Assignment 5 Health and safety

Screens

All new screens should be fitted with tilt and swivel stands. Sufficient room is needed for the screen to be moved back and forward. The top of the screen should at eye level. You screen you not be too bright but also not to dull. Because if the screen was to bright are you were looking at it for a long period of time your eyes would get strained and many even damaged.

Making yourself comfortable  

As for any task that means working in one position for some time, it's important to make yourself as comfortable as possible when you use your computer. Place the monitor in front of you and at a comfortable viewing distance. If you're working from a document you might find it better to have that directly in front of you and the screen to one side. Try to position the top of the monitor display slightly below eye level when you're sitting at the keyboard.

What you should do before you start

Adjust the positions of the screen, the keyboard, the mouse and the documents you're working from, so as to achieve the most comfortable arrangement. Make sure that you have space to use your mouse easily, and rest your wrists in front of the keyboard when not typing.

Adjust the position of your chair to give you a comfortable viewing distance and posture. The screen should probably be somewhere between eighteen and thirty inches away from you.

Keeping a good posture

To keep a good posture you must sit up straight at all times and you must not slouch over. You must also keep your feet flat on the floor and look straight at the screen. The picture below is the correct posture and you must sit like this at all times.

If you have a problem with your feet touching the ground you should get a foot rest.

Safety is important when working in the I.T industry. If you do not be carful when working n a computer you can get short term are long term injury.  These injuries may occur if you spend too much time on the computer e.g. looking at screen to long, back injury, repetitive strain injury etc.

Your work station should be as tidy as possible. This will make it a safe environment to work in as nothing will be in danger of being knocked over e.g. glass of water. If some sort of liquid was knocked over it could fall on electrical equipment and this could cause a fire to occur.

If you are connecting any peripherals you must to turn the computer off first and then when you have done this now you can connect peripherals safely with out getting an electrical shock.

When connecting a camera to a computer you must turn off the computer to ensure that you do not get an electric shock. Then you must turn off the camera and take the battery out of the device to also make sure you do not get a shock. Then it is safe to connect the camera to the desktop first you plug the usb lead into the desktop and then plug the usb in to the camera. Now it is safe to turn you computer on and start transferring files and photos to your computer.  

When I was connecting the speakers I also had to turn the computer off then I connected the speaker the speaker had to be connected at the back of the computer when I had the speakers connected to the computer I went on to you tube and played music to see if the speaker is connected and working.