HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE COLLEGE

Be Safe - All areas at Dv8 Sussex have Risk Assessments covering the activities that students are asked to participate in. These assessments reduce the risk of injury to a minimum, by the use of control measures These controls will be communicated to you for each activity

•Take care! Accept personal responsibility for your own safety and watch out for your fellow students.

•Follow the rules and warnings given to you in your lessons, in specialist areas (eg Green Screen room, music studio) and in other situations which may be hazardous –eg outside field work or work experience

•Do not misuse, neglect, damage or interfere with any safety equipment Your own safety, or that of other students, may depend on them working on another occasion.

•Report hazards to teaching staff or Centre Management teams This could prevent other people from accident and injury.

•Accidents or Serious Illness - In the event of an accident or serious illness, please speak to any member of staff. If you are involved in an accident, even if it is relatively minor, please see a First Aider to complete an Accident Report Form

•First Aid - There are green and white First Aid posters in every room. Ensure that you have read and understood the instructions You can contact a First Aider by going to the Centre Office.

•Fire and Emergency Procedures – In the event of a fire or other emergency a siren will sound continuously and you will be asked to the signposted fire exit (main doors at the front

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• Do not stop to pick up your coat or bag

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• Stay with your class and your tutor at all time

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