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EOTC Guidelines

We have updated the EOTC Guidelines – Bringing the Curriculum Alive to align with:

• The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
• The Vulnerable Children Act 2014; and
• The Health and Safety at Work (Adventure Activities) Regulations 2016

The primary purpose of these guidelines is to support teaching and learning of the national curriculum. The guidelines may also be applied more broadly as a good-practice guide for other activities that schools are associated with.

This kete supports safe and effective curriculum-based teaching and learning that extends beyond the classroom walls. The tool kits contain a selection of sample forms and templates that reflect the current good practices and procedures for EOTC safety. The tool is intended to assist you to refine your systems for EOTC management and meet your legal requirements and good practice responsibilities.

NB: Please note the guidelines are available online only. Hard copies were not printed because outdoor education best practices tend to change relatively frequently and presenting the guidelines as an online resource will allow real-time updates to be done as required.

The guidelines were last updated on 1 July 2017.

 

Version control table (download below)

Document version control	updates made and where	Approved / Date
1.0	Initial development.	March 2016
1.1	Para 149, page 39 there be an observer in the vehicle who is awake at all times and trained to recognise the signs of driver fatigue	16 February 2017
1.2	Appendixes 4 and 5 are updated. EOTC safety management plan template (Appendix 5) and sample forms (Appendix 4) reflect current good practice and procedures for EOTC safety. The SMP template and tool kit are intended to assist schools to refine their systems for EOTC management and meet their legal and good practice responsibilities. Page 47, paragraphs 200 & 203 information about volunteers updated. Page 69, para 334 updated including the importance of ensuring staff student know where an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is located and when and how to use it. Throughout the guidelines the term “accepted best practice" replaced with the term "good practice". This change aligns with outdoor industry terminology use and practice; and New templates correctly cross referenced throughout the text.	1 July 2017

 

The Guidelines

Appendices

• • Appendix 1 – Sustainable Best Practices (PDF 204 kB)
• • Appendix 2 – Accepted Best Practice Resources (New file) (PDF 308 kB)
• • Appendix 3 – Contacts (PDF 19 kB)
• Appendix 4 – Tool Kit for EOTC Management
• • Appendix 5 – EOTC SMP policy and procedure template (Word 2007 703 kB)
• Appendix 6 – He Rauemi Āwhina – Ngā puka pūnaha haumaru

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