WORK MODELS With work models, the participants can explore specific parts of the work covered by an OHS problem. Work models have the advantage that they are to be drawn and can thus be created Exploring the problem jointly by the participants. Work models
The guide contains a description of the following four work models: Flow model Sequence model Physical model Artefact model The idea of the work models is that each of them focuses on a specific element of the work. The purpose of making these models is to use them to visualize the participants’ knowledge about the relevant work tasks and to identify where the OHS problem is located in the element in question. The participants can use a red pen to draw a ‘bolt of lightning’ on the figure at the point where there is a problem. Therefore, the work models contribute to exploring an OHS problem, but they also contribute indirectly to pointing towards where possible solutions can be found.
Tips Remember to save the models or take a picture of them. They may be useful later on.
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11 • Tools 3 : Exploring problems
