Dress Code Policies
To maintain safety, all UT students, staff, faculty, or other university-affiliated persons entering the Kao Innovation & Collaboration Studio must abide by the following dress code:
- Wear closed-toe shoes. Examples of prohibited shoes are Crocs, slippers, sandals, flip-flops, and high heels.
- In the main area, everyday clothing such as shorts, leggings, hoodies are acceptable.
All users who enter areas such as the Wood Shop or any machine shop, must abide by theses additional dress code policies:
- Wear short-sleeved, close-woven fabric shirts. No long sleeves, bulky shirts, and loose-fitting clothing. Examples of prohibited tops are tank tops, crop tops, hoodies, and sweaters.
- Wear long, full length pants in case of operating machines that produce sharp or hot debris. Examples of prohibited bottoms are leggings, shorts, skirts, and dresses.
- Wear closed-toe shoes. Examples of prohibited shoes are Crocs, slippers, sandals, flip-flops, and high heels.
- Remove all jewelry including but not limited to watches, bracelets, rings, necklaces, and earrings.
- Remove all accessories such as gloves, lanyards, headphones, earbuds, scarves, neckties, etc. Anything that is dangling off your body and can be caught in a machine is unsafe.
- Tie up long hair and long beards. Wear a hat if tied-up hair extends beyond shoulder-length
- Wear the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) such as safety glasses, ear plugs, and aprons in areas like the wood shop and machine shop.
Kao ICS Canvas Course
To join the Kao ICS Canvas Course, please sign up via Canvas. UT students, staff, faculty, or other university-affiliated persons should be able to self-enroll in the course using a valid university Canvas account. From there, users will be able to take the required safety quizzes and browse through our database of standard operating procedures (SOPs).
If you have any Canvas-related questions, please visit the Kao ICS during business hours or email ics@utk.edu.
Required Safety Quizzes
The Kao ICS requires all students, staff, faculty, or other university-affiliated persons to show proof of passing safety quizzes, such as general safety and specific machines, before using any equipment in the maker space. Given unlimited attempts, you must complete both of them with a score of 100. Please keep this quiz for your records as, even with completion, Kao ICS consultants may ask to see a passing score. If there will be more quizzes required in the future, they will be housed on our Canvas course.
Please keep in mind that this does not replace any hands-on training, or permits specific, and/or complex use of shop equipment outside of what settings are originally on the equipment. You are encouraged and will be held responsible to seek training from Kao ICS consultants for any and all equipment that you do not know how to use and inform Kao ICS consultants about any non-ordinary use of equipment that is related to your projects.
SOP Database
Users will be able to access our growing collection of SOPs and training videos for our equipment. They are there to speed up the hands-on training process, not a substitute for real training. You will still be responsible for seeking out training from Kao ICS consultants.