Safety is our number one priority. This includes making sure students know they are in a safe environment, having protocols in place for personal safety and teaching students to be proactive about their safety.
Each student must complete the below training modules.
Each student must complete the below training modules.
FIRST Canada FRC Bronze Safety Badge
1. Read the FIRST FRC-FTC Safety Manual
| 2022_frc-ftc_safety_manual.pdf |
2. Take the on-line FIRST Canada FRC Bronze Safety Quiz. 30 Questions about what you've learned in the safety manual.
2021 FIRST Canada Bronze Safety Badge Quiz (proprofs.com)
3. Send a picture or print out of your safety badge to the Safety Lead or Niall.
2021 FIRST Canada Bronze Safety Badge Quiz (proprofs.com)
3. Send a picture or print out of your safety badge to the Safety Lead or Niall.
Machine Mavericks Safety Guidelines
1. Machine Mavericks Safety Booklet: Read it and ask questions for items you don't understand or want more explanation.
| mavericks_safety_manual.pdf |
2. Safety Raffle System: Use it to help create a safe workplace for all on the team.
3. Mentor Supervision Required: Students are not allowed inside the machine shop area without adult Mentor supervision.
4. Safety Glasses and Shoes: All students must wear safety glasses and safety shoes while working on robots, while being in and around the competition field and while working inside the machine shop area.
3. Mentor Supervision Required: Students are not allowed inside the machine shop area without adult Mentor supervision.
4. Safety Glasses and Shoes: All students must wear safety glasses and safety shoes while working on robots, while being in and around the competition field and while working inside the machine shop area.
Youth Protection Program
1. Watch the FIRST FRC Youth Protection Videos regarding personal safety.
2. Read the Machine Mavericks
| mavericks_ypp.pdf |
FIRST Code of Conduct and Gracious Professionalism
The FIRST mission is to inspire a generation of science and technology leaders who are both gracious and professional. This FIRST Code of Conduct lists some of the basic behaviours mentors, coaches, volunteers, team members, affiliate partners, contractors, staff, and other participants should adhere to while participating in FIRST activities.
- Exhibit Gracious Professionalism® at all times. Gracious Professionalism is a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the community. With Gracious Professionalism, fierce competition and mutual gain are not separate notions.
- Ensure the safety of all participants in FIRST activities.
- Not engage in any form of bullying, harassment, use of profane or insulting language, or any actual or threatened violence.
- Adhere to all FIRST Youth Protection Program (YPP) policies.
- Report any unsafe behaviour to event or local FIRST leadership.
Optional: Dupont Machine Safety Training Modules and WHMIS Training
Students who wish to operate machinery are required to watch and pass safety training modules for those individual machines. In addition to training modules, students are only allowed to operate machines under the guidance of a trained adult Mentor.
- Dupont Sustainable Solutions Website
- Speak to Niall: He will set you up with an account.
- When you finish a module make sure that Niall is sent confirmation of a successful completion.
- WHMIS Training
- Watch the training module and take the quiz.
- Send Niall a picture or PDF of successful completion.
Speed up your reading time! We're ALL about tech at Machine Mavericks!
Use "Text to Speech" Apps
Use "Text to Speech" Apps
Reading and understanding safety protocol is a MUST for any workplace. If you'd like to get through the reading fast, we encourage you to use a reading app like some of the following . (If you do, tell us if you liked using it and, of course, which is your favorite voice!)
- Microsoft Edge Web Browser: (Free) If you have the most recent version, you can open a PDF from a webpage, and then follow these instructions.
- Mac: (Free) Visit this webpage for instructions to use your Mac to read aloud "Text to Speech".
- iPad: (Free) Visit the webpage for instructions to use your iPad to read aloud "Text to Speech".
- Chromebook: (Free) Read Aloud Chrome Browser Extension.
- For other devices, you can find other various paid and free apps in the App store or Google Play. (Amazon Polly, Speechify, etc.)