CLEAPSS

People served

• teachers,
• technicians,
• science advisers/inspectors/consultants,
• teacher trainers,
• health and safety advisers,
• architects,
• other local authority officers,
• school governors.

  Areas covered

• health and safety including model risk assessments,
• chemicals, living organisms, equipment,
• sources of resources,
• laboratory design, facilities and fittings,
• technicians and their jobs,
• D&T facilities and fittings.

Associate members

• foundation and voluntary-aided schools,
• independent schools,
• incorporated colleges,
• teacher-training establishments and science learning centres,
• overseas institutions,
• field centres, museums, etc,
• curriculum developers.

  Services provided

• termly newsletters for primary and secondary schools,
• a wide range of free publications,
• model risk assessments,
• special risk assessments,
• low-cost training courses for technicians, teachers and local authority officers,
• a telephone helpline which takes nearly 7,000 calls per year,
• a monitoring service, e.g. for mercury spills,
• evaluations of equipment,
• advice on repairs,
• a H&S / Review service for publishers, exam. boards and other organisations producing teaching resources.