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Management Systems for Metal Technology and Design Workshop Safety, Health and Environmental Hazards in Selected Secondary Schools in Zimbabwe

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  • Alfred Marumbwa.

    (Department of Technical and Engineering Education and Training)

  • Tapiwa Muzari

    (Department of Technical and Engineering Education and Training, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe)

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Learners using school workshops encounter numerous safety, health and environmental problems. Inadequate and ineffective facilities and equipment expose learners to serious health complications or injuries. Unguarded and uninsulated machine connections have the potential to injure learners. There is risk of serious property damage and injuries due to inconsistent application of safety, health and environments procedures. The Social Learning Theory informed the study anchored with ethnographic research design as located in the interpretivist paradigm. Interviews, observations and documents were data collecting methods. The findings revealed that inadequate teaching resources affected effective teaching and learning on safety, health and environmental practice. The study further revealed that malfunctioning electrical safety equipment exposed learners to injuries. The study recommended that schools provide all the necessary resources to prevent safety, health and environmental accidents. In addition, the study recommended that schools develop an Occupational Health and Safety policy and give someone responsibility for dealing with such issues. The study also recommended that the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education should include occupational health issues in the existing National School Health Policy.

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  • Alfred Marumbwa. & Tapiwa Muzari, 2024. "Management Systems for Metal Technology and Design Workshop Safety, Health and Environmental Hazards in Selected Secondary Schools in Zimbabwe," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 8(10), pages 1710-1721, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:8:y:2024:i:10:p:1710-1721
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