1. Unit 13: IT Trouble Shooting and Repair Philomena Dillon ©1 Aims: Evaluate Acts and Regulations that impact the workplace and your role as an IT Technician.

2. Unit 13: IT Trouble Shooting and Repair Philomena Dillon ©2 Health and Safety Acts Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 The Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 1992

3. Unit 13: IT Trouble Shooting and Repair Philomena Dillon ©3 Data Protection Act If you handle personal information about individuals, you have a number of legal obligations to protect that information under the Data Protection Act 1998 Computer Misuse Act An Act to make provision for securing computer material against un-authorised access or modification and or connected purposes Health & Safety Act

4. Unit 13: IT Trouble Shooting and Repair Philomena Dillon ©4 Health & Safety Act The Act defines general duties on employers, employees, contractors, suppliers of goods and substances for use at work, persons in control of work premises, and those who manage and maintain them, and persons in general.

5. Unit 13: IT Trouble Shooting and Repair Philomena Dillon ©5 Employment Act An Act to make provision about the procedure for the resolution of employment disputes; to provide for compensation for financial loss in cases of unlawful

6. Unit 13: IT Trouble Shooting and Repair Philomena Dillon ©6 Employment Act An Act to make provision about the procedure for the resolution of employment disputes; to provide for compensation for financial loss in cases of unlawful WEEE Regulations The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive) was introduced into UK law in January 2007 by the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment Regulations 2006. The Manual Handling Operations Regulations

7. Unit 13: IT Trouble Shooting and Repair Philomena Dillon ©7 The Manual Handling Operations Regulations The assessment of a task, the person performing the task, the load to be moved and the environment in which it is moved. What is manual handling?