From time to time CLEAPSS receives enquiries from schools about recommendations, to meet health and safety standards, made following commercial health and safety inspections of design and technology facilities and equipment.

Model Health & Safety Codes of Practice in D&T for Local Authorities & other School & College Employers - Customisable version

This guide explains how to develop a set of safety cards using the MRATs for information.

These can then be displayed on, or near, the piece of equipment or machine, to help remind users of the safety considerations. 

In the absence of CLEAPSS membership the employer, be it the governors or trustees, must consider how to fulfil aspects of the Health and Safety at Work Act and its subsequent regulations. This guide gives details of how joining CLEAPSS helps satisfy many of these regulations and a range of other benefits of membership.