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Year 11 - Design and technology

Health and Safety

Designing and Making Principles

Unit Summary

In this unit pupils will develop designing and making principles knowledge with an explicit focus on exam technique.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to explain how industry ensures the safety of manufacturers and consumers.

Key Notes

  • Industry follows Health and Safety regulations to protect employees in the workplace.
  • Industry follows strict standards to ensure products are safe before reaching consumers.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • Personal Protective Equipment: also known as 'PPE' - anything worn by workers to protect themselves against workplace hazards
  • risk assessment: a way of assessing the potential dangers and planning to minimise these
  • quality control (QC): checks made on a product before, during and after its production so it meets quality and safety standards
  • British Standards Institute: also known as 'BSI' - an organisation that sets standards to ensure product safety and quality

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Product safety is only about consumer protection.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Industry follows Health and Safety regulations to protect employees in the workplace. Industry follows strict standards to ensure products are safe before reaching consumers.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'Personal Protective Equipment'

also known as 'PPE' - anything worn by workers to protect themselves against workplace hazards.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Product safety is only about consumer protection. Correction: Industry safety also includes protecting workers.

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