Overview - Health & Safety
When planning and conducting design and technological activities, trainees and teachers must give due regard to the health and safety of their pupils, themselves and other adults. They must be aware of current relevant health and safety responsibilities, legislation and liability.
Issues
It is crucial that teachers and support staff can identify the hazards and assess the risks, and determine how to remove or control the risks within an educational environment. The Health and Safety Training Standards and the D&T Association’s Health & Safety Accreditation Scheme has been introduced to provide a sound professional framework so that staff can feel confident in carrying out their work in a professional manner, and be able to show evidence of meeting that requirement.
The Health and Safety Training Standards cover the subject, including minimum expectations for trainees and qualified design and technology teachers in the following areas:
Primary (PHS)
For trainees taking Design & Technology as a specialist course and coordinators of D&T in primary schools, with guidance for non-specialist primary schools
Secondary
Three levels of accreditation:
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Core level - for all trainees and teachers involved in teaching Design and Technology.
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Specialist levels - relate to each of the four fields of knowledge. Trainees and teachers are expected to demonstrate this level if they are to teach in a specialist field of knowledge, for trainees the minimum expectation is for two of the four specialist areas to be covered.
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Specialist Extension levels - are not part of the minimum requirements for trainee teachers. However before using these specialist pieces of equipment, and/or processes, can be used suitable training is required.
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