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Fieldwork risk assessments
Anton de PaivaBiological Safety Officer
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Why the templates?
• A systematic way in which to glean the answers to questions that must be asked
• To provide a record of these answers• To provide the first step when determining
the work processes
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The process
• What are you doing?• What level of detail is required?• What do you do with the forms?
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Use of the templates
• Use of these particular forms is not mandatory– As long as the alternative is ‘adequate’
• Existing risk assessments do not need to be transferred to the new templates– As long as these are ‘adequate’
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The process
What offsite activity?Which form?
How much info required?
What do you do with the form?
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What offsite activity?Which form?
The process
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Fieldwork
What are you doing?
Hosted activityConference / meeting
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What are you doing?
Conference / meeting
•Scholarly conferences and research meetings only•UK and abroad
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What are you doing?
Hosted activity
•Observation of research activities at another organisation•Participation in research activities at another organisation •Visit to a landfill site or sewage plant for teaching purposes•UK and abroad
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What are you doing?
Fieldwork
• From taking air samples on the Marylebone Road to tagging crocodiles in Namibia
• From interviewing shoppers on Oxford Street to geological surveys in the Pyrenees
• UK and abroad
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The process
What offsite activity?Which form?
How much info required?
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How much info?
• A conference in Brighton will require less effort than one in Mogadishu
• Learning a microscope technique in another institute may require less input than learning a technique with TB
• Taking blood samples from feral dogs in the Sudan will require more detail than counting plovers in the Bristol channel
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The fieldwork template form
• Intro - description of the activity• Travel, to, from and during the activity• Accommodation• Hazards and risks - the location• Hazards and risks - the activity• Personnel involved and contact details• Emergency procedures• Training• Declaration• Approvals• ‘Useful’ links
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The process
What offsite activity?Which form?
How much info required?
What do you do with the form?
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What do you do with the form?
• Conferences - DA and group members• Hosted activity - reviewed by offsite co-
ordinator or DSO.• Fieldwork - reviewed by offsite co-
ordinator or DSO.• Approval from HoD when required
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