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Southampton Education School

CLEAPSS Health & Safety for Science Technicians Event

CLEAPSS Course
Time:
09:30 - 16:00
Date:
13 December 2017
Venue:
Queen Elizabeth's School, Blandford Road, Wimborne Minster Dorset, BH21 4DT

For more information regarding this event, please telephone Mathematics and Science Learning Centre on 023 8059 8810 or email mslc@soton.ac.uk .

Event details

This course was originally designed by a team set up by the Association for Science Education to help with the health and safety training of school laboratory technicians.

The course has the following objectives :

  • to raise awareness of safety issues and current Health and Safety legislation
  • to make technicians more comfortable with their responsibilities
  • to help delegates become more aware of the range of CLEAPSS services and advice
  • to practice risk assessments, to consider what safe management - managing safely means in practice for technician
  • and, optionally, to devise an action plan

What will the course include?

  • legislation on health and safety including the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and its subsequent regulations
  • legal bans, myths and rumour
  • risk assessments in general, and personal risk assessment for technicians
  • safe management and handling of resources for practical science
  • communication

Course Fee: £125 per person attending

This is for a full day of professional development, all CLEAPSS course resources, lunch and refreshments.

CLEAPSS courses are intended for CLEAPSS members - if you are uncertain about your membership please contact CLEAPSS on 01895 251496.  An additional charge may be payable for non-members attending courses.

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