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- Implementing safe work practices is the responsibility of your employer (PCBU), the Principal of the school (or Director of the service) and of all staff, including you.
To work safely you will need to understand more about the safety policies, procedures and guidelines that exist in your work environment.
To work safely you will need to understand more about the safety policies, procedures and guidelines that exist in your work environment.
The WHS policy, specific to Education NSW, can be read here.
The WHS policy, specific to Education NSW, can be read here.
Government schools are provided with a range of policies to help them implement appropriate safety in the workplace or school environment. View those policies from this link.
If you are working in a private school or service, they will either have created their own policies and procedures, or if part of a larger organisation such as the Association of Independent Schools NSW, or Catholic Schools NSW/ACT or the National Catholic Education Commission, may have been supplied with templates for their own use.
2. What will you need to know more about to work safely? Some possible areas are listed below...many of these you have already looked at in this unit.
2. What will you need to know more about to work safely? Some possible areas are listed below...many of these you have already looked at in this unit.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Housekeeping (some cleaning and tidying procedures)
Evacuations and Lockdowns
Machinery operation (possibly)
Workplace safety inspections
Incident reporting
First aid
Manual handling
Infection control
Food handling (possibly)
Bullying and harassment
Sun Safety
Google Sites
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