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Risk assessment return to Singing

SALT  COMMUNITY  CHOIR

Musical Director: Mr Peter Kennedy

 

 

Risk Assessment for Returning to Singing

 

at St. Aloysius RC Church

HEBBURN

 

On Monday 6 September 2021

and following Mondays until further notice

at 6.30 to 8 pm

 

 

 

This Risk Assessment is specific to the use of St. Aloysius Church for the purposes of rehearsals of the above choir.  It takes into account the existing Diocesan generic Risk Assessment and all the Covid-19 safety arrangements already in place at this venue.

Risk assessment (2)

Activity

Coming into and going from Church for choir practice

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Hazards

  1. Contact with persons suffering from coronavirus

  2. Contact with surfaces where live virus may be present

 

People at risk

  1. Choir members and Choir Director.

  2. Families of Choir members and wider community.

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Controls

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When entering St. Aloysius Church, all members must:

  • Wear a mask until seated ready to sing

  • Sanitize hands at sanitizing station

  • Have their temperature taken (if a high temperature is indicated, the member will be asked to leave and return home immediately to take a test and inform Track & Trace if positive)

  • Register as present (details of each member for Track & Trace purposes already compiled)

  • Bring own Concert file (New song sheets will be placed on seats, distributed by one member wearing gloves) and a pen (no sharing)

  • Bring own mug for refreshments (one member will dispense hot water to avoid cross contamination)

  • Take drink to seat.

  • Use one-way system and keep social distance, following signs and stickers.

When leaving St. Aloysius Church, all members must:

  • Wear a mask

  • Use one-way system and keep social distance, following signs and stickers.

  • Sanitize hands at sanitizing station.

  • Take Concert File and mug home.

 

Activity

Singing with direction and accompaniment

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Hazards

  1. Transmission of virus through small droplets and aerosols

  2.  Contact with surfaces where live virus may be present

 

People at risk

  1. Choir members and Choir Director.

  2. Families of Choir members and wider community

 

Controls

In order to reduce transmission of virus through small droplets and aerosols, additional ventilation will be provided through open doors at the back of the church and outside door next to the altar.

 

  • Social distancing will be 2 metres when seated/standing to sing (stickers indicate).

 

 

 

  • Musical Director will direct from the organ, and keyboard, both of which are at least 2 metres away.

 

Singers will be side by side, no face to face singing. Rows between pews have been roped off, so choir (40 people max) will be well spaced out.  This venue was chosen for the large cavernous, well ventilated nature of the church.

 

Singers to exercise restraint and rehearse fortissimo passages quietly in order to minimise transmission through small droplets and aerosols.

Activity

Cleaning of the venue after choir practice

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Hazard

  1. Contact with surfaces where live virus may be present

 

People at risk

  1. Choir members who clean the venue, their families and wider community

  2. Other people who use the church after choir practice

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Controls

  • Choir members who clean, should do so in the manner specified by St Aloysius Church and using the products supplied.

 

  • All other choir members should vacate the premises before cleaning begins.

 

  • Masks should be worn throughout and until leaving the premises.

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