.
 Experts in finding the right
people.

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