Map and time evacuation....

How long does it take to evacuate the building?

It should take approx 23 seconds.

When should you evacuate?

When the alarm sounds or the fire warden tells you to evacuate.

How should you evacuate?

In an orderly fashion.

Where is the assembly area?

Carpark A

What is the path/route to the assembly area?

By foot.

Who is responsible for ensuring all staff have been evacuated?

The fire warden.

Operator..

Hazards

Operator hazards are tasks that may cause body fatigue and stress which can result in many possible injures such as fatigue, eyes to become irritated, strained or blurred.

Possible injuries

Stress, fatigue
Minimze risk

You can minimise risk by conductinga workstation assessment before operator begins work or implement task variety to help you not become stressed or fatigued

Text and emoticons....

Sexual Harrassment....

• What is Sexual Harassment?
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that can occur at work, school, tafe, uni or in social settings. Sexual harassment in the workplace is any form of unwelcome sexual attention that is, or that you find, offensive, humiliating or intimidating that occurs anywhere you carry out any task for your employment.

• What are typical things that a person would do to Sexually Harass someone?
     Unwelcome touching, grabbing or other physical contact
     Comments that have sexual meanings
     Asking for sex or sexual favours
     Leering and staring
     Displaying rude and offensive material, e.g. calendars, cartoons
     Sexual gestures and body movement
     Sexual jokes and comments
     Questions about your sex life
     Sex based insults
     Criminal offences such as obscene phone calls, indecent exposure and sexual assault. 
• What sort of person Sexually Harasses others?
Like bullies, people who sexually harass others at work often have low self-esteem or have been a victim of violence themselves. They sexually harass others as a way of making themselves feel more powerful.

• What should you do if you are the victim of Sexual Harassment?

Tell someone. Human Resource Manager, your employer, a supervisor/manager or health and safety representative

If the situation continues or is serious, you might need to make a formal (written) complaint that follows company policy. This could lead to couselling, mediation or eventually termination of employment of the bully.

If the person doing the bullying is your employer or they do not do anything to stop it, it's important you get outside support and advice.

• How can Sexual Harassment affect you?

    Feel stressed, anxious or depressed
    Want to stay away from work (more than usual)
    Feel unable to trust your employer or the people you work with
    Lack confidence and self-esteem in yourself and your work
    Have physical symptoms of stress such as headaches, backaches, sleep problems
    Have your life outside of work affected, e.g. study, relationships
    Be less productive and unable to concentrate
• What are your rights?

No one deserves or asks to be sexually harassed. Everyone has the right to work in an environment free from harassment, bullying discrimination and violence.

Sexual harassment is illegal (under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984). All employers are obliged to provide a harassment-free workplace where every one is free to get on with their job. If they don't, they can be held legally responsible for acts of sexual harassment committed by their employees.

Bullying....

• What is Bullying?


Workplace bullying is when you are verbally, physically, socially or psychologically hurt by your employer (or manager), another person or group of people at work.

• What is the difference between having fun and Bullying?

Even if you think you are only having a laugh the person you are joking around with may not see it as that and feel as though they are being bullied.

• What are typical things that a person would do to bully someone?

Verbally abuse them about sexuality, gender, race, religion.

• What sort of person bullies?

Like bullying at school or other places, people who bully others at work often have low self-esteem or have been a victim of violence themselves. They use bullying as a way of making themselves feel more powerful.

• What should you do if you are the victim of Bullying?

Make sure you're informed - find out what the organisation's policies and procedures are for preventing and handling bullying.

Keep a diary documenting everything that happens, including what you've done to try stopping it. This can help if you make a complaint.

• How can Bullying affect you?

    be less productive
    be less confident in your work
    feel scared, stressed, anxious or depressed
    have your life outside of work affected, e.g. study, relationships
    want to stay away from work (more than usual)
    feel unable to trust your employer or the people you work with
    lack confidence and self-esteem in yourself and your work
    have physical symptoms of stress such as headaches, backaches, sleep problems

• What are your rights?

Everyone has the right to work in an environment free from bullying, harassment, discrimination and violence.

Employers and employees have duties by law (eg Occupational Health and Safety Acts) to promote health and safety within the workplace and not to put themselves or their colleagues at risk.

It's also worth keeping in mind that bullying is not the same as conflict. Disagreement and conflict happens at most workplaces, however it should never turn into bullying or harassment.

Cyber bullying....

• What is Cyber Bullying?
Cyber bullying is a form of bullying, which is carried out through an internet service such as email, chat room, discussion group, online social networking, instant messaging or web pages. It can also include bullying through mobile phone technologies such as SMS.
• What is the difference between having fun and Cyber Bullying?

Having fun is when no one feels threatened or hurt, when friends might bully friends out of fun and laughs.

Cyber bullying is when an individual feels threatened, and has been hurt.
• What are typical things that a person would do to Cyber Bully someone?
  
     Teasing and being made fun of
     Spreading of rumours online
     Sending unwanted messages
     Defamation.

• What sort of person Cyber Bullies?

Cyber bullies are just like bullies; the bullies often have low self-esteem or have been a victim of violence themselves. They bully others as a way of making themselves feel more powerful.
• What should you do if you are the victim of Cyber Bullying?

Tell someone. Human Resource Manager, your employer, a supervisor/manager or health and safety representative

If the situation continues or is serious, you might need to make a formal (written) complaint that follows company policy. This could lead to couselling, mediation or eventually termination of employment of the bully.

If the person doing the bullying is your employer or they do not do anything to stop it, it's important you get outside support and advice.

• How can Cyber Bullying affect you?

Just like bullying in real life, there can be terrible effects on those who experience cyber bullying.

Being bullied can lower your self-esteem and you may feel alone, sad, angry and scared. If you are being bullied it is not your fault and there is nothing wrong with you. Don't be afraid to let someone know that you are being bullied as they may be able to help you.

• How big of an issue is Cyber Bullying?
The number of reports of cyber bullying to the NetAlert Helpline has been increasing, particularly since 2006.

An online safety survey conducted by NetAlert and ninemsn in February 2007 found that:

16% of young people said they had been bullied online, while 14% were bullied through their mobile, with boys and girls experiencing similar levels.

56% thought it was easy to get bullied online
• What are your rights?

Under certain circumstances (such as harassment and making threats) cyber bullying is a criminal activity and is illegal. If you feel your safety is at risk, contact '000' or your local police. Police around Australia work together to reduce this type of crime and there are serious consequences if people participate in such activities

• Any other information you think will be helpful…

If you are being bullied you shouldn’t feel threatened by the person, you need to seek advice as soon as possible if things become serious and threats to your life has been made.

Hazards past and present, part 2....

OH & S in the work place


Multimedia (Computer room/office)

- Lighting (bad lighting)

Install more lights, change blown light globes

- Power points (over loading power boards etc)

Only plug in what you need to use at the time, get the employer to add more power points.

- Ergonomics (sitting in your chair correctly)

Sit in your chair the correct way, adjust height etc

- Electrocution

Turn off equipment before removing power cords from power points.

- Tripping on uneven flooring

Inform employer of uneven flooring ask them to rectify, put up signage informing others of the uneven flooring

- Tripping over leads

Correctly ‘store’ cables, tie them up, tape to ground etc

- Work Station (unstable table)

Buy a new table or wedge pieces of paper under uneven corner

- Staring at the computer screen for long periods (breaks)

Make sure you take breaks at regular intervals, set an alarm on the computer so you know when to go for a break

- Ventilation

Open up windows

- Boxes/Chairs stored in doorways

Remove the boxes from door way and find a more suitable area to store boxes

- Layout of office

Reconfigure office space

Pastry Kitchen

- Lighting (inadequate lighting)

Install more lights, change blown light globes

- Power points (over loading power boards etc)

Only plug in what you need to use at the time, get the employer to add more power points.

- Ventilation

Open up windows, turn on exhaust fan

- Electrocution

Turn off equipment before removing power cords from power points, don’t use equipment over a sink or near water/open flame

- Spills

Clean any spills that occur immediately

- Burns

Run under cold water and apply burn cream

- Work Stations (benches too high/too low)

Stand on a step,

- Standing up for long periods of time

Take breaks regularly; stand on a rubber mat rather than concrete floors

- Working long hours without adequate breaks in-between

Make sure you get a break; it is by law that you get a 30min break after 5 hours of work

- Trips/Falls

Ensure you store things in the correct areas, watch where you are walking

- Flammability

- Sharp Objects

- Gas

OH & S classroom code of conduct..

• The mouse and leads- you could trip over them.


• Prevent – make sure the leads aren’t in a place where you could trip over them and make sure there all attached properly.

• Spilling liquids on key board or computer equipment that’s on could electrocute.

• Prevent – keep liquids away from computer.

• If the table is not well set up everything could fall on you.

• Prevent – make sure the table is set up properly and isn’t faulty.

• If the chair isn’t positioned properly you could fall or hurt your back.

• Prevent – position chair properly before sitting down.

• If the carpet is faulty you could trip over it.

• Prevent – check the carpet every now and then to just see if the carpet is placed alright and isn’t a hazard.

• The projector could fall and harm you so you need to have it placed right.

• Prevent – get the projector put in properly and get it checked every year to make its still safe.

• If the posters are very aggressive you could have nightmares.

• Prevent – put up nice happy posters

• If you have stuff lying around it could be hazardous.

• Prevent – tidy up always and keep walkways clear and clean

• Smoke alarms are working properly and need to be checked in case of a fire.

• Prevent – check smoke alarms regularly

• The roof needs to be put up properly or panels could fall or it could be faulty and harmful.

• Prevent – put up panels properly and check roof to make sure it’s not faulty

• Bad for health looking at the screen all day and could possibly cause eye sight problems

• Prevent - have a 10min break every few hours

Slogans....
 
• Be aware Take care


• Let safety be a sponge - soak it up

• Watch your step - it could be your last

• We need you - work safely

• Safety never takes a break

• Think safety - it couldn't hurt

• Never give safety a day off

KBT smoking policy....

NO smoking and there’s a lot of signage around campus.

Counselling Office location....

Near the canteen

Security phone number..

000

Location of 2 fire extingushers in Building I...

I102 and I107

Who is the first aid officer for ICT..

Penny  I105

Workplace inspectors role..

The work place inspector checks the work place to ensure that it is safe done.

Health and Safety Representative for the ICT department

Penny Locke

Health and Safety Representatives

A healthy and safety representative is an employee representative who has been elected for a term of 3 years by the staff (DWG). To represent their health and safety interests.

The main responsiblity employees have for workplace health and safety

Employees must take reasonable care of the health and safety of themselves and others, and must co-operate with employers in their efforts to comply with occupational health and safety requirements.

The main responsiblity employers have for workplace health and safety..

Employers must ensure the health, safety and welfare of their employees.

What is the difference between OH&S Acts and Regulations?

Acts ensure that the workplace is safe and regulations are legal requirements have or have not been meet.

Mind Maps....

Hazards past and present..

OH & S in the work place


Pastry Kitchen - past

- Lighting (inadequate lighting)

- Power points (over loading power boards etc)

- Ventilation

- Electrocution

- Spills

- Burns

- Work Stations (benches too high/too low)

- Standing up for long periods of time

- Working long hours without adequate breaks in-between

- Trips/Falls

- Flammability

- Sharp Objects

- Gas

Multimedia (Computer room/office) - present
- Lighting (bad lighting)
- Power points (over loading power boards etc)
- Ergonomics (sitting in your chair correctly)
- Electrocution
- Tripping on uneven flooring
- Tripping over leads
- Work Station (unstable table)
- Staring at the computer screen for long periods (breaks)
- Ventilation
- Boxes/Chairs stored in doorways
- Layout of office

Passwords and zip files....

It is important to maintain case in passwords and URL's file names aren't as important.

Zip files are a popular data compression format. Files that have been compressed with the ZIP format are called ZIP files and usually end with a.ZIP extension. They are used to store/send large files that would normally not send via email etc.

Security and privacy..

Depending on what website I am on will determine what information i supply, is it is a secure website and they ask for information such as address, phone number etc then i provide it.

A cookie is a message given to a Web browser by a Web server. The browser stores the message in a text file. The message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

You should never leave your computer unattended because you don't know who will be walking by and have access to information such as bank details, address etc.

Viruses..

Which type of files carry viruses?

Exacutable files

I use microsoft security essentials on my computer. My computer does an automatic search for updates once a month.

www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

Royalty free...

Royalty free image websites....

http://www.shutterstock.com/
http://www.istockphoto.com/
www.gettyimages.com/CreativeImages/RoyaltyFree
www.freedigitalphotos.net/
www.aapimage.com.au/

Royalty free music, video and animation

www.royaltyfreemusic.com/
www.musicbakery.com/
www.freestockfootage.com/
www.gotfootage.com/
www.animationfactory.com/
www.gifanimations.com/

10 royalty free images - food related

Licenses applied to my work..

I would be happy to share some of my work, but not all. For example graphics I've created for my own personal business card would not be shared with anyone.

Free Pictures

Athlete - can be used for free at a size of 426 x 640 and must be given acknowlegdement.

Licenses

Attribution (by) :
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work — and derivative works based upon it — but only if they give credit the way you request

Share Alike (sa) :
You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.

Non-Commercial (nc) :
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work — and derivative works based upon it — but for non-commercial purposes only.

No Derivative Works (nd) :

You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it

Creative Commons

The purpose of a creative common is so one is able to retain copyright while allowing certain other uses.

After answering a few questions the person gets a license, these can be expressed in several ways,
eg: 1) Commons Deed
     2) Legal Code
     3) Digital Code

The digital code can be added to a website where it'll be displayed as 'some rights reserved' with a link to the licence. in the future search engines and other applications will one day identify the licensee's work and recoginse how it's licensed all because of the digital code being embedded on a website.
Others can then search for 'non-commercial music' and a list of these songs will appear, once viewed this person then clicks on the digital code to obtain a copy of the common deed (human expression, plain language) and the legal code (nitty gritty).  Once this person has finished using the music eg for a movie they must give credit to the creator of the song.

http://creativecommons.org/about

My workstation....

My workstation isn't the greatest, it's my kitchen table, and I sit on a standard kitchen chair. I prefer sitting at the table because it is big and spacious, not ideal but it gets the job done.
Lighting consists of two fluorescent lights above where i work and there is a power point directly behind where I sit.
The only hazards that i believe there are is the power cord frommy laptop, it sits on the floor, un tapped and people walking past can quite easily trip over it.
Like I mentioned earlier, my work station isn't great so I would give it a rating of 3 out of 5.

Electrical..

Hazards

There is an extensive list of hazards when it comes to electrical equipment, a few of these are:

- Electric shock due to contact with an electrical appliance made 'live' after liquid has been spilt over it


- Overloading power circuit by plugging too many appliances into the same socket
- Cables or leads located in trafficable area



Possible injuries

The possible injuries from these hazards include the following:
- Electrocution
- Trips
- Death

Minimze risk

To minimze risk of injury the employee and employer should:
- Where leads and cables must be located in trafficable areas, secure appropriately to protect them from damage and to prevent tripping (e.g. using tape)

- If additional appliances are needed permanently, have a larger power socket installed by a competent person
- Ensure appliances are not connected near sources of water

Lighting..

Hazards

There is an extensive list of hazards when it comes to lighing a few of these are:
- Inadequate lighting

- Unshielded light sources (including the sun) are within employees' field of vision

- Inadequate overhead lighting

Possible injuries

The possible injuries from these hazards include the following:

- Straining of eyes
- Blindness
- Migranes

Minimze risk

To minimze risk of injury the employee and employer should:
- Where appropriate provide supplementary task lighting

- Move or shield light source(s) from field of vision
- Have tubes and light fittings cleaned or changed periodically to maintain designed levels of illumination

Obstructing walk ways..

Hazards

The list of hazards associated with obstructing walk ways isn't extensive but none the less there are still hazards associated.
Cabinets with slide out draws / sideway hinged doors which open to obstruct a passageway
Possible injuries

The possible injuries that can result from walk ways being obstructed are:
- Trips
- Broken Limbs
- Cuts
Minimze risk
 
To minimze risk of injury the employee and employer should:

- Where possible locate cabinets out of trafficable areas

- If cabinets border on passageways, select cabinets which have slide-away or roller doors, which do not protrude when open

Storage Systems and access to stored contents..

Hazards

There is an extensive list of hazards when it comes to storage systems a few of these are:
- Climbing on lower shelves to reach documents stored on higher shelves
- Shelving is unstable

- Cabinet unstable if heavily loaded top drawer is pulled open to its full extent
Possible injuries

The possible injuries from these hazards include the following:
- Broken Limbs
- Pulling muscles when stretching for things
- Death

Minimze risk
 
To minimze risk of injury the employee and employer should:
- Where appropriate place heavier contents in lowest drawers and distribute files to keep centre of gravity as low as possible to minimise risk of cabinet tipping

- Ensure that single rows of freestanding shelving are secured to prevent toppling over

- Limit height of freestanding shelving bays to permit reach to top shelf whilst standing normally

Chair..

Hazards


There is an extensive list of hazards when it comes to the chair you sit on, a few of these are:
- Poor back support
- Chair can tip over when user leans over too far

- Chair / desk height is incorrectly adjusted



Possible injuries

The possible injuries from these hazards include the following:
- Injuring your back
- Falling off your chair
- Straining/slouching to reach desk
Minimze risk

To minimze risk of injury the employee and employer should:
- Chair height is correctly adjusted when the entire sole of the foot can rest on the floor, and the back of the knee is slightly clear of edge of seat

- Check that chair is fitted with a 5 star base

- Have an ergonomic assessment undertaken

Personal electronic devices..

Hazards:

There is an extensive list of hazards when using personal electronic devices a few of these are:
- Screen is too close to or too far from eyes
- Keyboard / mouse is being used at the wrong height
- Excessive eye and neck movement from poor document position when keyboarding
Possible injuries:

The possible injuries from these hazards include the following:
- Straining of eyes, resulting in headaches, bad eye sight
- RSI
- Carpul Tunnel

Minimze risk:

To minimze risk of injury the employee and employer should:
- Set monitor so employee can read top of screen without tilting head backwards to do so
- Use keyboard in a lowered position (i.e. fold away keyboard feet)
- Use an A4 document holder for touch typists placed level with and close to one side of the screen or an A3 document holder for non touch typists above keyboard, and in front of screen

Forums/newsgroups....

The purpose of a forum/newsgroup is so users can ask the 'community' questions or find out information about certain topics from other people interested in the same thing.

To participate in a forum you first need to sign up the the specific newsgroup (usually only ones that you are intersted in), once you have signed up you are then able to post questions to other users or comment/answer on a question that has already been posted.

Forums I think that are worth subscribing to are:
http://groups.google.com/group/7pds?lnk=
http://www.artology.net/main/

Search engines....

A search engine works by using programs called 'spiders' they go out and explore the internet for documents and their addresses. Once the document and address is found they are then sent back to the search engine's indexing software which then either stores the eniter document or just the documents title in a database. When a search is performed using key words the database is searched for matching documents, the search engine then lists the documents found as hyperlinks on a web page.

Here are a few search engines that i have used:
http://www.google.com/
http://www.yahoo.com/
http://www.bing.com/
Google being my favourite.

Here are a few new search engines:
http://www.dogpile.com/
http://www.ask.com/
http://www.altavista.com.au/

Damain names....

A domain name is made up of two parts an organisation's name and a suffix.

.gov means Reserved for United States government agencies
.net means For networks; usually reserved for organisations such as Internet service providers
.org means For non-commercial organisations
.com means For businesses and commercial enterprises; most companies use this extension

Here are a few country codes that caught my eye:

.cc Cocos (Keeling) Islands
.mt Malta
.pl Poland
.to Tonga

http://www.google.com.au/
Google is a commercial website and is located in Australia;

http://www.ebay.com.au/
Ebay is a commercial website and is located in Australia.

Web adresses....

The internet is made up of billions of 'electronic' files which are stored on millions of computers. A URL is the address used to access a specific file.

A URL is made up of three parts, the first part is http which is the method for retrieving a page. The second part is www which is the type of page, and finally the third part is the name of the page known as the internet domain.

Browsers....

A web browser is a porgram you use to access the internet.

I have used a number of web browsers including:

Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Netscape
Safari

My personal favourite would have to be Mozilla Firefox. Its simple design allows me to access websites easily, open up new tabs via keyboard shortcuts and save favourite websites.

How the internet works....

Basically the internet works by 'ringing' your internet service provider from dialer software on your computer, this software calls an access number and connects you to the internet.
Once connected to the net you then use a web browser like Mozilla FireFox to search for websites, you can either type in the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) in the web browsers address box usually located at the top of the page or you can go to a search engine like Google and type in key words that the search engine will then use to find you pages realted to the key words entered.

How I use the internet....

The internet is an amazing thing that I use all the time, as I'm sure most people in the world do.
Most of the time I am using the internet for entertainment purposes, whether it be social networking sites like the ever popular Facebook to communicate with friends and family world wide any time of the day or night. Other sites I use frequently are Tumblr a 'blog/social networking' site that allows you to post your thoughts, links to videos, music anything you really feel like posting. You are also able to reblog other peoples posts or Like them. Twitter is yet another site I use to communicate with friends from around the globe without the cost of having to ring international numbers.
I  also use YouTube and Limewire to watch and listen to music. I obviously use the internet to view emails, running a business is made easier by the internet, I'm able to communicate with suppliers from across Australia with the click of a finger really.
Without the internet my life would be noticeably harder and expensive!!