Considerations for Specific Lab Environments and Safety | Origin: ED206
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Teaching in the Lab and Shop Environment --> Considerations for Specific Lab Environments and Safety
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Safety is the primary concern for many educators, students and family and should be taken very seriously. Continously reminding of rules and posting of safety rules in the lab environment are key.
Pay attention to the safety guidelines
The instructor must maintain responsibility for the actions of students and reinforce safety standards
Working in the type of laboratory setting as identified in this module is not familiar to me, but if I were instructing in that setting, I would apply all principles learned.
Be sure to keep safety as the utmost importance.
Trining safety in the laboratory settings requires defining safety protocols and dilegence on the part of the instructor to insure standards are being followed.
Breach of Duty must not only be proven, but also the methods to teach safety to avoid a breach of duty.
Safety is a huge part of my shop and every student has been taught about PPE. I constintly has to remind my stundents to wear their safety glasses. Be safe in the construction industry is a life or death situation everyday. All my students had the get their OSHA 10 prior to using and power tools.
Most students have learned the safety rules in lectures, quizs, and hands on but not all follow safety rules as well as they should and we have to be on top of that.
Agreed that safety and use of PPE cant be missed even in courses that focus on other concepts
Safety is always important, but explaining safety measures to students is also important
I didn't know about the breach of duty and the other 2 considerations for legal action. I understand now how important it is to have a signature agreement to the rules of the lab, verbal reminders and perhaps write it on the board or include in the power point presentation prior to starting the activity a slide that reminds them of the safety recommendations for that lab.
Maintaining safety will be very important part of this aspect of learning environment.
I learned a lot from this module, specifically the teaching strategies and safety guidelines. I look forward to incorporating small written tests regarding lab work and equipment safety guidelines. I think giving students a safety quiz acknowledging they understand the equipment and its protocol would be valuable as both documentation and reinforcing safety procedure in students' activities.
While safety is very important, communication and instruction about safety is also important, and above all else, appropriate safety modeling by the insructor is most important. Safety guidelines should be observed strictly and should be posted.
I need to post some safety rules in the greenhouse, not only for my students who learn the rules but for everyone entering the greenhouse to see that we have rules of safety we follow. I have not had many visitors lately due to Covid but we intend to have plant sales again and this is a good reminder of how important safety is in the classroom, lab or shop.
Safety first every day is a great motto!!
in running a welding lab safety is key to our sucess zero injuries is the only acceptable outcome.
