CLEAPSS- Managing Health and Safety in Technology and Design- Northern Ireland

Target Audience: HoDs of Technology and Design in a Post Primary Setting-Wednesday 1st May 2024

The training will be  facilitated online via MS Teams. The link will be sent to participants after successful registration.

Date: Wednesday 1st May

Duration: 1/2 Day (online)                       

Times: Start 9.30am; Finish 12.30 (approx.)

The Education Authority (EA), under it’s legal responsibility as an employer to provide Health and Safety advice, affords CLEAPSS membership to all Post Primary settings.CLEAPSS provides general support and advice for all aspects of practical work with an over-arching focus on health and safety, their advice and guidance forms the basis of model risk assessments for practical activities carried out in educational settings.The Education Authority have worked in collaboration with CLEAPPS to provide- 'Managing Health and Safety in Technology and Design- Northern Ireland'

This half day online training has been designed for Technology and Design HoDs and will be facilitated by Dave Parry, T& D Advisor.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Part 1: Requirements of health and safety legislation.

Part 2: Risk assessment and recording using CLEAPSS materials.

AIMS:

• To explore legal requirements with respect to health and safety.
• To raise awareness of legislation and how T&D is affected.
• To provide guidance on responsibilities for health and safety in schools.
• To consider Risk Assessment in T&D.
• To consider practical ways in which risk assessments can be implemented.

• Please have the approval of your Principal to attend.
• Substitute cover is not provided for this event.
• It is important that the full name of the participant and their C2K email (not personal) are used for the purposes of efficient contact, registers and certification.
• To apply you will need your school DE Reference number, available by clicking here   Please enter the Reference with no spaces and no hyphen.
• You will receive immediate confirmation to the email address supplied, therefore please ensure you enter your C2K email correctly.
• If a HoD cannot attend then a deputy from the school can be nominated.
• Please let us know ASAP if you need to cancel as we can then award your place to the next applicant on the waiting list.

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