6.4.8

Principle 6: Respect for rights of actors involved in BioTrade activities

Criteria	Guidance	Evidence & Scoring	Importance & Applicability
Criteria 6.4: Criteria 6.4: Health and safety conditions 6.4.8 High-risk activities (e.g. chemical handling and application, operation of hazardous machinery) is only undertaken by people that have received adequate training.	Examples of high-risk activities include chemical handling and application or hazardous machinery. Training topics may include storage, environmental safety, safety to humans and other precautions. This requirement applies to any kind of contracted workers, including subcontracted workers.	Interviews Talk to the workers individually or in group (without the presence of employer) in order to understand whether high risk activities are undertaken only by trained people. Talk to the employer to confirm that the information provided by the worker (the employer can also be interviewed before the workers). Documentation Check records of trainings provided for the specific high-risk tasks Observation Observe who is implementing high risk activities and check whether this person(s) is properly trained for such tasks. Scoring guidance 0 - High-risk activities are undertaken by people that have not received adequate training 1 - High-risk activities are undertaken by people that have received incomplete or inadequate training 2 - High-risk activities are only undertaken by people that have received adequate training. Nevertheless, some improvements were identified, but this does not represent a risk to the workers 3 - High-risk activities (e.g. chemical handling and application, operation of hazardous machinery) is only undertaken by people that have received adequate training	Importance Critical Applicability Cultivation & wild collection OaS Sub-suppliers Field operators

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Guidance

Evidence & Scoring

Importance & Applicability

Criteria 6.4: Criteria 6.4: Health and safety conditions

6.4.8

High-risk activities (e.g. chemical handling and application, operation of hazardous machinery) is only undertaken by people that have received adequate training.

Examples of high-risk activities include chemical handling and application or hazardous machinery. Training topics may include storage, environmental safety, safety to humans and other precautions. This requirement applies to any kind of contracted workers, including subcontracted workers.

Interviews

Talk to the workers individually or in group (without the presence of employer) in order to understand whether high risk activities are undertaken only by trained people.

Talk to the employer to confirm that the information provided by the worker (the employer can also be interviewed before the workers).

Documentation

Check records of trainings provided for the specific high-risk tasks

Observation

Observe who is implementing high risk activities and check whether this person(s) is properly trained for such tasks.

Scoring guidance

0 - High-risk activities are undertaken by people that have not received adequate training
1 - High-risk activities are undertaken by people that have received incomplete or inadequate training
2 - High-risk activities are only undertaken by people that have received adequate training. Nevertheless, some improvements were identified, but this does not represent a risk to the workers
3 - High-risk activities (e.g. chemical handling and application, operation of hazardous machinery) is only undertaken by people that have received adequate training

Importance
Critical

Applicability

Cultivation & wild collection

OaS

Sub-suppliers

Field operators

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6.4.8

Principle 6: Respect for rights of actors involved in BioTrade activities

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