Workshop and Lab Safety

Start with signs and hazards

Safety Signs is a flashcard deck covering hazards including glassware, flammable materials, hot surfaces, toxic substances and corrosive materials. It offers a place to begin if you want to focus on recognizing signs. The Health and Safety flashcards ask about clothing and working with hazardous or hot materials, so they offer a related way to think about safety choices.

After looking through the flashcards, use the Technology: Safety symbols quiz to practice identifying signs. Its questions include a statement about the shape and color of hazard signs, as well as questions asking what a sign means.

Use mind maps and quizzes together

Safety in the Workshop brings together points about protective clothing, machinery, spills and behavior. Protocol in carpentry lab includes listening to instructors, respecting equipment and following rules. Lab safety covers individual protective items alongside equipment such as eye-washing facilities, showers and fire extinguishers.

Study a mind map, then use Shop Safety Quiz to check your understanding of workshop situations. Its questions include what to do when equipment breaks and whether safety glasses are optional. Return to the maps afterward and look again at any areas you want to study further.

Explore the rest of the topic

Workshop and Lab Safety is a section of the unit Tools, Workshop Practice and Safety in Engineering and technology (general or other). Within this section, the resources connect signs and hazards with lab conduct, equipment and workshop routines.

The Industrial Arts; General Safety Rules flashcards cover personal safety checks, power tools, fire and cleanup roles. Workshop Safety is another mind map with points on machinery operations and housekeeping. Pick a map or flashcard deck to continue exploring the section.