Regulations and legislation
CLEAPSS (Consortium of Local Education Authorities for the Provision of Science Services) - This is service that provides advice and support in science and technology for a group of local establishments and schools. These schools can range from nursery education to A- levels or the equivalent, including pupils with special needs. CLEAPSS ensures that standards are maintained in laboratories, schools and other scientific and technical establishments, by covering a range of aspects and by laying out guidelines on a range of aspects, within the scientific and technological setting, including laboratories. These would include;
• health and safety including risk assessments,
• chemicals/ living organisms /equipment
• sources of resources
• laboratory design/ facilities/ fittings
• technicians and their jobs
• D&T (design and technology) facilities and fittings. …show more content…
This legislation was in the form of the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974). The HSWA lays out guidelines for both employers and employees to ensure that laboratories are maintained to a safe working standard. These guidelines include; carrying out risk assessments to identify the risks in the laboratory, identifying any hazards/ health and safety issues within the laboratory to prevent all staff from being harmed or harming others around them. The HSWA also states that accurate record keeping of laboratory equipment and procedures is also necessary within the laboratory. This is so that equipment and chemicals are kept and used safely and procedures are recorded and monitored accurately. This is so that all actions in a laboratory are carried out and recorded without danger to others and safe standards are consistent
CLEAPSS (Consortium of Local Education Authorities for the Provision of Science Services) - This is service that provides advice and support in science and technology for a group of local establishments and schools. These schools can range from nursery education to A- levels or the equivalent, including pupils with special needs. CLEAPSS ensures that standards are maintained in laboratories, schools and other scientific and technical establishments, by covering a range of aspects and by laying out guidelines on a range of aspects, within the scientific and technological setting, including laboratories. These would include;
• health and safety including risk assessments,
• chemicals/ living organisms /equipment
• sources of resources
• laboratory design/ facilities/ fittings
• technicians and their jobs
• D&T (design and technology) facilities and fittings. …show more content…
This legislation was in the form of the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974). The HSWA lays out guidelines for both employers and employees to ensure that laboratories are maintained to a safe working standard. These guidelines include; carrying out risk assessments to identify the risks in the laboratory, identifying any hazards/ health and safety issues within the laboratory to prevent all staff from being harmed or harming others around them. The HSWA also states that accurate record keeping of laboratory equipment and procedures is also necessary within the laboratory. This is so that equipment and chemicals are kept and used safely and procedures are recorded and monitored accurately. This is so that all actions in a laboratory are carried out and recorded without danger to others and safe standards are consistent