Take actions to eliminate workplace hazards or to reduce risks

WHAT IS A REPETITIVE STRESS INJURY?

Repetitive stress injuries (RSIs) are injuries that happen when too much stress is placed onto a part of the body, resulting in inflammation (pain and swelling), muscle strain, or tissue damage. This stress generally occurs from repeating the same movements over and over again.

HOW EASY OR DIFFICULT IS IT TO USE THE MOUSE WITH BOTH HANDS?
For me this progress is very difficult to do with my left hand because i tend to use my right hand in order to control the mouse. Maybe in the furture if i were to pratice with my left hand it wont be so difficult.

The Keyboard shortcuts that i use are:

CTRL+C (Copy)
CTRL+X (Cut)
CTRL+V (Paste)
CTRL+Z (Undo)
DELETE (Delete)
SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
F2 key (Rename the selected item)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)
CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)
CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)
CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)
CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)
CTRL+A (Select all)
F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)
ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open.)

BAD POSTURE

When sitting in a chair my parnter sits facing her head down, and leaning her back onto her chair in a uncomfortable way. Her chair is adjusted higher than the desk. She is sitting very close to the desk. her feet are rested flat.

By comparing this to a correct way of sitting in a computer, it isnt similar at all. She is sitting in a Bad posture which can lead to many injuries.

By sitting in a correct way it isnt comfortable at all because i am not used to sitting fully tight and straight in a chair.

The right posture in sitting in a chair is to have a highly adjustable chair that could support your lower back. By leaving room between the front edge of the seat and the back of your knees. Sit up straight with your head and shoulders facing straight towards to the computer, when using the mouse and the keyboard place your hands in a comfortable way. Sit up right and make sure your feet are rested flat on the floor.

The three ways i feel comfortable in my seat are,

1. By sitting very close to the computer desk and adjusting my seat forward.

2. By sitting upright and adjusting my seat back to rest my back.

3. By crossing my legs onto my seat and adjusting the seat more further to my desk.

STATIC EXERTION

Write down the health problems which this can cause.

- muscle pain

-Tendons being damaged

-Ligaments may lead to spinal damage.

- may lead to circulation problems

i spend 3to 4 hours everyday sitting infront of a computer.

the list of exercises you can do to avoid health problems

You could help stretch the following parts of your body

You could walk around the room for 2 minutes

-closing your eyes for 5 minutes

PART B
i spend 5-6hours in front of the television, the things that i would do in order to protect my eyes, i would take a break from the television or computer everyone hour by sitting in a quite room and closing my eyes for 10 minutes. Try to wear glasses if needed. Adjust the light on the screen of your computer to make it less brighter.

PART C

The fire exinguisher is locate in the first extrance and one in the corrdinator.

PART D

WHAT IS BULLYING?

Bullying is when you are verbally,phically, socially or psychologically hurt by your employer or groupd of peole at work.

WHAT ARE TYPICAL THINGS THAT A PERSON WOULD DO TO BULLY SOMEONE?

verbal abuse or amking fun of your work or you.

excluding or isolating you from peole or situations.

Psychological harassment

intimidation

giving you pointless jobs that have nothing to do with your job

giving you impossible jobs that cant be done in the given time

deliberately holding back informations you need for getting your work done.

WHAT SORT OF PERSON BULLIES?

People who bully others at work often have low self-esteem or have been a victim of violence themselves. THey use bullying as a way of making themselves feel more powerful.

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF YOU ARE THE VICIM OF BULLYING?

make sure you're informed- find out what the organisations policies and procedures are for preventing and handling bullying

keep a diary documenting everything that happens

get information and advice.

HOW CAN BULLYING AFFECT YOU?

be less productive

be less confident in your work

feel scared, stressed, anxious or depressed

have your life outside of work affected

want to stay away from work

lack confindence and self-esteem in yourself and your work.

WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS?

Everyone has the right to work in an environment free from bullying, harassment, discrimination and violence.

employers and employees have duties by law to promote health and safety within the workplace and not to put themselves or their colleagues at risk.

The reason why i have chosen to study this course is because the whole concept of graphic design draws my attention

 Personal electronic devices
Personal electronic devices reduce awareness of surroundings (warning sounds, traffic)
Headphones used to block background noise, music playing devices may damage hearing. To help minimize the risk of injury you could develop a policy about where and when it is appropriate to use personal electronic devices,
Including awareness of the dangers of personal electronic devices in induction
Using stereo headphones that cover the entire ear or in-ear headphones to block background noise instead of earbuds or earphones that are not capable of delivering the same dynamic range and consequently often used at a higher volume.


 Operator
Tasks that may cause body fatigue and stressing.
Lack of task variety, prolonged time spent in one position
Tasks that may cause eyes to become irritated, strained or blurred
Conduct a workstation assessment before operator begins work (i.e. desk height, chair adjustment, keyboard / mouse / screen position)
Have appropriate signage / computer applications to remind employees to take breaks and guidance on appropriate stretching exercises
To reduce risks of body fatigue and or stressing from repetitive tasks, implement task variety to reduce the risk.
Provide appropriate training to employees to encourage appropriate posture, regular breaks, stretching exercises and eye health management (blinking regularly to lubricate the eye and focusing on objects away from a screen)


 Chair
Chair is not the appropriate size
Poor back support
Front edge of seat insufficiently rounded and / or padded
User misjudges height of stool or slips or overbalances whilst getting on or off
Have an ergonomic assessment undertaken
Try chairs of different styles and dimensions until user feels secure, has adequate support and feels comfortable
When purchasing new chairs specify seat pans to have a well padded rounded 'waterfall edge'
Alert all users of high chairs or stools of the need for particular care when getting on or off these

 Storage Systems and access to stored contents

Filing cabinet tipping over
Cabinet unstable if heavily loaded top drawer is pulled open to its full extent
Cabinet drawers slide open when cabinet is not level and is left unlocked
Where appropriate place heavier contents in lowest drawers and distribute files to keep centre of gravity as low as possible to minimise risk of cabinet tipping
Check that all cabinets are standing level and use rubber wedges to stabilise any unsteady cabinet. Test to ensure drawers do not open when cabinet is unlocked
Ensure one draw is opened at a time. Locate cabinet against a wall and check that file cabinet stands level.Restrain filing cabinet to the wall
Access to stored contents
Lifting files above head height
Lifting files below the knees
Provide a step, stepladder or ladder to allow employees to work safely at any shelf level
Plan storage to locate heaviest or most frequently used documents at easily accessible heights to minimise the demands of manual handling.
Ensure employees are trained appropriately in correct lifting techniques.
Review contents periodically and archive any old or little used files

 Obstructing walk ways
Cabinets with slide out draws / sideway hinged doors which open to obstruct a passageway
Where possible locate cabinets out of trafficable areas
If cabinets border on passageways, select cabinets which have slide-away or roller doors, which do not protrude when open
 Lighting
Incompatibility between office lighting and daylight entering the work area
Lighting being used is unsuitable for night-time work
If interior is illuminated by daylight, ensure that lighting is compatible with the natural light
Where there is significant night-time work, include lighting with lower colour temperature (warm colours)
Dazzle
Unshielded light sources (including the sun) are within employees' field of vision
Move or shield light source(s) from field of vision
 Electrical

Electrical appliance or tool has developed a fault, or has defective insulation or exposed wiring
As required have electrical appliances inspected and tested on a regular basis and record this information
Where equipment is identified for repair, it should be immediately removed from service and appropriately labelled to prevent further use
Consider installing a safety switch on power supply
Overloading
Overloading power circuit by plugging too many appliances into the same socket
If additional appliances are needed permanently, have a larger power socket installed by a competent person
Discourage the use of adaptors and connection of unauthorised appliances which may overload the circuit dangerously.



MY WORKPLACE

My workplace is positioned in a little cosy room, with a lot of joyful paintings on the wall. From my desk to my drawing table you could find anything that will help suit your need. Basically everything in my room is colour coordinated and everything is sorted out into different sections so you don’t have to waste your time searching for things. In order to use my computer and laptop in the same place I have chosen a big desk which helps me fit both and well position them. There isn’t much sunlight in the room so I tend to use my lamp to brighten the room; this is something I should consider to work on. I don’t have much storage that I could use considering it is a small room; this is one of the reasons why the PowerPoint for both my computers is not positioned properly. This is something that would lead to hazards in the workplace, which needs attention. Before any damage happens I will find a solution to this. If I were to rate my workplace I will give it 7 out of 10 because everything is well positioned and has everything that you need in a workplace.

THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WAYS TO BACK UP YOUR WORK, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW AND FOLLOW THESE EXAMPLES SO YOU COULD HELP AVOID LOSING THE FILE OR DOCUMENTS WHICH ARE USEFUL FOR YOU.
1. One way is to use a USB stick
2. By saving your work on your home computer
3. To use the skydrive to store your work on it
4. By sending your work to your email, you will have a copy saved on.
5. By saving it onto a removeable stick.
6. To save it on a CD-DVD disk.

HACKING, VIRUSES AND OTHER INTERNET ISSUES


VIRUS

A Virus is a software that attaches itself to a program which help spread it from one computer to another, leaving infections as it travels. Some of these infections may cause only midly annoying effects while others can damage your hardware software.


Spyware is an example of a virus that violates your privacy on your computer. Spyware takes up memory and other resources on your PC, this may adversely affect your network or internet connection. This can also lead to a noticeable slowdown in your PC's performance and cause disconnections from the internet.


The anti-virus software that i use is called WEBROOT, i update my anti-virus program every year.
For more information you could visit the following link.
http://www.webroot.com/En_US/index.html

FIREWALL

A firewall is simply a program or hardware device that filters the information coming through the Internet connection into your computer system. If an incoming packet of information is flagged by the filters, it is not allowed through. The firewall can implement security rules that you could set to help prevent people hacking into your computer.



The fiewall program that i use is called McAfee® Internet Security which provides immediate protection against malicious threats to my PC. This software is very effective because A new threat can be analyzed and blocked in milliseconds, rather than waiting hours for traditional techniques. Active Protection is the best technology to keep you safe from emerging online threats.

CREATIVE COMMONS

Creative commons is the Australian derivative project of the international Creative Commons project that is a non-profit orgainsation which offers flexible coyright management tools from creative work. The whole purpose of Creative commons is to offer a range of licences that creators can use to share their work on the online environment without having worrying about their creative work being miss used for commerical purposes.


For more information simply view hhp://creativecommons.org/about/license


the following are some examples of licenses that allow you to do with an image

Attribution- If a work is copied or redistributed under a Creative Commons licence, credit must always be given to the creator.
Non commerical- This give others to copy,distribute,display,present your work and derivate work based upon it but doesnt allow you to use the work for commercial purposes.
No derivative work- This lets others copy, display and perform only verbatim copies of your work.
Share alike- This allows others to distribute derivate works only under a licence identical to the licence the protects your work.



Free digital Photos




-If you use a free version of a photo you must credit FreeDigitalPhotos.net
-This photo may be used in products that are sold, but only where the photos are used for illustration or decoration
-This photo may not be used on products where the image is the sole reason someone would buy the product - for example greetings cards, mugs, T-shirts and so on.


Things you can not do with the image
offer the images for sale or distribution
claim them as your own work
include them in "web templates" which are subject to mass-distribution, whether the templates are free-of-charge or paid-for. This is because of difficulties in ensuring our terms are adhered to by the ultimate website owners. There are no exceptions to this rule
use them on merchandise where the image is the sole reason someone would buy the product, for example greeting cards, T-shirts, mugs and so on.


1.I am prepared to share some of my work, the pieces of work which i will not share is works that others will be miss presented and used for commercial purposes.
2. If i was to share my creative work on the online environment i would want viewers to acknowledge my work by giving me a reasonable price to copy and use my work. The things that they must not do is to use my creative work for commerical purposes. and also wouldnt want anyone to change my creative work and give it a whole new look to it because at the end i was the one to put time and effort into this piece of work and i would like it to stay the way is it.



Royalty free internet sites
http://www.shutterstock.com/
http://www.dreamstime.com/
www.freeimages.com/
www.sxc.hu/
www.freedigitalphotos.net/
www.bigstockphoto.com/
www.gettyimages.com/creative/royaltyfree

ROYALTY FREE INTERNETS SITES ON MUSIC,VIDEO AND ANIMATION

www. GettyImages.com/RoyaltyFreeMusic
http://www.royaltyfreemusiclibrary.com/
www. iStockphoto.com/Video
www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free-music-resources.html
www.partnersinrhyme.com/
www. incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

INTERNET



How do you use the internet?
The way i use the internet is just to research and be up to date with what is happening around the world , by logging onto facebook it is giving me a chance to keep in touch with family and friends. To share what is on my mind and having a chance by meeting new interesting people around the world. I enjoy having the access to view new video clips, this gives me a chance to be listen and explore the latest music that is out.
How the internet works?
The way the internet works is basically you first connect to the interest by entering your phone number, user name and password your dialing up onto the network. From there your modern sends the signals from your computer to signals that travel over a wire line then leads it to a internet service provider. Your internet provider gives you access to the internet.
To have access to a website you first enter its address, the browser and web server will communicate by using Hypertext transfer Protocol. the WWW. indicates a resource on the world wide web. after that when you type in the address this identifies which computer hosts the site this is called a domain. then the browsers sends the request to the web server on the internet and it locates the files then downloads it to your computer, so your web browser displays the page on your computer screen.

By creating an e-mail program you could have the access to interact with family and friends, by sending messages. the way this works is the message gets sent to your Internet service provider's mail server, by examining the address the message travels over the interest to the mail server of the recipients internet service provider, where it is held in a mailbox. by loging onto your account and clicking onto your inbox, the computer displays the message onto your computer where you then have a chance to read through it.

Spiders is a software what engines use to comb the internet looking for documents and their web addresses, these are collected and sent to the search engines indexing software to help extract information from the documents, storing it in a database. the database is searched for documents that match, then the engines assemble a web page that lists the result as hypertext.

A newsgroups and forums is use to post messages, reply a message or just read messages.when the message is sent the news server posts it for everyone to read. everyone could read and respond to your message.

The way streaming media works is when you click on a link to a media clip, your web browser requests the clip from a media server on the internet. Then the server returns the data to your computer. your computer launches a media player which the streaming data is stored in a buffer.when enough data is received, the clip begins.

Browsers
What is a browser?
a browser is the software you use to access the World, wide web.
Make a list of different browsers you have used?
Internet explorer and Firefox, Netscape navigator, Microsoft are some browsers that i have used.
which browser do you prefer to use?
i prefer to use internet explorer and Firefox.
What features do you use in this browser?
On internet explorer the features that i use are Google search Google map, easy access to view the weather, important news headlines that i could view.



URLs are the addresses used to locate the files. The information contained in a URL gives you the ability to hop from one web page to another with just a click of your mouse.

http:
The first part of a URL tells you the type of resource or method of access at that address.
WWW: means world wide web
- HTTP- method for retrieving page.
-WWW- type of page
-kangan.edu.au- internet domain of website


The domain name suffix is known as a generic top-level domain (gTLD) and it describes the type of organization.

gov- Reserved for United States government agencies
.net--For networks; usually reserved for organizations such as Internet service providers
org--For non-commercial organizations
com--For businesses, commercial enterprises, or online services like America Online
. Most companies use this extension.

the country codes that interest me are
Au - Australia
FR - France
DE - Germany
UK - United Kingdom

The websites that i like are
WWW.facebook.com is located all around the world and is a commercial website.
WWW.eBay.com.au is located all around the world and is a commercial website.

SEARCH ENGINES
Spiders is a software what engines use to comb the internet looking for documents and their web addresses, these are collected and sent to the search engines indexing software to help extract information from the documents, storing it in a database. the database is searched for documents that match, then the engines assemble a web page that lists the result as hypertext.
the following are just some different search engines that i have used.
- Google
-yahoo
-IFAC.com
-mini nova
-sphere
-Lycos
-live search

My favorite ones are Google and yahoo because they are more common and easier to use.

The following are just some new search engines
-bling
-WolframAlpha
-CUIl
- duck duck go


FORUMS/NEWSGROUPS
The purpose of newspapers and forums are
to resemble bulletin boards, where people discuss subjects of mutual interest by posting comments. Newsgroups revolve around specific topics, such as wireless technology or organic gardening. You can read what others have written and reply your own thoughts. They provide a way to quickly communicate with people from all over the world without leaving your computer. You could participate in a newsgroup or forum by downloading a newsreader program and then, determine which newsgroups interest you and subscribe to them.

http://groups.google.com/?pli=1 you could visit this website and subscribe from here
the following are just newsgroups related to multimedia and design
publish2.com/newsgroups/multimedia-standards/design
websitetips.com/lists/
www.sharewareconnection.com/multimedia-design-image-editing-40.htm
vcfaq.mvps.org/ngissues.htm