Safety and Risk Assessment in Design and Technology

Safety and Risk Assessment Module

Our Safety and Risk Assessment Module covers a broad range of safety issues in D&T in an engaging and learner friendly way.

Learning objectives

The learning objectives are that students will:

• recognise hazards in a D&T workshop environment
• respond appropriately to safety rules, signs and other safety instructions
• report hazards and where appropriate to assess the risks and take action to minimise or eliminate any risks to health and safety
• be able to carry out risk assessments of D&T tools, processes and environments.
• be able to recall knowledge of safety rules and risk assessments for tests and examinations.

Safety and risk assessment resources

There is a learning plan with links from it to the safety and risk assessment resouces. All the resources are in HTML and PDF format.

The resources include:

• a detailed safety booklet
• safety exercises
• risk assessment exercises
• safety signs booklet that can be cut, laminated and turned into safety sign flash cards
• safety related technology, including, damage tolerance, loads, forces, factor of safety.

Our safety booklet Safety in Design and Technology covers:

• a description of safety legislation and safety law and how it applies to schools
• designers’ safety responsibility
• students' safety responsibility
• personal protective equipment (PPE), including examples of PPE requirements in various situations
• risk assessments
• safety rules and defined procedures
• hazard warnings and instructions
• safe materials
• safe storage of materials
• safe storage of tools
• tool safety
• safety features on tools
• safe working practices
• safe working area
• product safety, including product safety legislation

View sample D&T notes and exercises from the Safety and Risk Assessment Module

• Safety theory: Emergency stop buttons
• Safety exercise: Materials safety exercise