Student Responsibilities

Communication and interaction

When communicating and interacting with ACE North Coast staff and other students in person, by letter, fax, telephone, email, via online conferencing, or teleconferencing, you have a responsibility to:

  • treat people with respect and fairness regardless of their background or culture
  • show respect for others by not swearing, using obscenities or making offensive remarks
  • not do anything that could offend, embarrass or threaten others
  • not harass or disrupt others in the performance of their duties or studies
  • avoid unacceptable behaviour i.e. aggressive, threatening or abusive behaviour (including bullying or harassment)
  • respect and not damage or steal property of the College or of other persons

Study

You should:

  • attend class on time
  • achieve satisfactory progress in your studies through participation or attendance as required
  • do all assessment tasks by the due date (where a date is specified) or ask for an extension of time if there are exceptional circumstances
  • do all assessment tasks and examinations honestly, without any form of cheating
  • not submit and claim as your own, work derived from another source or work done by another person

Safety

When on ACE North Coast premises or any premises used by ACE North Coast, or work experience, industry or vocational placement, you have the additional responsibility to:

  • follow any safety practices required, for example, wear approved clothing and protective equipment and follow directions, both written and spoken, given by ACE North Coast staff or the employer.  You are entitled to challenge, respectfully, directions or decisions if they appear to be unlawful or unreasonable or endanger a person's health or safety
  • not enter these premises with illegal drugs, alcohol, weapons or be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Confidentiality

As an enrolled student of ACE North Coast, you may be required to attend practical work placements as part of your studies. During these placements, you may become familiar with information that is confidential to that workplace.

You must not divulge any information that you may become aware of during a placement. Breaches of confidentiality are considered to be an act of misconduct.

College Environment

You are required to assist in maintaining serviceable facilities and equipment by:

  • reporting breakage and/or faults with equipment to the teacher, or the College administration.
  • leaving classrooms, workshops and laboratories neat and tidy after classes
  • not using or installing unlicensed software on College computers and checking all CD's for viruses before use on College computers.

Compliance with legislation and policies

As a student of ACE North Coast you are required to abide by State and Commonwealth legislation and policies and ACE North Coast rules.

Safety

The Workplace Health & Safety Act 1995 applies to all staff and students of ACE North Coast.  All staff and students have a responsibility to ensure that they work safely, without risk of injury to themselves or people around them. 

When using or working near machinery you are required to observe standard safety practices including wearing approved clothing and protective equipment.  Your teacher will advise you of the safety requirements for your class. All machinery is to be used in accordance with these safety procedures.

Smoking

ACE North Coast prohibits you from smoking in or around ACE North Coast buildings. Smoking is permitted in designated areas outside the buildings.

Copyright

You may only copy materials in accordance with the Copyright Act 1968.  The Act also applies to information published on the Internet.  The Act requires copyright royalty payments for the reproduction of a considerable amount of published material, notably books. For study and research purposes students are allowed to copy 10% or one chapter of a book or one article per issue of a journal. More extensive reproduction may be possible.

You must comply with licences for the use of intellectual property, including software. All software loaded onto College computers or provided by the College is licensed and there is no permission to copy software unless permitted by the licence.

If you need further information about your copyright obligations please see the Australian Copyright Council website.

Anti-discrimination

Discrimination occurs when a person is treated less favourably than another person because of perceived attributes such as race, pregnancy, gender or disability. Discrimination whether direct or indirect is unlawful and not accepted at ACE North Coast under the New South Wales Anti-Discrimination Act 1991.

Appropriate use of computing and electronic resources

ACE North Coast recognises that computing and electronic resources are a valuable source of learning and information relevant to educational programs. You are encouraged to make use of these resources for purposes relating to study being undertaken through ACE North Coast. ACE NORTH COAST computing and electronic resources are not to be used for purposes other than for program requirements unless otherwise noted.