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Technical Services

Field Manual

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	1
THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE	1
Supervisors	1
Individuals (staff, students, volunteers or visitors)	2
PREPARATION FOR FIELDTRIP	2
VEHICULAR PREPARATION	3
Different vehicles which might be supplied in various Situations	4
Quad Use Guidelines	5
Itinerary Record	6
Satellite phones	7
Travelling	7
Traverses on Foot	9
Preparation for a Field Traverse	10
Direction and Location	10
Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance on the Trip	11
Bush Etiquette	13
Vehicle Breakdown	13
Vehicle Fire Risks	14
Vehicle Recovery	15
USE OF SMALL CRAFT IN FIELD WORK	15
USE OF SCUBA	16
CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL ON FIELD TRIPS	16
SURVIVAL	17
SAFE DRIVING IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY	18
BECOMING 'LOST'	20
ANIMALS THAT BITE AND STING	21
Snake Bite	21
Crocodiles	22
Leeches	22
Sea Wasps and Box Jellyfish	22
Warm-climate Diseases and Ailments	22
Insect Borne Diseases	23
DEHYDRATION	24
REST AND CAMP HAZARDS	25
GEOLOGICAL AND COLLECTING HAZARDS	26
COASTAL FIELD WORK	26
FIREARMS	27
ACCIDENT, INJURY AND INCIDENT REPORTING	27
VOLUNTEERS	27
REFERENCES	28
TECHNICAL SERVICES GROUP
Technical Services Staff Structure

Appendices

• Appendix A: Vehicle spares, tools and emergency parts 32
• Appendix B: Suggested first aid kit contents for fieldwork on land 33
• Appendix C: Fire warden and first aid officers 35
• Appendix D: Equipment to be carried in small boats 35
• Appendix E: Driver fatigue 37
• Appendix F: Quad use form 39
• Appendix G: Movement

Form Fieldwork 40

• Appendix H: HTML format Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment for Field Assessment 41
                Word Document Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment for Field Assessment 41
• Appendix I: Diving details
• Appendix J: Conditions of use of SER vehicles 51
• Appendix K: Application to drive CDU vehicle 53
• Appendix L: Risk matrix

Acknowledgements

The editors of this manual have utilised components of field manuals that have been used by other universities. In particular we acknowledge the example set by James Cook University's 'Fieldwork on Land Safety Manual' by Doak, G.B. and Stephenson, P.J. (1991). Special thanks to Ian Fordyce for his valuable contributions.