Safety Guidelines for Education Outdoors
The Safety Guidelines for Education Outdoors is in place to support the planning and approval of: overnight excursions; camps; interstate and overseas visits; excursions requiring sea or air travel; excursions involving weekends or vacations; and adventure activities.
These excursions all require the approval of the school council, see: Planning and Approval Process
Implementation
Where school councils have already approved excursions for 2007 these guidelines do not need to be applied.
These guidelines should be applied for any excursions requiring school council approval that are scheduled for approval in Term 4, 2007.
All excursions requiring school council approval must apply these guidelines from January 1, 2008.
More information
For more information about:
- the excursion planning process, see: Safety Guidelines for Education Outdoors - How to Use these Guidelines
- the administation and operation of government schools in Victoria, Australia, see: The Victorian Government Schools Reference Guide - this guide is referred to throughout the site