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DATA Health and Safety Courses

Secondary Core

Code : SCHS

The Secondary Core Health and Safety course is the introduction to your Health and Safety training.  It will explain the structure of the DATA courses and how these relate to the Health and Safety at Work Act and BS4163:2007 (Code of Practice for teaching Design and Technology in Secondary Schools)  It will also cover different methods of Risk Assessment, and other essential areas of Design Technology.  You will be provided with a folder with 10 sections and guidance on what is required for each section.

 Introduction to Health and Safety
 Health and Safety at Work Act

 Food Hygiene Act 2006
 Schedule 1 of the Regulations (Main Points)

Sample Documents for your portfolio
These are the types of documents you need for your portfolio.  Trainee teachers may use them as examples until they can replace them with real documents from their schools.
 Developing Health and Safety Awareness
 Machinery Servicing Report (Bowerhill)
 LEV report
 PAT - 'Before You Switch On' poster
 PAT - Equipment register form