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  SSERC can offer free advice to all members. Within these pages you will find.
  
  Health & Safety information and model risk assessments.
  
  Guidance on appropriate equipment and laboratory design.
  
  Information on troubleshooting practical activities.
  
  You can also find much other useful advice in our various STEM Bulletins which you can access from HERE.
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Resources
- Resources
  
  Within this section you can find a large selection of teaching resources covering a range of Science and Technology areas. The vast majority of these involve hands-on practical work and range from simple experiments for early years through to Advanced Higher project ideas and teacher demonstrations.
  
  You can also find much useful information in our various STEM Bulletins which you can access from HERE.
  
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Advisory Home

An important feature of the work of SSERC is the production of health and safety advice for schools and colleges who are in membership. Through our website we provide a number of resources to support this area of activity.

The table below details all the updates relating to H&S information on these pages. (In reverse date order - most recent at the top).

More Content

New page with advice on Lone Working	Not generally a major issue but it can affect technicians in particular during holidays.
New arrow under Lead compounds	Giving labels for concentration of molar solutions of the nitrate and ethanoate rather than just percentage ones.
New page on Asbestos in Schools	Details of the responsibilities and what 9if anything) you need to do.
New page on Steam Engines	In the Physics H&S section, covering new fuel options as well as other safety aspects.
Updates to Hazardous Chemicals pages	Addition of Copper hydroxide, Iron hydroxides and magnesium hydroxide.
New guidance on Open Days	Fosussing particularly on visits to science departments
General guidance added on First Aid and immediate remedial measures	A more general summary rather than the specific advice in various sections.
More RAs added to Textiles section	A few had been been missed off - Knitting machines, sewing, ironing & screen printing.
Sodium iodide	Classification updated to include Specific Target Organ Toxicity to the thyroid
Glass Disposal	New page about how to dispose of broken (or other glassware)
Solutions of Iron III compounds	Updated guidance on their preparation
Test for phenol.	Using 'neutral' Iron III chloride. (No 12 in Uses & Control Measures.
New page on types of glassware	The types of glassware used in laboratories, their uses and how to look after them.
New page on glass safety	The dangers of glass and how to minimise them.

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