Pandangan dan pemahaman setiap orang mengenai risiko yang berbeda-beda menjadi perhatian para ahli untuk melihat penyebab dari perbedaan itu, yang kemudian berkembang menjadi suatu teori persepsi risiko. Paradigma psikometrik, salah satu teori populer yang membahas faktor-faktor psikologis individu yang dapat mempengaruhi persepsi digambarkan dalam 9 dimensi yaitu 1 voluntariness of risk, 2 immediacy of effect, 3 known to exposed of risk, 4 known to science of risk, 5 control over the risk, 6 newness, 7 chronic/catastrophic 8 common/dread, 9 severity of consequences. Penelitian ini membahas mengenai 9 dimensi tersebut yang digunakan pada pekerja konstruksi untuk melihat gambaran persepsi risiko bekerja pada ketinggian. Dari kesembilan variabel tersebut yang digunakan untuk menggambarkan persepsi mengenai risiko bekerja pada ketinggian, ada 3 variabel yang menggambarkan ldquo;persepsi risiko rendah rdquo; pada pekerja konstruksi mengenai bekerja pada ketinggian, yaitu pada variabel kesukarelaan voluntariness of risk , variabel pengendalian atas risiko control over risk dan variabel kebaruan risiko newness .Kata kunci:Persepsi risiko, paradigma psikometrik, konstruksi, bekerja pada ketinggian.

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The views and understanding of every person on the different risks to the attention of experts to look at the cause of the difference, which later developed into a theory of risk perception. Psychometric paradigm, one popular theory that discusses the psychological factors of individuals who can influence the perception portrayed in 9 dimensions, namely 1 voluntariness of risk, 2 immediacy of effect, 3 known to the exposed of risk, 4 known to the science of risk, 5 control over the risk, 6 newness, 7 chronic catastrophic 8 common dread, 9 the severity of consequences.

This study discusses the 9 dimensions were used in the construction workers to see the description of risk perception on working at height. Of the nine variables are used to describe the perception of the risk of working at heights, there are two variables that describe the perception of low risk to the construction workers regarding working at height, which is voluntariness of risk, control over risk and newness.Keywords Risk perception, psychometric paradigm, construction, working at height.