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SAF150: Woodshop Safety
Woodshop Series
With spinning saws and whirring lathes, the woodshop has the capacity to be one of the more dangerous rooms in any makerspace. Woodworking can be a safe and engaging hobby or career if you follow some basic woodworking safety rules. While almost all of the rules are common-sense ideas, failure to follow them can greatly increase the chance of injury when working with the tools. Thus, SAF150 is the first (and only mandatory) course that makers must take before using the woodshop.
Makers attending SAF150 learn how to work safely in the wood shop, including best practices and techniques for adhering to a variety of different safety rules, situations, and guidelines.
Select a location to enroll in a workshop, resume a quiz, or reserve equipment in your local instance of the MAP.
In this course, you'll learn:
Core safety requirements and policies for working in an introductory to intermediate woodshop, such as those in our Innovation Wyrkshops.
Where emergency supplies are located and how to use them if you or another maker is injured.
Ability to effectively demonstrate proper wood shop safety such as proper PPE usage.
Defining crucial terms like "kickback."
Best practices when working around other makers in the woodshop, including how to get a maker's attention safely and how to position yourself and your tools when working with others in the shop.
Rules for bringing in personal materials.
Rules for cleaning the woodshop and mitigating the spread of sawdust.
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College of Engineering & Applied Science
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY 82071
(307) 766-6460
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