| I suspect that we have all worked somewhere | | | | Stewards and Stewardesses on planes have a |
| over our careers where we have had to wear a | | | | distinctive form of work wear as do the pilots |
| uniform or some form of work wear. If we have | | | | and the ground staff. Obviously security |
| worked in an environment like this then we | | | | identification helps to establish who these people |
| probably have all experienced this when we were | | | | are, but we have all seen the spy films when |
| back at school. | | | | simply by stealing a different costume the |
| Work wear can be an invaluable tool around the | | | | individual has been able to fool people into thinking |
| office or in a shop or store, firstly it helps identify | | | | that they work in that particular location. |
| to members of the public who actually works for | | | | Would a building site look like a building site without |
| the company or organisation. Certainly if you walk | | | | the vast array of hats, boots and other work |
| into a local branch of any major shop or | | | | wear that we are so used to seeing? The classic |
| supermarket, you will be able to tell who works | | | | high visibility jacket or vest look that we are so |
| for the company simple by what they are | | | | used to seeing on the sites is something that we |
| wearing. | | | | associate with builders, if you were asked to |
| Similarly if you walk into a National Health Service | | | | sketch an individual from each of these |
| building whether it is a hospital or a care home the | | | | professions then you would probably all associate |
| staff members all wear uniforms to identify | | | | some form of clothing with each of them. |
| themselves to any visitors or patients. If you | | | | Workwear is an essential part of working life, it |
| were wandering through a hospital and someone | | | | makes us who we are, keeps us protected from |
| collapsed the first thing you would be likely to do | | | | the dangers that our work may present us with. |
| would be to look for someone in a white coat or | | | | So don't be ashamed of our work clothing, |
| someone in a nurse's uniform, so the work wear | | | | embrace it, look after it and love it, because one |
| is something that you associate with getting | | | | day it might just save your life or get you noticed |
| better and healthy. | | | | for a bigger and better role. |