Students make machines safe

1. Students make machines safe Mainstreaming OSH in a practical way Technisch Instituut Scheppers – Belgium Maureen Debruyne, PREVENT vzw

2. Initiative • Adaptation of lathes (Celtic 14) • By students and teachers • ‘Integrated test’

4. PUPILS 6th year welding/ construction: 5 6th year Electrotechniques: 10 6th year Mechanical techniques: 8 TEACHERS Welding/construction: 2 Electrotechniques: 3 Mechanical techniques/electro-mechanics: 3 Participants

5. Procedure: overview • Legislation • Risk assessment • Developping mechanical and electronical safety measures • Assembling safety measures • New risk assessment

6. Procedure • Legislation: prevention officer of the school • Risk assessment - Prevention officers, teachers, pupils - Task analysis on the work place - Check list - Conclusion - Priorities

8. Procedure • Developping measures • e.g. Protection of the chuck, work piece and chisel with protective hoods; main switch that can be double locked; emergency stop. • Includes different sections

9. Procedure • Assembling safety measures by the pupils themselves, under guidance of teachers and technical advisors.

10. Section Mechanical Techniques TSO Section Welding BSO Design by the sections  : Electromechanics TSO Electricity – electronics TSO Assemblage by the section Electrotechniques TSO

11. Didactics • Cross-section (a) and cross-subject (b) (a) Welding/construction, electromechanics, ... (b) Mechanics, ... • Integrated test: • Professional skills • Manual skills • General knowledge • Communication skills

12. Evaluation • 3 interval evaluations by safety officers, teachers and persons from the professional life during the schoolyear: means to (re)direct the project • 1 final evaluation at the end of the year. • Surplus value for the students

13. Link with professional life • Evaluations • Companies imitate the adaptations • VCA-training for teachers and pupils in collaboration with neighbouring enterprise