S.L. 605.2 Art. 3

Laboratories, Workshops, etc.

3.1 The number of students in any laboratory, workshop or non-class area, in a school is to be related to the size of the space and the use to which it is put. 3.2 Minimum accommodation requirements are 2 square metres per student exclusive of teacher’s space and furniture/ machinery space. 3.3 The maximum number of students allowed in any workshop using craft machinery is 20. 3.4 Laboratories and workshops should be equipped with adequate safety measures such as fume-cupboards, fire-extinguishers, a first aid-box and electric circuit breakers. Dangerous equipment and materials, tools and (other aids) which present a hazard to health and safety should be under the direct control of the teacher and properly stored. Machines are to have the necessary safeguards and instructions on their proper use. 3.5 When dangerous material and equipment are necessarily to be kept in a laboratory or workshop the danger is to be clearly indicated. 3.6 Rooms used as theatres for the production of plays, the exhibition of films, etc. to large groups of students are to be equipped with the necessary fire-extinguishers and properly indicated exits. 3.7 Laboratories, workshops, school theatres etc. are subject to inspection by the proper authorities and are bound to comply with existing regulations.