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b) Who wrote them?
c) What was the writer’s purpose?
1. Wear protective clothing at all times.
2. Always wear eye protection when operating lathes, cutters, and
grinders and ensure the guard is in place.
3. Keep your workplace tidy.
4. The areas between benches and around machines must be kept
clear.
5. Tools should be put away when not in use and any breakage s
and losses reported.
6. Machines should be cleaned after use.

Reading

Understanding the writer’s purpose.
Knowing what the writer’s purpose is, who the writer is and
who the intended readers are can help us to understand a text. The
safety instructions in Step 3 are clearly intended to encourage
employees to be safety conscious and reduce the risk of accidents.
The writer is perhaps a supervisor or the company safety officer,
and the intended readers are machine operatives. Knowing these
things can help us to work out the meaning of any part of the text
we may not understand.

Step 4

Study the company document on safety on the net page, and then
answer these questions:
1. Who is this document for?
a) machine operatives;
b) managers;
с) all employees;
d) injured employees.
2. Who wrote this document?
a) trade union representative;
b) technician;
с) manager;

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