Note addition - How do we bring existing members up to this training standard? (Do we require all members to retroactively do this induction?)

I've added some comments to the draft. One thing first is to self test committee/trusted tour guides on anything that isn't a registered training.

Add functionality to the kiosk for recording of induction?

Are we blurring the lines between an induction and a tour?

@Beau re: recording via kiosk - I'm not sure this serves a practical purpose compared to just dumping a note in a Slack channel?

re: blurring lines - This is somewhat intentional. There's no longer a requirement that new members have even entered the workshop before.

RE blurring lines, there's some discretion to judge what's useful and relevant to people.

• If it's a new member's very first time in the space, they will genuinely need the tour 😇.

• If it's someone who's been around for a while, we can safely skip the discussion of ✨ makerspace ethos ✨.

RE recording the induction, at the end of the day it needs to go into TidyHQ, however dumping a quick note in Slack (as we currently do for laser training) is easy and gets the important part of the job done.

RE recording inductions, if it will need to be translated to tidyHQ regardless, then slack note will obviously be fine. I was more thinking if there was functionality for the kiosk to directly record into TidyHQ, saving time overall

Re recording inductions: In order to record direct to TidyHQ we'd need a search function that allows you to find the tidyhq contact you want to interact with. A publically accessible kiosk would be problematic for such an interface imo

Addressed some of the comments in the file and changed their colour when imo they were solved.

@renae re: the list of first aiders. There'd definitely be some administrative burden in maintaining such a list so I'd be interested to hear if you have any ideas on what we'd do with the information. A couple of ideas I've thought of:

• Requiring at least one first aider on site when running events
• Listing it as one of the badges on the webcam presence list

(I added this as a note to the draft but realised this is probably a better place to actually discuss stuff)

@Fletcher one of the webcam badges is a good idea, but i was just thinking a physical list people could add their own name to

Seems easy enough to maintain. If you foresee a use for it then imo let's go ahead

We've closed this one out as a miscommunication

Thanks to Fletcher and Renae who closed out all the comments on the draft on Monday night.

I think the next actions are:

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  Test run the induction with a volunteer

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  Print out a nice copy of the code of conduct to display in the foyer

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  Label all machines which require a tool induction to use

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  Label all machines which require competency check to use

RE labelling machines which require a competency check, Lake Monger Community Shed (LMCS) uses a system of coloured dot stickers to classify their tools by training required. This is simple and easy to apply (a roll of dot stickers is $10 from Officeworks).

My thoughts are to implement a "traffic light" system.

• Tools which need a full tool induction get a nice big red label which says that in words.

• Tools which only need a competency check get a yellow sticker.

• Tools which are OK for anyone to use get a green sticker.

This is very memorable and easy to explain ("We use a "traffic light colours" system to classify our tools....") and easy to apply.

I think the thing we do need is some hardcopy documentation (printed and ready to hand) RE the safe operation of the various tools. I get regularly caught out when I get asked to help people use tools I haven't really used a lot myself. We don't need to write these ourselves (we can plagiarise, e.g. from LMCS - https://www.lakemongershed.org.au/swps-orange.html as an example)

If this plan sounds OK, the actions would be:

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  Get some coloured dot stickers

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  Plagiarise and print some safe work procedures for the various tools, mount these nearby the relevant tools.

Sounds good. I think the SWPs are pretty similar at other sheds and schools that I've seen.

Action items to make a list of all tools (update wiki too) and decide what category each should be in? Did you and Spondy start on this?

The SWP's all appear to come from Men's Sheds WA. They are free to use. https://mensshedswa.org.au/shed-resources/safe-work-procedures/

I think the list of tools that matter for this purpose (what will be the "red" and "yellow" traffic light categories) is baked into the induction checklist and it makes sense to maintain it there.

A list of tools is also valuable for advertising purposes (shows potential members what type they will get access to) but requires more work to maintain than we have historically been able to sustain. This could be a good project for "work on the workshop Saturday".

This thread has essentially been superceded by our introduction of the green/yellow/red tool categories and the new training procedure. Closing.