Horty Kim

Let’ try dis one

One of about 16 videos to come!

Pitter patter ,back at er. A friend i hung out when i was in my late teens used to say that.Speaking of looking back,our friend Ashley called out of the blue today and left a message on our machine-we had not really heard from one another in 10 years-I hope he is not bothered when I say”Hi ya,long time no… can we can use some of your sublime music for our educational videos?”We used to play music together in Melbourne (when I thought I was going to be a rock and roll star).There probably is a way I could probably create a link to something where we could upload some music we made but I am yet to learn this .Anyway back to da resources:
First one is on what not to do with hedgetrimmers and handshears/hedge clippers,could be a unit4 and a unit1667.
Garden hoe called the circle hoe and how to use it.
Hand forged garden hoe.Hot!
A wide range of handtools are identified and their uses demonstrated.
Ever heard of the cobrahead weeder?
How to clean and sharpen tools.
Where can you buy garden tools and gadgets to maintain ‘em?At the hardware store.

Well the talk on using stone in the garden went well and I have got photos and mp3 s for two different talks so I will speak to Leigh about the best way to put them together and then direct y’all to them!I have also noted that a couple of the links put into the last page did not work??Will ask about that too.
I am working at home this afternoon on me mac.The fire is going and the weather today is quite mild and overcast-perfect for searching for some resources and looking over the wiki and tweaking some learning activities.
Possible resources for unit 4 Handtools may include this builder dude who seems to know his stuff especially when it comes to shovels and spades for women folkand then he shows us different types of shovels and spades and how to match them to the job you are
doing.If you need abit more ooomph,dig this youtube on rotary hoes.
Ride on mowers might be more your thang?Or how ’bout some deeeeluxe wheekbarrows
Ok so found a few bits and pieces and now off to a meeting,did I mention I am on the Friends of the Dunedin Botanic Garden Committee?Yup I am and I better get to the meeting!Ovah and out.

I am looking across Otago Polytechnic’ main campus towards the student centre and it is snowing!

I just rang my buddy at the Botanic Garden,Clare,she is the information person for this splendid public garden and we co ordinate hort talk together.What is hort talk?Free free free monthly lunchtime talks on  wide range of horticulture topics.Today’ talk will be on using stone in the garden.The speaker has agreed to let me tape the talk so stay tuned and you may be able to listen and possibly view images of this solid talk on this bloggggg.Rock on!

I gotta be quick-have a meeting in 15 mins re short courses.Just want to put another resource on here that we use to teach health and safety to the students.I think Lisa Burton may have put it together but I am not positive,any way I think it could be a bonus resource for 6916-kinda nut shells H&S considerations a little bit betta

HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT ACT 1992  The HSE Act was first passed in 1992, to promote the prevention of harm to all persons at work and in the vicinity.  It was amended in 2002 to achieve more comprehensive coverage of all work places, and came into force in May 2003/ The HSE Act sets out general duties, which are in turn supplemented by regulations, approved “Code of Practice”, and guidelines developed by, or in conjunction with OSH.

 EMPLOYERS’ DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Employers have the most duties to perform to ensure the health and safety of employees at work. Employers have a general duty to take all practicable steps to ensure the safety of employees.  In particular, they are required to take all practicable steps to: 

               Provide and maintain a safe working environment 

                Provide and maintain facilities for the safety and health of employees at work

                Ensure that machinery and equipment is safe for employees 

                Ensure that working arrangements are not hazardous to employees 

              Provide procedures to deal with emergencies that may arise while employees are at work

 The Act promotes health and safety by requiring employers to provide information to employees (in easily understood form) about: 

·       Hazards in the workplace 

·       Hazards that may arise from the type of work that the employee is doing 

·       The steps to be taken to minimise the likelihood that the employee or any other person will be harmed by those hazards

 ·       Where to find safety clothing and equipment 

·       How to deal with any emergencies that arise  

Employers are responsible for making sure the work done for them is safe and healthy. To achieve this they are expected to:

 ·       Systematically identify hazards 

 ·       Systematically manage those hazards 

 ·       Manage hazards by either eliminating them, isolating them, or minimising them, in that order of preference 

·       Provide suitable protective clothing and equipment to staff 

·       Provide safety information to staff 

·       Provide training or supervision so that work is done safely

 ·       Monitor the health of employees to ensure that their work is not having a detrimental effect on their health 

·       Provide opportunities for their staff to contribute to all those things

REQUIREMENTS OF EMPLOYEES

 Everybody at work has a part to play in ensuring that work is done in a healthy and safe way.  The Act places a duty on employees to take those steps that are reasonably practicable to: 

·       Ensure their own health and safety

·       Ensure that no action or inaction causes harm to any other person Flowing from this general responsibility, employees have specific responsibilities to: 

·       Take all practicable steps to use protective equipment and to wear protective clothing provided by the employer or by the employee him or herself 

·       Not undertake work which is unsafe or which involves unsafe practices 

·       Make unsafe work situations safe or, if they cannot, inform their supervisor or manager 

·       Know about and follow their workplace’s health and safety practices and procedures, including hazards and reporting of work-related incidents, accidents, illnesses and injuries. 

·       Co-operate with the monitoring of workplace hazards and emplo

yees’ health 

·       Comply with any improvement and prohibition notices issued for their workplace  If the employer has met their obligations and provided the employee the opportunity to work at a safe level, the employee can be prosecuted for: 

·       Disobeying clear instructions 

 THE EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION SYSTEM The Act requires all employers to allow employees a reasonable opportunity to participate in the improvement of health and safety at work. In some cases, the employer, employees and any unions representing them must work together to develop a formal employee participation  

  ACCIDENTS and INCIDENTS Everyone should know what their rights and obligations are when an accident or incident (near miss) occurs. 

Employers must keep a register of all accidents and incidents that:

 ·       Causes any person to be harmed 

·       Causes diseases or illness 

·       May have caused any person to be harmed while being employed, or in an area controlled by the employer  

FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT With regard to your own safety, make sure anyone injured or suspected of injury or illness, has received the necessary first aid or medical attention. Follow up procedures when the incident or accident does not cause serious harm: 

s       Complete your own ‘investigation’ 

s       Where a significant hazard is identified take ‘control’ steps to eliminate, isolate or minimise it 

s       ‘Record the details of the incident and the outcomes of investigation in the register  

When events result in serious harm: 

Ø    Do not interfere with the accident scene  

Ø    Advise OSH (by phone or fax) as soon as possible 

Ø    Supply OSH with a written report on prescribed form within seven days 

Ø    Keep a copy of that report (to OSH) in the accident register   

There must be no interference at a serious accident scene except:  

·       To save life, prevent harm or relieve the suffering of any person 

·       Maintain access of the general public to essential services or utilities 

IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDS  

A hazard is any activity, situation or substance that can cause harm.  The reason for hazard identification is to manage those hazards that may cause accidents/incidents in the workplace. 

Both employers and employees must be involved in hazard identification. Valuable information on hazards can be found from: manufacturers, material safety data sheets, Occupational Health and Safety (OSH), Regulations, Codes of Practice, A/NZ Standards, manuals, environmental and occupational health monitoring records, people who have access to incident and accident reports, health and safety representatives. 

Four methods of hazard identification are: 

1.     Physical inspection.  This is the traditional method of identifying hazards by walking around the workplace with the aid of a checklist. 

2.     Task analysis.  Look at the tasks in each job and observe the actions of the employee.  At the same time identify the hazards involved. 

3.     Process analysis.  Follow the process from start to finish and identify the hazards at each stage. 

4.     Incident & accident investigation details.  These will identify the hazards involved.  When a hazard is identified work through the following steps: 

1.     Eliminate the hazard from the workplace.  If this is not practical, or the hazard cannot be totally eliminated, THEN 

2.     Isolate employees from the hazard, e.g. by guarding machinery, or if this is not practical (or the hazard cannot be totally isolated) THEN 

3.     Minimise the likelihood of harm from the hazard, e.g. use safe working practices, provide protective clothing and equipment, monitor the environment, and ensure information, training and supervision are given.      

Ok so I really want to knuckle down and complete some learning activities for units 6916 & 43.This is some stuff I have started and I will use my blog to expand on these and then put onto wiki when happy with them…

Insert resource:Health and Safety in Employment Act(1992)
Use the resource provided and flick to page ( ).What are the duties and responsibilities of an employer?
What is hazard identification?List as many hazards as you can think of in relation to chainsaw use.Briefly descibe an accident you have heard or read about where a chainsaw operator has been injured.

What type of training do you think is a good idea for safe chainsaw use?Where in New Zealand are courses available for safe chainsaw use?

What is the proper procedure for accident reporting?

Write a question here about emergency procedures

According to the Health and Safety in Employment Act what are the duties of self employed people?

According to the Health and Safety in Employment Act what are the duties of employees?

Use the resources provided with this learning package to assist you with the following activities

Identify ten safety features on the chainsaw and briefly describe how they work – try at least one of the following options:           

1. Label the photos provided and briefly describe how they work
2. Use the still photo of the Stihl chainsaw to point out the safety features and briefly describe how they work
3. Take your own photos using your camera or cellphone and identify the safety features and briefly describe how they work.

According to the requirements of the Approved Code of Practice and manufacturers recommendations; use the following activities to demonstrate your knowledge of tensioning, sharpening and setting of depth gauges
1. Describe in your own words or show using multimedia the steps for tensioning a chainsaw chain
2. Describe in your own words or show using multimedia the steps for sharpening a chainsaw chain
3. Describe in your own words or show using multimedia the importance of having the correct depth gauge

There are approved starting methods for chainsaws, according to the requirements of the Approved Code of Practice.  Demonstrate your knowledge of the two different methods.
1. Label the photos showing the two different approved methods of starting a chainsaw and list the steps for each

According to the Approved Code of Practice, there are a number of circumstances why you would not use a chainsaw.

1. List as many of these as you can
2. Using the following photos, describe the damage you can see and briefly explain why this damage would preclude its use.
The chainsaw brake is a very important safety feature and the requirements from the Approved Code of Practice recommends a good understanding of how it works.
1. Describe in your own words how the chain brake works
2. Using multimedia demonstrate how the chain brake works.
According to the Approved Code of Practice, what are the rules relating to the use of a chainsaw above shoulder height?
1. Describe in your own words the rules relating to the use of a chainsaw above shoulder height

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Since my last update i have done a number of weird and wonderful things…I lost my beloved mobile phone!I am alarmed as to how much I relied on it!I have recently read that you can over use exclamation marks but in this case I may even be forced to use double exclamation marks!!Anyway it is somewhere out there,probably in the wrong hands,ie,not my hands.If you ever lose your phone, call your provider immediately and have a ban put on your number and then follow up with the lost property department at your central police department and then say a little prayer.I lost my phone in a cab on June 22 and was told today that i could pretty much give up on seeing it again( C.O.L.).I pride myself on taking care of stuff so this has come as a real blow to me.
I started a short course on digital photography last thursday evening which was going really good until the tutor asked the class to consult their instruction manuals to see how to adjust their ISO which would have been fine if I spoke spanish or even portugese,luckily the tutor has it all going on and was able to show me.Yah so another skill to optimize delivery of the flexi units.
I also learned how to copy resources from my blog to the wiki resource library which after i finish my update i plan to do a bit more searchin for appropriate resources onda net.
Leigh loaded another unit onto wiki educator for me,unit 1667,which is a unit i have taught to our full time students for the last seven years.This unit has some overlap with unit 4 and is on the list for flexible units for Natural Resources,Dunedin so I will work on it as well.
Sunshine ,Leigh and i have organized another video session,this time with Rod Mckenzie from Smith,Saw and Mower.We will meet on July 7(9ish-12ish)where we will video demonstrations of servicing small engines and some other stuff,I will add some more links in here tomorrow at risk of double handling further explanation.Ovah and out.