Abstract Globally, a large number of safety hazards remain unrecognised in construction workplaces. These unrecognised safety hazards are also likely to remain unmanaged and can potentially cascade into unexpected safety incidents. Therefore, the development of hazards recognition skill – particularly among the next-generation of construction professionals – is vital for injury prevention and safe work-operations. To foster the development of such skill, the current investigation examined the effect of administering a hazard recognition intervention to students seeking to enter the construction workforce. First, prior to introducing the intervention, the pre-intervention hazard recognition skill of the participating students was measured. Next, the intervention that included a number of programme elements was introduced. The programme elements included (1) visual cues to promote systematic hazard recognition, (2) personalised hazard recognition performance feedback, (3) visual demonstration of common hazard recognition search weaknesses, and (4) diagnosis of hazard search weaknesses using metacognitive prompts. Finally, the post-intervention skill demonstrated by the student participants was measured and compared against their pre-intervention performance. The results suggest that the intervention was effective in improving the hazard recognition skill demonstrated by the next-generation of construction professionals. The observed effect was particularly prominent among those that demonstrated relatively lower levels of skill in the pre-intervention phase. The research also unveiled particular impediments to hazards recognition that the participants experienced.

中文翻译：

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在下一代建筑专业人士中发展危害识别技能

摘要在全球范围内，在建筑工作场所中仍未发现大量安全隐患。这些无法识别的安全隐患也很可能无法控制，并且有可能级联成意外的安全事件。因此，危害识别技能的发展，尤其是在下一代建筑专业人士中，对于预防伤害和安全工作至关重要。为了促进这种技能的发展，当前的调查研究了对寻求进入建筑工人队伍的学生实施危害识别干预措施的效果。首先，在介绍干预措施之前，先对参与研究的学生进行干预前的危害识别技能进行了测量。接下来，介绍了包含许多程序元素的干预措施。该计划的要素包括（1）促进系统性危害识别的视觉提示；（2）个性化危害识别性能反馈；（3）常见危害识别搜索弱点的视觉展示；以及（4）使用元认知提示诊断危害搜索弱点。最后，对学生参与者展示的干预后技能进行了测量，并与他们的干预前表现进行了比较。结果表明，该干预措施可有效提高下一代建筑专业人员的危害识别技能。在干预前阶段技能水平相对较低的人群中，观察到的效果尤为突出。该研究还揭示了参与者所经历的危害识别的特殊障碍。