Advice for technology teachers
Occupational health and safety is an important matter for all school staff. For technology teachers safety is also an integral part of the outcomes and content of student learning. Technology subjects involve students in practical, hands-on activities of designing and producing, using a variety of materials, substances, equipment and processes.
Whether the study occurs at the agriculture plot, workshop, design room, food preparation area, or computer room, technology teachers need to identify hazards and implement effective risk management strategies to provide a safe teaching and learning environment as well as integrating appropriate and explicit teaching and learning activities about safety to allow syllabus requirements to be addressed by students.
The following links provide safety information and advice for technology teachers:
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011
- DEC Work Health and Safety (WHS) Directorate
- Planning for safe teaching and learning activities in technology classrooms
- Safety and technology syllabuses
- The Equipment Safety in Schools (DEC intranet only) website provides the most current information for students and teachers regarding mandated usage controls for safe use of items of plant commonly found in NSW Department of Education and Communities secondary school industrial arts workshops. Alternatively access the web site through your DET portal log in, site located under the My applications tab.
- Learning about safety
- Student project work
- First aid issues
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