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Looking after our Painters

The Work Should Not Hurt programme aims to make sure painters can enjoy long, pain free careers and retire when they want to and not when forced to due to pain and injury.

1,240

250m2 houses not painted

53

Days off on average per injury

47,000+

Days off work

Painting

We have worked onsite alongside painters to identify practical solutions to help you reduce the chance of pain and injury. Scroll down to view a wide range of resources to help you work smarter, not harder.

Explore the Work Should Not Hurt programme and discover how you can get involved in changing the way we work.

The Work Should Not Hurt programme aims to make sure tradespeople can enjoy long, pain free careers and retire when they want to and not when forced to due to pain and injury. We publish a wide range of resources covering many work health and safety topics on working in the construction industry.

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