Introduction
While workplace health and safety are always a priority for businesses, there are jobs that always come with an element of risk to the people undertaking them. Eliminating risks entirely is not always possible within a workplace, so planning ways to mitigate and reduce the risk becomes the priority. This is supported with a strong understanding of the hierarchy of control.
A knowledge of workplace WH&S and an ability to design solutions to these safety challenges are valuable skills desired by employers.

Program Summary
In this program, students will use the Design Thinking process to tackle a health and safety challenge from a local Gippsland industry. They will begin by learning about the industry and some of the challenges they face in their everyday work. They will then undertake a variety of self-directed masterclasses to build their skills to tackle these challenges. The final part of the day will see students prototyping solutions and pitching their ideas to make the workplace safer.

Taking part in this program, students will collaboratively:

• Identify the safety risks posed in a Gippsland industry
• Proposed, develop, and test a solution to reduce this risk
• Pitch an idea

Career Links:
Designers:               Electrical Engineer, Building Inspector, Product Tester
Technologists:        Programmer, Software Engineer, Web Designer
Artisans:                  Machinery Operator, Farm Worker, Electrician