Overview and objectives
"When moving around the pedestrian environment, visually impaired people will actively seek and make use of tactile information underfoot, particularly detectable contrasts in surface texture." (Source: DfT)
A one day course designed to help you learn how to improve your tactile paving for blind and partially sighted people. It's surprising how often it's used incorrectly. Use this course to find out how you can avoid the same mistakes and help more blind and partially sighted people to get around your cities, towns and public spaces.
Suitable for:
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Highways and Transportation officers
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Planners
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Engineers
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Access officers
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Rehabilitation / mobility workers
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Town centre managers
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Landscape architects
Pre-requisites: None.
Content
Aspects include:
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Visual Awareness - learn about effects of different eye conditions, mobility aids and mobility techniques
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The Legislative Framework - Outlining the implications of the Equality Act 2010
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Guidance and Best Practice - DfT guidelines and good practice standards
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Principles into Practice - applying access guidelines, key elements and dimensions, specifying new designs and layouts, key elements and dimensions
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Action Planning - an opportunity to consider how to apply this training to your own work
Benefits
Through attending this workshop, you will:
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Gain an understanding of how blind and partially sighted people use tactile paving
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Recognise the access implications of the Equality Act 2010
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Learn to specify how tactile paving should be used
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Begin to identify good and bad practice in accessible design
Course detail
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One day course: Available as a one day in-house course (for example, 9.30am to 4.30pm).
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Delegate numbers: Ideal for around 10 to 15 delegates.
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Fee: £1200 for a one day in-house course, plus reasonable expenses and VAT.
Contact us
RNIB Access Consultancy Services
PO Box 173
Peterborough
PE2 6WS
Phone: 01733 37 53 70