Health and safety is of paramount importance in technological education. Students must be made aware that health and safety is everyone’s responsibility at home, at school, and in the workplace. Before using any piece of equipment or any tool, students must be able to demonstrate knowledge of how the equipment or tool works and of the procedures they must follow to ensure its safe use. Personal protective gear must be worn as required.
In all of the courses, students will participate in a 15 hour unit incorporating safety in the classroom and on the machines. Students will become familiar with the safety features of the classroom such as the emergency stop buttons, fire extinguishers, first-aid kits, etc. Students will also receive a demonstration of safe practice on each piece of machinery followed by a guided one-on-one instructional practice. Each student will then receive a safety passport that will document, with signatures and dates, that they watched the demonstration of safe practice on a specific piece of machinery then participated in the one-on-one teacher guided demonstration.
In all of the courses, students will participate in a 15 hour unit incorporating safety in the classroom and on the machines. Students will become familiar with the safety features of the classroom such as the emergency stop buttons, fire extinguishers, first-aid kits, etc. Students will also receive a demonstration of safe practice on each piece of machinery followed by a guided one-on-one instructional practice. Each student will then receive a safety passport that will document, with signatures and dates, that they watched the demonstration of safe practice on a specific piece of machinery then participated in the one-on-one teacher guided demonstration.