7 - Trades, Transport & Equipment Operators

For safety equipment, we wear work boots, but these aren't just steel-toed boots. They have a metatarsal guard, so you have steel under your boot on your toes and right up the ankle, but the boots aren't actually very heavy.

We also wear fire-protective coveralls, respirators, safety glasses, hard hats with headlamps, and latex gloves underneath our work gloves (to protect against dermatitis and rashes). We work at great heights so we wear fall protection. When we work around roof vents, the conditions can be very icy, so we always make sure to be tied off.