Shop, Culinary and Art Room Safety Plans
Starter safety plans for hands-on classes: the CTE shop, the culinary lab and the art room. Pick your subject from the template list, then add your machines, recipes and materials.
Starting points – Check every row against your district's policy and the venue's rules, and add what is specific to your students.
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This supports, but does not replace, your district's policy. Your principal or administrator must review and approve it.
CTE shop
Students should pass a safety test for each machine before using it, with guards in place, safety glasses (ANSI Z87.1) on at all times and hearing protection near loud machines. Keep dust collection running and an emergency stop within reach.
Culinary
Choose "Culinary or cooking lesson" from the list. Allergies come first: check allergy information (by initials) before choosing recipes and label ingredients. Then knives, burns and scalds, and food safety.
Art room
Choose "Art room (tools, kiln, solvents)". Cutting tools cause most injuries. Only staff should load and unload the kiln. Choose art materials labeled as non-toxic (the AP seal), ventilate well and keep sprays and solvents to staff use.
Before
- Check machines, guards, tools and ventilation
- Check allergies and student needs (by initials)
- Collect signed safety tests or contracts
Trip day
- Demonstrate first; safety glasses on
- Count tools out and in
Afterward
- Report injuries
- Note what to change
Keep student information out of it
Write "Student A" or initials and say where the confidential plan is kept ("health plans are with the trip leader"). Names, diagnoses, IEP or 504 details and family phone numbers belong in your district's systems, not on a plan that gets printed and handed to chaperones. What you type here stays in this browser.
Sources and further reading
- OSHA: State Plans
- U.S. Department of Education: disability discrimination FAQs (Section 504)
- Your district's board policy and administrative rules on field trips, volunteers, medications and student health.
We link to these so you can read the original guidance; we haven't copied it. Your district's policy comes first.
Frequently asked questions
Do students need a safety test before using shop machines?
Most CTE programs require students to pass a safety test for each machine before using it. Follow your district's and program's rules.
What art supplies are safe for students?
Look for materials labeled non-toxic with the AP seal, ventilate the room, and keep solvents, sprays and the kiln to staff use.
How do I handle food allergies in a culinary class?
Check allergy information before choosing recipes, label ingredients, swap allergens out, and know where epinephrine is kept.