| CODE | TET1000 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Safety Issues and Practices for Technology | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Technology and Entrepreneurship Education | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This unit presents knowledge about safety issues related to technological environments. It starts by tackling the general safety measures (e.g. personal protective clothing, personal actions etc.) which need to be observed on a personal basis when handling technological tools such as hand tools, power tools and machinery. Then it discusses the safety measures which need to be observed as a group when the same technological environment is used by many people for example in a school workshop or laboratory. This information also takes into account typical age-related behaviour in non-classroom settings. Consequently the unit discusses local and international standards of safety such as Maltese legal notices, EU standards and British standards. It also provides information about school safety policies and strategies of action in cases of threats, hazards or risks to safety of staff or children. This includes information about union directives and guidance about accountability and responsibility structures and policies which are typically adopted by schools when an incident occurs. Study-Unit Aims: 1. To make prospective learners aware of the safety challenges and responsibilities encountered when working within technological environments and to equip them with clear strategies on how to tackle safety issues within school settings; 2. To condition the student to adopt safe practices when working in a technological environment; 3. To familiarize the student with local and international safety standards. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Explain the actions and safe practices to be taken on a personal basis when using technological tools such as hand tools, power tools and machinery; 2. Discus age-related appropriate strategies to organize groups of individuals when working within a technological learning environment such as a laboratory, workshop or industrial visit; 3. Cite and discuss local and international safety standards documents and apply this information to case studies; 4. Cite and discuss union directives or guidance about safety policies and strategies of action and apply such information to case studies. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Use personal protective equipment appropriately and adopt safe working practices; 2. Identify warning signs or labels of hazardous substances typically found in technological workshops or laboratories (includes both school settings and industrial settings); 3. Conduct a safety audit for a workshop. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - BRITISH STANDARD 2007. Health and Safety for Design and Technology in schools and similar establishments. BS 4163:2007. - DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND SKILLS. 2004. Building Bullettin 81 Design and Technology Accomodation in Secondary Schools. Available: http://www.bexley.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=5087&p=0. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Sven Zammit |
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