Survival skills
- Ensure medical summaries are up to date and information available to all staff of relevant medical conditions.
- Ensure participants have personal medications on their person.
- Leaders to be aware of the nearest first aid kit location.
- Inform all visiting staff and volunteers of Epipen and Defibrillator location.
- Monitor severe weather conditions to manage relevant medical conditions.
- Closed toed shoes must be worn at all times on site by everyone.
- Shoulders must be covered by clothing on all activities.
- Sunsmart measures to be implemented when the UV index is rated 3 or higher.
- No singlets, crop tops or short length shorts to be worn during activities.
- Behavioral issues to be identified and managed prior to activity commencing.
- Participants with behavioral issues are placed in a group with a strong assistant leader/volunteer who is aware of the issues and has strategies to deal with participants.
- Safety briefing is delivered to all participants at the start of each activity.
- Ensure all leaders to monitor and manage behavior throughout the activity.
- Situations that cannot be resolved shall seek additional support from The Portsea Staff.
- - “challenge by choice” concept is implemented to support participants' emotional wellbeing and development.
- Appropriate footwear must be worn at all times.
- Areas around the camp to be cleared from debris and trip hazards
- Outside activity areas and pathways to be well lit at night.
- Monitor fatigue and rest accordingly.
- Staircases to be clearly marked
- Climbing of trees and structures is strictly prohibited.
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Injury due to poor manual handling 4 4 High
Burns 4 5 Extreme
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- Staff to check knots/help with knot tying if making more complex huts.
- When disassembling the huts participants need to take pieces off one at a time.
- The Participants are told to lift the logs between two or three people. Instructors uses the phases “if it is bigger than you it takes two, if it's bigger than you it takes three”
- Guests monitored by the instructor to the size of equipment used is appropriate for them.
- Correct manual handling techniques taught if larger objects need to be moved.
Fire
- Participants must remain seated unless asked by a leader to stand
- A maxim of 10 people, including leaders to be standing around the fire pit during camp cooking.
- Ensure supervisions ratios do not exceed 1:10
- No body parts are to touch the fireplace at any time.
- Monitor behavior around the fireplace.
- Running water to be available at all times during the activity.
- Leaders only to manage the fire.
- Ensure fire intensity is managed at all times to a suitable level.
Hygiene
- Fire is not to be left unattended
- All leaders are to be aware of the first aid kit locations.
- Fire to be fully extinguished upon completion of the session.
- Closed toed shoes are to be worn at all times around the campfire- the participants and the Recreation leaders.
- If cooking on the fire, the cooking sticks must be long enough that students do not get too close to the fire.
Correct lifting techniques are used when carrying firewood.
- Leaders are to manage firewood handling.
- Follow the manual handling guide, located on the door of the firewood shed.
Water filtering
- The participants are not to drink the water from the water filtering. If the Participants want a drink they are to use the fresh water from the drinking tap located next to the stage on the oval.
- Check the activity site for potential nest/hazards prior to commencing.
- During safety briefs, ensure the
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location of Epipens is made known to all staff and volunteers.
- Identify persons with known allergies/anaphylaxis to bites and stings. All persons with these known allergens carry personal medications at all times.
- Avoid contact with known sites of potential hazards (bee hives).
- Recreation staff have an up to date first aid kit as well as a communication device at all activities.
Extreme - Temperature cut off/ modifications are implemented for each activity.
- Sunsmart clothing and practices are to be implemented when the UV rating exceeds 3.
- Drinking water is available and should be drunk regularly throughout the day.
- Groups are to sit in the shade when possible to ensure protection from the sun.
- Staff will use weather reports to determine the likelihood and plan for extreme weather.
Extreme - Staff will use weather reports to determine the likelihood and plan for extreme weather.
- Appropriate warm clothing to be worn during cooler weather conditions.
- The Portsea Camp to ensure they have spare dry, warm clothing and blankets if required.
Thunder and lighting 2 5 High
Extreme weather conditions 5 5 Extreme
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- Drinking locations to be pointed out upon arrival
- Leaders are to encourage everyone to regularly drink water throughout the day.
- Temperature cut off/ modifications are implemented for each activity.
Environment
- Follow the 30:30 rule on thunder/lighting.
- All outdoor activities are to cease immediately and seek shelter inside buildings.
- Staff will use weather reports to determine the likelihood and plan for extreme weather.
- Fire not to be used during days of a total fire ban.
- During the fire danger period- fires cannot be lit if winds exceed 10 km/h.
- Follow CFA guidelines on fire lighting regulations.
- If extreme weather is predicted, no fire is to be lit.
- Regulations on fire lighting to be read before lighting the fire (located on the inside of the firewood shed door). 2 2