Safety and Technology Education guidance manual

Safety and Technology Education: A Guidance Manual for New Zealand Schools was designed to help classroom teachers take an active role in planning for the safety of their students and themselves when involved in technology education activities. Planning for health and safety should be part of regular classroom practice. It is an integral part of Technological Practice.

In this way, students both learn technology and become aware of current Technological Practice. In compiling this manual, several approaches to safety planning in industry have been investigated and adapted to suit classroom situations and needs. Planning for safety in technology education should thus reflect current Technological Practice, as promoted by the Occupational Safety and Health Service of the Department of Labour and in the New Zealand Chemical Industry Council Premises Inspection and Certification (PRINCE) Programme, and be viewed as an integral part of planning for teaching and learning.

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