Dress Code

[ozydave]

I’m surprised how many have said they are not required to wear steel toe caps. Isn’t it part of Health and safety. Our school will pay for the steels.

I’ve completing a manual handling course, and as yet have not dropped anything. But accidents will happen even though you take as much care as you can. Even though I think I’m safe, what about the unpredictable things we work with (students that is). Carrying a PC, and little Jonnie comes round the corner and knocks into me bang goes the computer and possibly my foot. I just know that if I ever need to put in a claim for industrial injury, they WILL say why went you wearing projective footwear.

[LeMarchand]

If anyone knows of some good steel capped foot ware please let me know

 

I get mine from Aldi. They do them 2/3 times a year. Prices are going up - they used to be around £10, but now around £20. I find that if worn under the trouser leg they look smart enough to pass for "proper" shoes. The only drawback if that with the amount of kneeling/crouching I have to do, the soles (synthetic) tend to crack.

[Joh619]

No one has ever mentioned a dress code to me, or wearing steel toe caps. I usually wear fairly smart back trousers, although they're fairly baggy to let me carry various keys around with me. Then usually just a smart jumper. I'd probably have to bring 2 pairs of shoes if i had to wear steel toe caps as I don't think I'd be able to drive in them

[misterchris]

I used to wear shirt and tie until I got my tie stuck in a printer after changing the imaging drum. The Head would still prefer me to wear I tie so i do still put one on when I do the odd bit of teaching. He moans about my trainers as well.

[srochford]

I’m surprised how many have said they are not required to wear steel toe caps. Isn’t it part of Health and safety. Our school will pay for the steels.

I’ve completing a manual handling course, and as yet have not dropped anything. But accidents will happen even though you take as much care as you can.

 

Accidents will happen and this is why someone should do a risk assessment about the likelihood of it happening and the harm it would cause if it did happen.

 

Dropping something heavy on your toe could cause serious damage but my assessment is that it's unlikely (in nearly 30 years in IT I've never seen it happen). Obviously, other establishments may be more hazardous. I'd guess I'm just glad I don't work there :-)

[jcollings]

I’m surprised how many have said they are not required to wear steel toe caps. Isn’t it part of Health and safety. Our school will pay for the steels.

I’ve completing a manual handling course, and as yet have not dropped anything. But accidents will happen even though you take as much care as you can. Even though I think I’m safe, what about the unpredictable things we work with (students that is). Carrying a PC, and little Jonnie comes round the corner and knocks into me bang goes the computer and possibly my foot. I just know that if I ever need to put in a claim for industrial injury, they WILL say why went you wearing projective footwear.

 

But by that reckoning everyone in school would have to wear them. Teacher carrying huge box of textbooks etc.

[gibbo_ap]

i have my steelys on now, they are my old ones from back int' day at iceland, had them about 4 years now. apart from scratches on the toe they are in perfect order.

 

tbh they dont look smart, i have a brown suit on atm which looks gr8 but scruffy black steel toes.

 

i normally go thru proper shoes in a few months my current ones have a 45 degree heel atm,

[jamin100]

Black trainers, combats, plan polo neck t-shirt (variety of colours), jumper/hoodie.

 

although I did start off here in a suit, i soon realised that I got very dirty, very quickly.

 

Never been pulled up on what i wear . . you should see the state of some of the teachers.

[riskyburden]

We're a laid back school here, I've got an 80's party to go to tonight and the shell suit I purchased off e.bay came this morning so as I'm still pissed from the white russians I had last night I've descided to wear it for the crack. I've had some people pissing themselves already . at the end of the day it gets dark and nobody can see what your wearing anyway. Just remember beauty is just just a light switch away etc.....

[cl0n3]

We're a laid back school here, I've got an 80's party to go to tonight and the shell suit I purchased off e.bay came this morning so as I'm still pissed from the white russians I had last night I've descided to wear it for the crack. I've had some people pissing themselves already . at the end of the day it gets dark and nobody can see what your wearing anyway. Just remember beauty is just just a light switch away etc.....

 

And you're supposed to be my boss

I thought you were my mum sitting in the office when I glanced through the window as I walked passed with you wearing that blinding jacket

[Michael]

Shirt, tie, trousers and shoes. All very boring I suppose, but I get dust all over my trousers all the time (really annoying).

[GrumbleDook]

If there is a risk of you dropping it (eg being knocked by a student coming round the corner) then you not only have to protect yourself, but others (ie the student). Do you have steel toe capped shoes for them?

 

The solution is not to carry it but to use a trolley, so the H&S reason for having steel toe capped shoes doesn't really work. I'm not saying it is a bad thing, just that H&S there is no reason for it. I think this is the point that srochford is trying to put forward too.

[grumpy_git]

The solution is not to carry it but to use a trolley, so the H&S reason for having steel toe capped shoes doesn't really work.

 

In some cases this might not be practical, though. We have some second-floor classrooms, but no lifts whatsoever - no chance of getting a trolley up there! Plus if you're at one end of the site and need to move something back to your office, the trolley is kept at the other end (and even then might have been nabbed by someone else) - do you go around on a wild goose chase to procure a trolley, or just carry it? (Of course, if it's planned, you'd make sure to put your claim on the trolley well in advance).