TOT on Environmentally Sound Design and Implementation of PWs Community Roads of the PSNP June 13 – 23, 2011 Dessie, Ethiopia By Dessalegn Bezabih Tools, Equipment and Light Machinery in LBRC

1.Surveying tools: Simple locally available ones  Pegs,  Range poles,  Strings, Meter (long) 2.Clearing and grubbing:  Axe, pick axe, rake, bush knife (‘Gejera’) 3. Setting out:  Pegs, strings, meters (short and long), wooden or metalic 90 degree tool (‘squadra’) or string,  Mason hammer,  Line level Tools, Equipment and Light Machinery in LBRC

Tools, equipment and light machinery (Cont’d) 4. Earthwork:  Hoe, pick axe, shovel, wheel barrow, fingered hoe 5. Surfacing: excavation, hauling, spreading, compaction  Pick axe, shovel, wheel barrow,  Light machinery: tractor, trailer, water tanker, roller 6. Drainage structures: Ford, culvert, bridge  Fords: simple tools like pegs, strings, hammer (big & small), meter, spirit level, mason knife, (shovel for concrete),  Culverts and bridges: from simple to medium like mixer (RC)

Tools, equipment and light machinery (Cont’d) 7. Some important light machinery:  Towed grader or Tractor pulled grader blade  Tractor pulled roller,  Walking tractors are utilized in some countries (eg. Thailand),  Etc.

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Training of Trainer Personnel on Environmentally Sound Design and Implementation of Public Works- Community Roads of the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) June 13-24, 2011 Ghion Ambassel Hotel Dessé, Ethiopia