Common Concepts within Processes
Every process that you apply within Design and Technology is extremely different for example marking out wood is a completely different process in comparison to brazing a piece of metal. However, within every process used in schools you will always use the same underlying concept and principles and these would be using and applying safe practice concerning Health and Safety.
The common concepts of Health and Safety within every process completed are:
Dressing safely and appropriately -To avoid entanglements and injury, wearing an apron, tucking a tie in, removing jewelry, or tying your hair back.
Always wearing the correct protective clothing - This includes eye, hand and feet protection.
Moving safely - No running or sudden movements acting sensibly around sharp tools. Carrying sharp tools pointing downwards. If you are carrying large bits of material then be conscious of people around you.
Acting safely - Never using a machine that would need a teacher or technicians supervision, never working alone in the workshop, using signage for other students for example to indicate hot bricks.
Using the machines appropriately - One operator per machine, insuring that you have the correct training or ask for supervision if needed, use all the guards and safety clamps, use a push stick if necessary, never leave chuck keys within a chuck, do no leave a machine on unattended. Always switch on extractor fans and compressors on.
Reporting all accidents, breakages and faults - Can avoid any further injuries in the long run.
Keeping the machines, workshops and floors clean and tidy - Putting tools away, sweeping all waste to avoid tripping.
Using machines properly - Have you used this machine before?
There are also extra common principles regarding precautions that schools will conform to when using Plastic regardless of the process :
Respiratory hazards - Wearing a face mask and turning on extractor fans.
Eye hazards - Wearing safety glasses not only protects you from polyester resins, but also things like dust particles and so forth.
Skin hazards - Protective gloves to avoid any skin irritation or using barrier cream to protect hands - sometimes you can wear disposable gloves depending on the particular process but is is always important to wash and clean hands.
Fire and explosions hazards - Keeping flammable materials away from flames. Disposing waste in the appropriate waste bins.
Generally speaking in schools students will encounter injury because of five main reason;
Although these pointers seem extremely self explanatory and obvious these are very common misconceptions within schools.
The common concepts of Health and Safety within every process completed are:
Dressing safely and appropriately -To avoid entanglements and injury, wearing an apron, tucking a tie in, removing jewelry, or tying your hair back.
Always wearing the correct protective clothing - This includes eye, hand and feet protection.
Moving safely - No running or sudden movements acting sensibly around sharp tools. Carrying sharp tools pointing downwards. If you are carrying large bits of material then be conscious of people around you.
Acting safely - Never using a machine that would need a teacher or technicians supervision, never working alone in the workshop, using signage for other students for example to indicate hot bricks.
Using the machines appropriately - One operator per machine, insuring that you have the correct training or ask for supervision if needed, use all the guards and safety clamps, use a push stick if necessary, never leave chuck keys within a chuck, do no leave a machine on unattended. Always switch on extractor fans and compressors on.
Reporting all accidents, breakages and faults - Can avoid any further injuries in the long run.
Keeping the machines, workshops and floors clean and tidy - Putting tools away, sweeping all waste to avoid tripping.
Using machines properly - Have you used this machine before?
There are also extra common principles regarding precautions that schools will conform to when using Plastic regardless of the process :
Respiratory hazards - Wearing a face mask and turning on extractor fans.
Eye hazards - Wearing safety glasses not only protects you from polyester resins, but also things like dust particles and so forth.
Skin hazards - Protective gloves to avoid any skin irritation or using barrier cream to protect hands - sometimes you can wear disposable gloves depending on the particular process but is is always important to wash and clean hands.
Fire and explosions hazards - Keeping flammable materials away from flames. Disposing waste in the appropriate waste bins.
Generally speaking in schools students will encounter injury because of five main reason;
- They are not paying any regards to the personal safety requirements that the teacher has informed them about.
- They are not concentrating whilst in the workshop.
- Most accidents happen where people have wrongly assessed the risk of an action, or did not know what the risk
was in the first place. - Accidents happen in workshops when people do not know how to do something correctly.
- Accidents happen when people are trying to do the wrong activity with a tool or machine.
Although these pointers seem extremely self explanatory and obvious these are very common misconceptions within schools.
Here is an example of myself wearing protective clothing within the workshop