DT Workshop Health & Safety Training
DT Health & Safety are top priorities for staff and students in DT departments. To ensure your Design Technology departments are safe and comply with regulations and codes of practice, we provide Health and Safety audits, D&TA accreditation training, and machinery maintenance.
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Health and safety training
We offer any of the elements from the D&TA accreditation scheme. The accreditation is designed to ensure that all staff working in or around a DT department are trained and work by the BS4163 code of practice when using machinery and tools to minimise risks to health.
Our DT Health & Safety training follows the accreditation scheme, enabling any staff member, including technicians, TAs, and NQTs, to be trained, whether completing all or part of the training program.
The training is designed around the machinery in your school’s working environment. Each piece of equipment has minimum training times, so depending on the program chosen and the number of machines, the training program will be a one-day or two-day course. Some of the training options we have available:
- Basic DT teachers’ course, including band saw, circular saw, pillar drill, sanding machines, power fret saw, hand tools and basic power tools (drills and sanders).
- Turners’ course, including centre lathe (metal) and Wood lathe training.
- Metal machining course, including centre lathe (metal), milling machine and grinding.
- Power tools course, including router, reciprocating saw, circular saw, biscuit jointer, angle grinder, power planer, drills, and sanders.
- Hot metal course, including brazing hearth, forge work, pewter casting, and aluminium casting.
- Personal protective equipment, to ensure staff can instruct students how to use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
Other training options available include:
- Non-DT teacher machine training course to train non-DT staff to safely use machinery
- Annual machine servicing
- Bespoke training programmes
The importance of health and safety training
Health and safety in design technology workshops are vital to protect staff and students during practical work. Given the wide range of DT tools and equipment that will be used, it is vital that safety rules for a workshop, risk assessments, and ground rules are in place to prevent injury or harm.
There are many reasons why ensuring all staff are trained in health and safety for in the workshop:
- Maintain workshop safety, such as tucking loose clothing and wearing suitable PPE
- Set and follow the workshop safety rules
- Ensure students and staff operate machinery working safely
- Staff can identify hazards and find a suitable way to reduce, prevent, or minimise injury
- Contributes towards ensuring all staff are component in workshop health and safety
- Maintain safe usage of DT equipment during practical exercises
DT machinery testing and maintenance
Alongside ensuring all staff are trained, ensuring the safe working order of all equipment and machinery is also vital. Regular testing and maintenance ensure that all equipment and machinery are safe and operate efficiently.
At Learning Space Solutions, we provide DT machine maintenance. All tests are carried out by a qualified technician and ensure that all machinery is in safe working order. This includes all emergency stop button functions, checking compliance, and fulfilling any HSE requirements.
Health and safety design technology training and machinery testing are two vital components that every school should keep on top of. Alongside setting and adhering to rules in a workshop, all these factors ensure that students and staff can achieve the best learning outcomes with limited risk.
Why choose us?
- Over 90 successful International School projects completed.
- Work closely with academic and project teams to develop learning space designs that meet each school’s unique teaching pedagogy.
- Our global experience enables us to design creative and practical solutions to meet the aspirations of each client, providing a foundation for both teacher and student success.
- Specialists in Design Technology, STEM, Art, Flexible Learning Spaces and Libraries
- Sustainability is at the heart of our business, supporting schools with the carbon zero school’s framework and helping them to achieve their sustainability goals.
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