What is a Department of Education and Training (DET) Generic Risk Assessment?
To prevent the need for each school to carry out individual risk assessments on items of equipment that are in the school, the DET has carried out a generic assessment of a number of items common to many schools. As well as developing risk assessment procedures DET has defined controls for the use of equipment in schools. These controls include: ” Classifying equipment on the basis of their relevant hazard, ” Restricting access to some equipment, ” Providing risk and safety information on over 400 items of equipment. The relevant controls are provided in Appendix A and B of the following publication. Source: Equipment Safety in Schools Interim advice TAS Workshops. DET Properties Directorate 2003, page 7, appendix A and B. Chemical Safety in Schools (1999). Department of Education and Training, Volume 1, section 1.5.3, page 7.
