Basic Technology for JSS 1
What is Technology? Technology is the knowledge and skills for making or using things that make work or life easier for us. Products of Technology Products of Technology include: car, phone, torchlight, camera, house, internet, electricity, television, and radio. Things that not technology Things that are not technology include non –manmade things like stone, river, tree, sunlight, and wind. Benefits of Technology- Faster and more convenient means of transportation
- Faster and easier means of communication
- Improved crop yield
- Improved health care
- Improved ways of learning
- Unsafe actions
- Unsafe conditions
- Entering the workshop in a disorderly manner
- Failure to use safety devices
- Failure to follow safety rules and regulations for the workshop
- Failure to follow proper procedures for handling tools and machines
- Slippery or wet floors
- Absence of safety devices
- Working in the workshop when one is sick or tired
How to prevent accidents in a workshop?
Dressing safely for workshop
- Dress correctly for workshop practice
- Do not wear watches, bracelets, rings or long-sleeve shirts
- Long-sleeve shirts must be rolled above the elbows if they are to be worn in a workshop
- If your hair is long, tie or cover it up before you walk into the workshop
- Wear special shoes for protection
- Wear gloves for hand protection
- Make sure that your hands and tools are clean and free of oil or grease
- Carry tools safely
- Use cutting tools that are sharp
- Use tools that are in good condition
- Do not play or walk around the workshop with tools in your hand
- Do not put any sharp tools in your pocket
- Be very careful when handling sharp, pointed and sharp-edged tools
- Do not cut towards yourself
- Report damaged tools the person in charge of the workshop
- Do not throw tools to anyone
- Clean tools after use and return them back to their shelf or box
- Do not use any machine unless you have been taught how to use it
- Do not start a machine you don’t know how to stop
- Ask the instructor or attendant when in doubt of what to do
- Do not operate the machine until the cutting tools and the work piece are secured and properly mounted
- Do not touch the moving parts of a machine
- Do not talk to anyone or get distracted while operating a machine
- Stop the machine before you clean it
- Use brush, not your hands, to remove metal chips
- Wear google when using a drilling machine or during any machine operations that produces chips
- Never try to stop any moving part of a machine with your hands
- Be careful not to touch any live (naked) wire
- Do not lean on electrical machines
- Switch off machines after use
- work in a well ventilated space
- wear protective gloves especially when handling hot objects
- use proper devices and tongs to hold hot metals
- avoid inhaling smoke of fumes produced by heat
- Gloves
- Googles
- Apron or overalls
- Shoes
- Fire extinguishers
- Water and water-hoses
- Fire alarm
- Sand bucket and sand
- Chemical fire
- Electrical fire
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