Here are a few of the goodies from the Outdoor Environmental Education course at the University Of Ballarat. This is a mirror site for the content here: http://uob-community.ballarat.edu.au/~gadams/. Please use that site first, as it will be more up to date.

If you would like the original powerpoint presentations for any of the topics below, feel free to contact me. Each of the presentations below was for a three hour session, so there is quite a bit of content hidden in there.

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Route Card Template
Word doc. (doc 32kb)
PDF (pdf 37kb)

Notes
Presentation one (pdf 297kb)
Presentation two (pdf 106kb)
Presentation three (pdf 98kb)
Route card revision notes - 17/06/2006 (pdf 142kb)

Client Services/Business Units

Subject Outline (pdf 105kb)

Notes
Notes on presentation slides (pdf 72kb)

Slides
Powerpoint on Powerpoint (ppt 542kb)
Powerpoint on Presentations (ppt 2.75mb)

Risk Management

Emergency Response Plan template (doc 42kb)
This needs to be completed with your trip/leader details. Take time to ensure you cover all details as it will save you time in the future.

Notes
Presentation one Intro to risk - how safe is life? - 21/06/2006 (pdf 56kb)
Presentation two Identify and Assess - 27/06/2006 (pdf 743kb)
Presentation three Developing a plan - 18/07/2006 (pdf 720kb)
Presentation four Legal Eagles - 20/07/2006 (pdf 47kb)

Minimal Impact

Make sure you check out the links page for a bunch of related information.

Notes
Presentation one Intro - stepping lightly on our earth - 25/06/2006 (pdf 258kb)
Presentation two Sustainability - the issues - 26/06/2006 (pdf 725kb)
Presentation three Doing something positive - permits and conduct - 29/06/2006 (pdf 36kb)
Presentation four Planning for positive impact - conduct and water - 17/07/2006 (pdf 48kb)

Occupational Health and Safety

Assessment
OH&S Audit Portfolio assignment (pdf 74kb)

Forms
HIRAC Guidelines (doc 87kb)
HIRAC Report (doc 79kb)

Related Info
Safe@Work General Module (offsite pdf)
A good plain english overview of Workplace Safety and OH & S.

Guide to the OHS Act 2004 (offsite pdf 188kb)
A good plain english overview of the OH & S Act 2004.