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Environmental Safety

In this video from ITFreeTraining, I will look at some of the environmental safety issues that you may encounter while working with computers. There are many hazards around you and it is critical to manage these correctly to keep yourself and others safe. Download free handout http://itfreetraining.com/handouts/ap... Cable Management 0:15 In order to make your workplace safe, you first need to manage the hazards around you. For any hazards in the workplace, either reduce or eliminate them. A good place to start is keeping the office tidy. There are many things that you can do to keep your workplace tidy, and the first one that we will look at is cable management. Shown here is an example of poor cable management. Not the worst I have ever seen. In contrast, here is an example of good cable management. The key to good cable management comes down to two things. Firstly, using cable management solutions. You can see in the first example the cables are hanging up and down. They are not attached to anything. In the second example, the cables are running through a cable management solution. You can see the cables are held in place with plastic clips. There are dedicated areas for cables to run which separates them from where they plug in. In the first example, you can see the cables are running in front of where they are plugged in making it hard to access them. The second way to manage your cables is to use the right length cables. The simplest solution that I have seen to do this is to have a rack of cables available. You should keep this near where you need to use them. You want to keep the cable rack fully stocked up with cables of different lengths and colors to meet your requirements. If you don’t have free cables of different sizes available, you will find that when there is a need to run a cable a short distance and there are only very long cables, the very long cables will be used. That potentially leaves a lot of unneeded cable that needs to go somewhere. Usually it ends up on the floor and becomes a trip hazard. If you are very keen on cable management, you can make the cables to the size required. Later in the course we have a video that shows you how to do this. It takes a bit of extra time to do this. However, if you are keen you can attempt to sell the idea to your management, telling them that in the long run it costs a lot less to make the cables yourself rather than buy pre-made cables. The end result looks a lot better to. Trip Hazards 2:23 Limiting the cable length helps, but in some cases, you need to run long cables, as devices may be quite a distance apart. Whenever possible avoid running cables across floors as they create a trip hazard. A person tripping on a cable may result in them falling and hurting themselves, but also may damage whatever is connected to the cable. You don’t want the device connected on the other side to go flying across the room or the port it is connected to be ripped out. If you find you have no other option but to run a cable across a floor, secure the cable; the fastest and easiest way is to tape it to the floor. It is the work of moments to do this and it helps protect the people in the office from being hurt, not to mention the equipment it is plugged into. If it is available or you’re looking for a long-term solution, consider using a cable protector. These come in all different shapes and sizes, but essentially provide a contained pathway for the cable to run in. This prevents people tripping on the cable and the container provides a contoured surface making it hard to trip on the cable protector itself. Desk Cable Management 3:28 Next you need to consider where the cables run for your users’ work areas. First, you don’t want to have cables hanging under the desk or in locations where they can be kicked out. For example, having the computer plugged into a power point that can easily be kicked. You don’t want your computer to suddenly lose power and you to lose all your work. Modern desks will have built in cable trays for your cables. If they don’t, you can easily add these to the desk. You can see in this example some simple netting is enough to organize all the cables and prevent them from hanging down or being accidently kicked. References “The Official CompTIA A+ Core Study Guide (Exam 220-1001)” Chapter 3 Position 1950-2120 and 2444-2989 “Cable Management Example: Picture from Daniel J Vreeman” https://cdn.danielvreeman.com/dv/wp-c... Credits Trainer: Austin Mason http://ITFreeTraining.com Voice Talent: HP Lewis http://hplewis.com Quality Assurance: Brett Batson http://www.pbb-proofreading.uk