...Edition No. 1 September 2008 Compliance code Workplace amenities and work environment Contents Preface Introduction Purpose Scope Application Health and safety considerations for duty holders What are workplace amenities and facilities? Why do employees need amenities and facilities? How should I use this compliance code? Identifying and maintaining amenities and facilities What amenities do employers need to provide? Maintaining amenities and facilities Amenities Drinking water Toilets Hand washing Dining facilities Personal storage Change rooms Shower facilities Amenities and facilities for special workplaces Outdoor work Mobile, temporary and remote work Employer-provided accommodation 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 7 8 8 9 12 14 17 17 18 20 20 20 21 WorkSafe Victoria is a trading name of the Victorian WorkCover Authority. The work environment Workspace Temperature Ventilation, air quality and airconditioning Lighting Seating Floors Responding to emergencies Emergency planning First aid Appendix A – The compliance framework Appendix B – Consultation Appendix C – Documents adopted by this compliance code Appendix D – Documents associated with this compliance code Appendix E – Amenities and facilities planning checklist 22 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 29 30 32 33 34 35 36 This publication is protected by copyright. WorkSafe encourages the free transfer, copying and printing of this publication if such activities support the purpose and intent for which this publication was developed...
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...Recreation and Leisure | AHSC 242 Assignment | | The understanding and recognition of the value that recreation and leisure has to offer. | | Francis Pellegrino | 3/5/2009 | | Table of Contents Introduction 2 Timeline Diary Entries 3 Part I 6 Part II 9 Part III 12 Conclusion 15 Bibliography 16 Introduction The premise of this assignment is to explore the aspects behind recreational and leisure activities through the eyes of students. By demonstrating certain events based on the students life, it will give a certain understanding as to what they’ve learned throughout the course thus far, and what there capable of demonstrating through the different stages of the following three sections The first section is to enable the students to recognize and understand how free time is spent by conducting entries in a timeline diary and explaining the different questions provided by the lecturer. The second section is to help students understand the roles that leisure plays in their lives by selecting certain personal events and discussing the, in their own terms. Finally, the third section is to help students understand more about leisure in their community by exploring the different commercial locations available along with the possible constraints to leisure participation. Timeline Diary Entries Diary of Time Spent (Friday) | Time (min) | How Time Was Spent | Mood | Leisure Consideration | 12:00am-12:30 | Driving to local bistro...
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...UNIT 33: THE SPORT AND LEISURE SECTOR Get assignment help for this unit at assignmenthelpuk@yahoo.com LO1 Understand the growth and influence of the sport and leisure sector Sport and leisure sector: facilities and activities; outdoor and indoor; minority sports; professional clubs; entertainment; hospitality and exhibitions; fashionable sports and leisure activities and trends in sport and leisure; commercial and private providers; professional sport; cinemas and theatres; exhibitions; health clubs and spas; sports merchandise; voluntary eg local sports clubs, drama groups; public eg local authority leisure centres, national stadia, venues, parks and events; schools and specialist sports/drama colleges, further education centres of excellence, government organisations; other agencies and providers Growth and expansion: related to age, gender, socio-economic group, lifestyle, geographical location, disability/health status, governmental imperatives; improved choice; health clubs, specialist activities, purpose-built facilities; educational eg new sports/drama colleges and centres of excellence; events management; recreation, arts and entertainment; outdoor activities; adventure tourism; special interest tourism; sports development policy and planning; consumption; lifestyle; national governing bodies; sector skills councils; sports councils to reflect national government policy on sport and associated areas eg fitness; elite training facilities and services eg growth of youth...
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...Perception and leisure time CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION This chapter concludes definitions of each research construct are finally described. Literature review is a documentation of a comprehensive review of the published and unpublished work from secondary sources of data in the area of specific interest to the researcher. This chapter explains the literature review, which will address the research question. In order to complete this chapter, sources are taken from journal, books, the internet and some certified prime media. The literature review should bring together all relevant information in a cogent and logical manner instead of presenting all the studies in chronalogical order with the bits and pieces of uncoordinated information. BODY Leisure time is time available spent away from business, work, and domestic chores for ease and relaxation. It also excludes time spent on necessary activities such as sleeping and, where it is compulsory, education. Everyone needs a little bit of relaxation in their life because leisure time is important. A person need relieve stress, have time to themselves, and recharge their body and mind because life should not be all work, no play. Among this, it show leisure time is very important for one's mental health in their life. If the mind and body to get the revival it needs after a long week's hard work, can get a fresh idea to their life and work because a person need to have some enjoyment in life. A person can perform activities well in...
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...Discussion—Cultural Influences on Work and Leisure TimeAmerican society places much emphasis on merit through work. Vacation periods in the U.S. are the shortest among industrialized nations. Many argue that advanced technology has only busied people’s lives further, instead of alleviating the time necessary to complete day-to-day tasks.Using the readings for this module, Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, complete the following: * Examine Huizinga’s “Play Theory.” Why is “play” differentiated from other activity? What makes play “play” and not just another activity one does in the day? * Considering this theory, evaluate how culture influences your play and leisure time. Support your statements with examples and scholarly references.By Saturday, December 22, 2012, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through Wednesday, January 2, 2013, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses.Discussion Grading Criteria and RubricFor assistance with any problems you may have when completing this assignment—OR—to offer your assistance to classmates, please use the Problems and Solutions Discussion area located through the left side navigation link. | | | | Use the Respond link to post responses and materials that pertain to this assignment. Use the Respond link beneath any existing postings to respond to them. | | Assignment 1: Discussion—Cultural Influences on Work and Leisure Time | Respond | This table...
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...Comparative analysis of “Cynddylan on a Tractor” versus “Leisure” Penelope Wee 37/09 |Cynddylan on a Tractor versus Leisure | |Big ideas? | |Industrialisation, effects thereof. | |Threads of comparison / what poets |Cynddylan: ideas + devices + significance |Leisure: ideas + devices + significance | |seem to be saying about | | | |industrialisation | | | |Industrialisation brings with it its |“Clutch curses” – cacophonic alliteration |The desirability of the ideas that Davies | |fair share of difficulties. / |suggests some initial difficulty in getting |lists and portrays suggests that Man needs | |Disapproving attitude. |the tractor to cooperate |time off to himself, but that it is difficult| | | |to obtain with the advent of | | | ...
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...Idleness” (1932), Bertrand Russell claims that leisure has a negative impact on our society and is avoidable because of the modern technology we have today. Russell seems to be in conflict with individuals that are at the top of the economic ladder. Modern technology allows for a four hour work day, however, these individuals are taking advantage of their workers because “the morality of work is the morality of slaves (Russell 14).” Long hours for workers are sought after by their employers instead of creating more jobs for those who desperately need them. Long work hours do not allow for leisure or time and often causes people to become overworked. Technology in our society has grown rapidly, yet hours are not decreasing and jobs are not being created. Employed individuals are taking advantage of their employers and have the mindset that working harder allows for better income, which is uniform with their employers. People who are wealthy and have poor idleness have high expectations from those who they are providing the jobs for. This is currently an issue in today’s society. The people in our society will never stop working; they will continue making money to support themselves and their families. Working individuals only want what’s best for themselves and their future. As society grows, so do the hours that men and women are working contradicting Russell’s wish that hours should be decreased as society grows. Society can’t forget that leisure time must be earned and that priorities...
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...Monique Lee Student ID: 110199493 Leisure Concepts – Personal Critique Leisure Concepts – Personal Critique Reflective Study (Personal Critique) Week 11 – The Dark Side of Leisure Gambling: When defining the term leisure, it is able to be distinguished by the three components of; intrinsically motivating, enjoyment, and freedom of choice. Therefore, any activity that is able to demonstrate these three components must be seen as a leisure activity. However, in society some of the reflection of these activities that people are merely participating in are seen as been on the verge, in terms of being outside acceptable norms of behaviour and having a negative impact on the wellbeing of the individual if overused. These leisure activities are commonly derived as being seen as the ‘dark side of leisure’ or ‘leisure deviant’. Leisure can be a time for self-expression, even if it is outside the self-normality of society, however who can define it as being either a good or bad activity to participate in. If it’s giving the individual an overall sense of pleasure and positive experiences from participating, shouldn’t it be considered as an acceptable leisure activity to take part in? Based on the three components of leisure, I will evaluate whether gambling provides any overall benefits to the individual overall in relation to their wellbeing, specifically focusing on the question, ‘Does gambling have any beneficial leisure qualities?’ Wolfgang (1988, p.72)...
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...quickly, and its most frequent drop has been among its youngest readers, elementary school students (National Endowment for the Arts, 2004). McKool’s (2007) research has found that there is a “strong relationship between the amount of out-of-school reading a student engages in and his or her success in school” (p. 111). It has also been found that students’ academic levels do not remain the same with no growth, but their academic levels actually drop if they do not read in their free time (Hughes- Hassell & Lutz, 2006). The current literature focuses on younger students, especially those in elementary school. The purpose of this study was to investigate potential differences of what influences middle grades students’ reading interests, leisure reading habits, and reading and academic achievement. This study found that gender, race or ethnicity, parents’ educational levels, academic success (grades), and citizenship did not influence middle school students reading interests. Gender, race or ethnicity, parents’ educational levels, academic success or grades, and citizenship did...
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...to do very little work at all and mainly left their children at home with their nannies while they went out to parties. However, their work was very important and sometimes very hard, as they were expected to manage the home and the household while the men of the house went out to work. This lifestyle left barely any time for leisure or free time for the women of the Gentry class. Social parties and balls were often held where women of the Gentry class enjoyed dancing and mingling with other women similar to themselves. Dancing was a favourite pastime among most upper-class women which they could express at the often held balls. However, once a woman was married her role was considered manager of the household, and she had much less time than before to walk and talk with former friends. Unmarried women spent a lot of time with other unmarried women. They would usually walk and talk with each other around the town but did very little together other than that. They would usually have the most fun together at balls and parties where they would dance and have a good time with each other. Some women of the Gentry class would learn how to play a musical instrument for fun or in their spare time, majority of these being unmarried women. They would learn to play, what at the time would be seen as elegant instruments, such as the piano, violin and/or even the harp. Women of the Gentry class would also read books and some even wrote novels as one of their leisure activities, as they...
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...No. I. 60-77 Work and Nonwork: A Review of Models, Methods, and Findings Boris Kabanoff School of Social Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, South Australia This article examines theory and research in the field of work/nonwork relations. Three different theories of work/leisure relations are examined—compensation, generalization, and segmentation. All three theories have received some support; however, the review indicates that much of the available research evidence is constrained by conceptual and methodological problems. A number of paradigms for describing work/leisure patterns are reviewed, and it is concluded that most of these paradigms are more suitable for classifying leisure definitions than for guiding empirical research. Research in this field requires objective definitions of attributes common across life spheres. A task-based description of work and nonwork is discussed, and its research utility is illustrated. It is recommended that future research be concerned with describing different work/leisure patterns, the processes underlying these patterns, and the life consequences associated with different patterns. The meaning and the relationships between labor and leisure, work and contemplation, or in the most general sense, work and nonwork have been a source of intellectual, political, and religious debate for a considerable period in Western history. However, the view that the interplay between labor and leisure forms a major...
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...Recreation and Leisure in Canada Assignment AHSC 242 Table of Contents Introduction..................................................................................................................................................3 Part 1: Understanding/Recognizing how free time is spent.........................................................................4 Trends and Patterns........................................................................................................................4 Work and Leisure Occurring Simultaneously.................................................................................4 Motivation of Leisure......................................................................................................................5 Influence on Leisure........................................................................................................................5 Defining Leisure – Response Theory (MacNeil)..............................................................................5 Part 2: The Role of Leisure in our Lives.........................................................................................................6 Moving Away from home and entering a Serious Relationship....................................................6 Escaping Reality...............................................................................................................................7 My Life without School......................
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...You may find leisure by yourself, at school, at church, in clubs, in shopping centers, in automobiles, in tents, in caves, in front of a computer, on a mountain bike, in the formations of drifting clouds, and in many other circumstances (Godbey, 2003) The definition from Godbey supports my own personal view on how I classify leisure. I see leisure as an activity that myself wants to actually complete and for me this ranges from playing or watching sport, spending time with friends catching up watching a movie all the way to taking my dog for a walk on the beach on a sunny day. These leisure activities for me, make my life a more pleasant place to be involved in personally as I know especially when I am playing sport that my true character shines through. It also gives me an outlet outside of my current university study and work hours to do something that I very much enjoy participating in as I love the social side of life. Leisure for me is what makes me happy and is a break from all the assignments and exams of university life. 2) When we think of leisure in terms of time, it usually refers to some portion of our lives in which we have comparatively greater freedom to do what we want (Godbey, 2003). With that in mind, I do believe that leisure can be applied to everyone when they actually sit down and think about leisure. Leisure can be broken down into rather small pieces of life and when we do that I do believe that everyone does participate in some form leisure activity whether...
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...Introduction According to the World Federation of Occupational Therapy, occupational therapy is a profession which is concerned with the promotion of well-being and health of individuals through engaging them in occupation. It is a holistic healthcare profession with an aim to promote health in individuals by enabling them to perform purposeful and meaningful activities across their lifespan. Occupational therapist by using different treatments help their patients with a mental, physical or developmental conditions to recover, develop or maintain daily work and life skills in themselves. OT is client-centered and see client as an integral part in the process of Occupational therapy. Therapist gives individualized attention and evaluation to his/her client or clients (individual and families) in learning the current state of affairs and the desired state of affairs in client’s life. occupational therapist learn about the goals his/her client is trying to achieve (desired state of affairs) uses his experience and judgment to alter the goals if necessary and align them with the abilities and resources clients hold to achieve them or help clients achieve the necessary skills and knowledge required to achieve his goals. Occupational therapy services may include comprehensive evaluations of the client’s home and other environments (e.g. workplace, school), recommendations for adaptive equipment and training in its use, and guidance and education for family members...
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...typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | A man works for others to earn his living, so, he has to work according to the will of others. He cannot do any work after his own heart during the course of his employment. When he gets leisure, he does some work of his own liking. This work is called a hobby. Different people do different kinds of hobbies during their vacations. Some write poems, others draw picture and collect stamps. Unique people do crazy kinds of experiments. These are a few of the hobbies that many people do. There are many other kinds of hobbies too. people write children's literature and others knit mufflers and so on. Hobbies have great advantages for human beings. Great works, great theories and great inventions are the outcome of man's hobbies. Hobbies can give rise to great writers, great painters, great artists, and great scientists. Hobbies engage us during our free time. So, we make the best use of our leisure time with our hobbies. Hobbies save us from all the vices of idleness. They save us from the bore of no work. People should make the best use of their leisure with their hobbies. Men should not do their hobbies at random, they should try to do there hobbies every day, and should do their hobbies systematically. The systematically done hobby may produce a great thing after a few years. Every person should do some kind of innocent hobby during his leisure. They should try to develop their natural abilities during the vacation...
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