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RUSSELL SLACK
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Dear Safety Professionals
As professionals we are always trying to prevent Accidents, Incidents etc taking place and we are always trying to ensure that Staff are kept fully informaed of the H&S Requirements.
Having had to deal with a couple of serious incidents during my career I can only but fully endorse this approach.
In fact we already take Sixth Form Students through a Health and Safety Induction programme before they go out on Work Placement.
However we started with the Board of Governors, then the Teachers along with other members of Staff, now we have got down to Students.
We are now in the process of meeting with a number of Schools to arrange our programme for the coming year 2008 - 2009 and this is being supported by their Insurance Broker.
The sooner this becomes part of the School Curriculum throughout the UK the better it will be for both Students and Employers.
It also up to Employers to fully endorse this approach and to come on board.
Russell Slack
ASK Uz SAFETY SOLUTIONS
Northern Ireland.
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Nigel DuPree
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So thats what ' WHAC ' stands for yet not to suprising that my web-search turned up whac-ing penguins and moles let alone what the kids are going to use the acronym "whac" for in the playground as seam to recall the risk of getting hairy palms was biggest fear in the good old days.
Just a shame having withdrawn and/or limited reasonably practicable experience based skills learning with loss of opportunities for experimentation whether in the science labs, wood and metal workshops etc. it only leaves the Art & Craft classroom to apply a little Health & Safety theory. (Not that Art or Craft is a soft option in any way what so ever and may be very dynamic & challenging)
Perhaps when every other whacy idea has been explored we may return to reintroducing the concept of 'work based learning' to schools including the science, metal and wood workshops with some CAD and CNC equipment.
Might even make a significant difference to those less academically challenged who end up as highly qualified chocolate teapot graduates in industry with limited interpersonal skills and neither use nor ornament when it comes to putting the chain back on their eco friendly bicycle or making a cup of tea.
Would also provide an area or arena for the systemically failed and functionally illiterate to demonstrate their potential to excel by "kickin-off" their practical skill sets and entropreneurial possibilities although, like Sir Alan Sugar one need not expect them to have to much time for the clever-cloggs chocolate tea-pots.
If diverisity is the driver behind change, evolution and progress then their is a place for "Positive Regard" for all especially those who may through systemic failure to remove the barriers for them "Access Text" have limited opportunity to shine academically - not Rocket Science or is it ?
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Anthony Jones
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Not before time!
Having spent twelve years teaching health and safety, up to NEBOSH Diploma level, in the local College of Further Education, as well as providing training sessions for apprentices, I applaud the proposal. Young persons, straight from school, face a myriad of risks when entering the employment arena. Most are unprepared and, dare I say,in many cases unconcerned. The introduction of basic health and safety awareness training to 15-year-olds will, in time, provide the knowledge and protection needed to prepare them and their future employers for the activities and environs they are about to engage in. I will go further by suggesting that, in addition to risk assessment training, a basic introduction to first aid would not go amiss.
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Craig Stuart
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Couldn't agree more Anthony.
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