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Safe Working Practices ICT
Safe Working Practices ICT
positioning of equipment
posture
2. Give an example that explains the potential danger to health a measure is designed
to addresses
Tip: annotate images to show potential dangers and/or how a safe working practice can reduce risk.
Explain why is it important to do these things. Place the majority of your text in the speaker notes
section, this will get you the higher grades! You may decided to use 2 slides instead of 1. Useful
sites/articles: Teach ICT Health & Safety
SLIDE 2 - PROTECTING PHYSICAL
SAFETY
1. Use the internet to research TWO measures used to protect safety when using IT in
a business eg:
trip hazards eg trailing cables
overloading sockets
safely positioning equipment to avoid falls
2. Give an example that explains the potential danger to physical safety a measure is
designed to addresses
Tip: annotate images to show potential dangers and/or how a safe working practice can reduce risk.
Place the majority of your text in the speaker notes section, this will get you the higher grades. Useful
sites/articles: Teach ICT Health & Safety
SLIDE 3 - PROTECTING FILES FROM LOSS
1. Use the internet to research TWO measures used to protect files from loss when
using IT in a business eg:
backup strategies: files to backup; frequency; destination/medium; storage
organising files: folder structure; meaningful file and folder names
2. Give an example that explains the potential danger to files a measure is designed to
addresses eg hard disc failure, virus attack or accidental deletion
Useful sites/articles:
"Managing an IT disaster“
ICT knowledgebase Backups
SLIDE 4 – PROTECTING FILES FROM UNAUTHORISED
ACCESS/MODIFICATION
1. Use the internet to research TWO measures used to protect
files from unauthorised access/modification eg:
setting a password to open the document
Setting a password to modify the document
Useful sites/articles:
Data loss
Data theft
SLIDE 5 – STRONG PASSWORD
1. Your final slide should include guidance on choosing a
password
Useful sites/articles: