[LINK] School Wireless and OHS

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 05:19:47AM +0000, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>> A teaching colleague has asked this on the Oz-teachers list. Can anybody
>> assist with facts/research/standards/policy etc regards wireless and OHS?
>>
>>> I have a friend who is Head of IT and has proposed the installation
>>> of a campus based wireless network. He has completed all the research,
>>> due diligence, etc,  and is ready to install, only to find that the
>>> Occupational Health and Safety Committee of the College has raised  
>>> queries about the safety of the wireless network.  (Not withstanding  
>>> that most of them have a mobile phone glued to their ear most times!!)
>>>
>>> Has anyone else confronted this, and if so how did you handle it and  
>>> what documentation did you provide to satisfy the OHS committee?
> 
> your colleague can tell the OHS committee that there's no need to worry,
> wireless networks are perfectly safe as long as you wear a magnetic
> pendant in the shape of a dolphin.
> 

or (preferably wearing their pendants) they could surf through the information here:
<http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_2545>

Marghanita
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