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.

Tool grinding: The profiling and sharpening of tool bits for metal turning and shaping operations and the sharpening of drills.Surface grinding: The completion of a workpiece to a very high standard of surface finish and flatness to close tolerance.

Surface grinding The completion of a workpiece to a very high standard of surface finish and flatness to close tolerance.Tool grinding: The profiling and sharpening of tool bits for metal turning and shaping operations and the sharpening of twist drills.

The application of paint, inks and similar liquids to 2D and 3D work. The air source for an air brush can be: a can of air-brush propellant similar to a standard aerosol can; a car tyre; a compressor or a pump.