Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

Safety Induction Program

Trimester 1, 2013

We welcome you to our Faculty and hope you enjoy your academic training during your degree course.

The Faculty is required to make you fully aware of the Occupational Health and Safety issues related to the different aspects of your course and to achieve this there are compulsory safety units run by each of the Schools. 

Please ensure you are enrolled into one or more of the safety units listed below, depending on the units and course that you are enrolled in.

PLEASE NOTE: Failure to successfully complete the on-line Safety Test will result in attendance in practical classes/workshops (where applicable) being restricted.  In addition, results for all units requiring the completion of a Safety Induction Program as a co-requisite will not be released until the relative Safety Test is passed.

Architecture and Built Environment based courses

SRA010 - Safety Induction Program (S, X)

We welcome you to our School and hope you enjoy your academic training during your degree course. The School is required to make you fully aware of the Occupational Health and Safety issues related to the different aspects of your course.

SRA010 - Safety Induction Program is compulsory for all students undertaking S342 Bachelor of Design (Architecture), S346 Bachelor of Construction Management, D364 Bachelor of Design (Architecture)/Bachelor of Construction Management, D365 Bachelor of Construction Management/Bachelor of Facilities Management, S700 Master of Architecture, S701 Master of Architecture (Design) and any new students.

You are required:

  1. To attend a Safety Induction Seminar which includes a discussion of OH&S responsibilities of staff and students, emergency procedures and evacuation, introduction to staff who assist with first aid and emergency, evacuation procedures and a short video on aspects of laboratory or workshop safety.
  2. Complete an on-line Safety Test after you have attended the Safety Induction Seminar. At the completion of the seminar you will be given details of how to access the on-line test. You must have completed the on-line test before week four of Trimester 1.

PLEASE NOTE: it is mandatory for all students involved in first year units that have a practical structures laboratory or design component to complete this unit.  Further attendance in all practical classes will be restricted unless students have successfully completed the on-line Safety Test.  Results for all units requiring the completion of SRA010 as a co-requisite will not be released until the Safety Test is passed.

SRA010 Seminar and Workshop times

All students must attend the Induction Session prior to completing the online test.

Trimester 1, 2013: The Safety Seminar will be presented in the trimester 1 Orientation Week immediately after the Faculty Welcome session. Details of times and rooms will be available on your individual Orientation Week itineraries.

Date Time Location
Monday 4th March, 2013
Safety Lecture 1
11.00am - 12.00pm D4.303 (Costa LT)

Should you be unable to attend the Safety Seminar in Orientation Week or you require additional information please contact: Mark Weber 52278315 mark.weber@deakin.edu.au or Des Walters 52278357 dwalt@deakin.edu.au
Trimester 2, 2013: Details will be posted here in June 2013.

Life & Environmental Science based courses

We welcome you to our School and hope you enjoy your academic training during your degree course. The School is required to make you fully aware of the Occupational Health and Safety issues related to the different aspects of your course.

SLE010 - Laboratory Safety Induction Program (B, G, W)

SLE010 Laboratory Safety Induction Program is compulsory for most students enrolled in Science level 1 units in the School of Life and Environmental Science course, as of 2009.  It is also compulsory for all students commencing Environmental Science courses, namely, S393 Bachelor of Environmental Science (Wildlife and Conservation Biology), S398 Bachelor of Environmental Science Environmental Management, S399 Bachelor of Environmental Science (Marine Biology) and S382 Bachelor of Environmental Science (Freshwater Biology & Management). Your enrolment details will include Unit SLE010 if you are required to do it.

You are required:

  1. To attend a Safety Induction Seminar.  The seminar includes a discussion on OH&S responsibilities of staff and students, emergency procedures and evacuation, introduction to staff who assist with first aid and emergency evacuation and a short video on aspects of laboratory or workshop safety (refer table for seminar times).
  2. To complete an on-line Safety Test as soon as possible after you have attended the Safety Induction Seminar.   At the completion of the seminar you will be given details of how to access the on-line test.

PLEASE NOTE: it is mandatory for students enrolled in most first year Life and Environmental Science units to complete SLE010.  Further attendance in all practical classes will be restricted unless students have successfully completed the on-line Safety Test.  Results for all units requiring the completion of a Safety Induction Program as a co-requisite will not be released until the relative Safety Test is passed.

SLE010 Seminar times

All students must attend the Induction session prior to completing the on-line test.

Trimester 1, 2013: Safety Induction sessions will be presented during March in the trimester 1 Orientation Week following the Faculty Welcome and Enrolment sessions. Repeat sessions will be presented later in the week.

Date Time Location
WAURN PONDS  
Monday 4th March, 2013
Safety Lecture 1
4.00 - 5.00pm ia1.006 (Peter Thwaites LT)
Wednesday 6th March, 2013
Safety Lecture 2 (Repeat)
11.00am - 12.00pm ka3.403
Wednesday 6th March, 2013
Safety Lecture 3 (Repeat)
4.00 - 5.00pm REACH lecture theatre
(Optometry building)
BURWOOD  
Monday 4th March, 2013
Safety Lecture 1
2.00 - 3.00pm LT3
Wednesday 6th March, 2013
Safety Lecture 2 (Repeat)
11.00am - 12.00pm LT13
Thursday 7th March, 2013
Safety Lecture 3 (Repeat)
2.00 - 3.00pm hc2.005
WARRNAMBOOL  
Wednesday 13th March, 2013
Safety Lecture 1
10.00 - 11.00am F1.01

Details of times and rooms will be available on your individual Orientation Week itineraries.

Should you require additional information about the safety seminars please contact:
- Burwood campus: Michael Holmes 9251 7340 michael.holmes@deakin.edu.au
- Waurn Ponds campus: either Tim Sanders 5227 2992 timothy.sanders@deakin.edu.au or Dallas Windmill 5227 1217 dallas.windmill@deakin.edu
- Warrnambool campus: Colin Magilton 5563 3471 colin.magilton@deakin.edu.au

Trimester 2, 2013: Details will be posted here in June 2013.

Engineering courses

We welcome you to our School and hope you enjoy your academic training during your degree course. The School is required to make you fully aware of the Occupational Health and Safety issues related to the different aspects of your course.

SEE010 - Safety Induction Program (G, X)

SEE010 Safety Induction Program is a co-requisite for students enrolled in SEE103 Electronics, SEM111 Materials 1, SEP101 Physics 1A, SEP199 Engineering Professional Practice 1 or SEB121 Fundamentals of Technology Management and a course rule for all students commencing in 2008 (and thereafter) into the Bachelor of Engineering and its combined courses.  In addition, the unit should be completed in the first trimester of the first year that the student commences his/her course.

You are required:

  1. To attend a Safety Induction Seminar.  The seminar includes a discussion on OH&S responsibilities of staff and students, emergency procedures and evacuation, introduction to staff who assist with first aid and emergency evacuation and a short video on aspects of laboratory or workshop safety (see below for seminar times).
  2. To complete an on-line Safety Test as soon as possible after you have attended the Safety Induction Seminar.   At the completion of the seminar you will be given details of how to access the online test.

PLEASE NOTE: it is mandatory for all students involved in first year engineering units to complete the safety unit SEE010.  Further attendance in all practical classes will be restricted unless students have successfully completed the on-line Safety Test.  Results for all units requiring the completion of a Safety Induction Program as a co-requisite will not be released until the relative Safety Test is passed.

SEE010 Seminar times

All students must attend an induction session prior to completing the on-line test.

Trimester 1, 2013: At Burwood and Waurn Ponds campuses the safety induction sessions will be presented during the trimester 1 Orientation Week following the Faculty Welcome and Enrolment sessions. Repeat sessions will be presented later in the week. At Warrnambool campus a single session will be presented in Week 1 of trimester.

Date Time Location
Monday 4th March, 2013
Safety Lecture 1
4.00 - 5.00pm ka3.406
Wednesday 6th March, 2013
Safety Lecture 2 (Repeat)
11.00am - 12.00pm ka3.406

Should you require additional information about the safety program please contact:

Mark Mitchell 5227 1141 mark.mitchell@deakin.edu.au

Robynne Hall 5227 3473 robynne.hall@deakin.edu.au

Trimester 2, 2013: Details will be posted here in June 2013.

Information Technology based courses

We welcome you to our School and hope you enjoy your academic training during your degree course. The School is required to make you fully aware of the Occupational Health and Safety issues related to the different aspects of your course.

SIT010 - Safety Induction Program (B, G, X)

SIT010 Safety Induction Program is a co-requisite for SIT202 and for all students enrolled in a Bachelor of Information Technology course (S326, S327, S328, S331, S333, S334 or S339) and a course rule for all students commencing in 2008 (and thereafter) into the Bachelor of Information Technology (all streams) and all of its combined courses.  In addition, the unit should be completed in the first trimester of the first year that the student commences his/her course.

To successfully complete this unit you are required to attend a Safety Induction session and complete an on-line Safety Test (available on CloudDeakin).

PLEASE NOTE: it is mandatory for all students enrolled in a Bachelor of Information Technology course to complete SIT010. Results for all units requiring the completion of a Safety Induction Program as a co-requisite will not be released until the Safety Test is passed.

Trimester 1, 2013: Safety Induction sessions will be presented during March in the trimester 1 Orientation Week following the Faculty Welcome and Enrolment sessions. All students must attend the Induction Session prior to completing the on-line test.

Date Time Location
WAURN PONDS
Monday 4th March, 2013
Safety Lecture 1
4.00 - 5.00pm ka1.204, ka1.206, ka1.207, ka1.210
Wednesday 6th March, 2013
Safety Lecture 2 (Repeat)
11.00am - 12.00pm ka1.204, ka1.206, ka1.207, ka1.210
BURWOOD
Monday 4th March, 2013
Safety Lecture 1
2.00 - 3.00pm b3.16, b3.17, t1.01, t1.02, t1.03, t1.05
Wednesday 6th March, 2013
Safety Lecture 2 (Repeat)
11.00am - 12.00pm b3.16, b3.17, t1.01, t1.02, t1.03, t1.05, t1.06

Details of times and rooms will also be available on your individual Orientation Week itineraries. Should you require additional information please contact:
Robert Ruge (Waurn Ponds Campus) 5227 1319 robert.ruge@deakin.edu.au
Trimester 2, 2013: Details will be posted here in June 2013.

Off-campus students

Off-campus students are provided with a safety workshop video clip and laboratory safety guide posted on the CloudDeakin web site for the unit to be studied before commencing the online test.  At a later stage, when students come onto campus to complete practical components of their course, students will receive additional workshop training.

Off-campus students are required to use the tools described above to help complete the on-line test for the Safety Induction Programs before week four of trimester one.

Laboratory Safety Guide: Some hard copies of the Laboratory Safety Guide will be made available at the induction session and an online version is available on the CloudDeakin website.

 

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8th February 2013