Personal, Workshop and… · JHS3 Career Technology

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B9.1.2.1.3 - Maintain safe working environments

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Define a safe working environment and list at least three procedures for keeping a workplace free from dangers.
Explain, in small groups, at least two reasons why it is important to maintain a safe working environment.
Demonstrate at least three safety practices at a workplace, such as tagging faulty equipment, reporting frayed flexes, and repairing or replacing broken tool parts.
Design and produce a poster that creates awareness of the need to maintain a safe working environment, with a clear safety message and relevant illustrations.
Present their poster to the class, explaining their message in a clear and ordered manner using correct speech structure.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Health and Safety (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Personal, Workshop and Food Laboratory Safety (1.2)
Content standard: B9.1.2.1 - Demonstrate skills that relate to personal, workshop/site and laboratory safety
Indicator: B9.1.2.1.3 - Maintain safe working environments
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 4 (Week 4 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Career Technology, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 81
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Explain what is meant by maintaining safe working environment
E.g., Procedures for ensuring that a surrounding environment is free from dangers that can cause harm to workers
2. Discuss the importance of keeping the working environment safe, in groups.
E.g., To reduce/prevent accidents
3. Demonstrate safety practices at workplaces.
E.g.
- Tag faulty equipment
- Report frayed flexes
- Repair/replace frayed flexes
- Repair/replace broken parts of tools.
4. Project work: Design posters to create awareness on the need to maintain a safe working environment, and post them around the school.
Note: School Health Education Programme (SHEP) clubs to educate other learners, cooks, food vendors, and staff of the school on food hygiene practices. The school should form a SHEP club if there is none in the school.