Unit 5, Assign. 4: Careers in Health & Safety in Schools

Overall, why can you infer communication skills are important for people in school health-and-safety fields?

A school is a complex system, and, in order for it to run smoothly all of the different components of the system need to work together.

Which of the following awareness campaigns would the nurse and the custodian likely collaborate on?

Clean School, Healthy Students: Toss Your Trash!

How does working in food-service in a school differ from parents preparing meals for their family?

Food-service workers must store food safely on a very large scale.

In which ways might a safety specialist and a food-service assistant work together?

They might arrange to have the loading docks supervised during food-item delivery hours.

Working as a school-safety specialist is a relatively new field.

True

acute illness

an illness that comes on suddenly

chronic illness

an illness that is long-lasting

Which of the following school positions requires the most physical strength?

custodian

custodial staff

employees responsible for keeping a building or office clean and well-maintained

What background do school-safety specialists often have?

law enforcement

Which of the following school positions would bring you in contact most often with parents?

nurse

Which school staff member would coordinate a campaign to check for lice in an elementary school?

nurse

Whom might the food-service staff work with to promote healthy choices at a high-school cafeteria?

safety specialist

occupational health and safety

the career field concerned with the protection of health and safety in the workplace

health code

the rules and regulations designed to protect public health

nutritional guidelines

the rules and regulations designed to protect public health