Bringing OSH into University Curriculum
August 16th, 2010
A recent publication of report, ‘Mainstreaming Occupational Safety and Health into University Education’, studies various factors that make it difficult to introduce
According to Jukka Takala, Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), awareness about
However, the initiative would not succeed by just limiting the study of subject up to school level only. It has to reach the university curriculum to give the students the practical knowledge of the subject, which they can use in future, as professionals in the workplace.
However, the study found out that it would not be easy to make
Another significant challenge can come from the methods adopted by university, which may focus more on the theoretical aspects of the subject than the practical ones.
This imbalance in approach has to be resolved. The report studied the success of
Therefore, the study proposes to balance both the OSH and risk management education with the practical emulation of the programme at the university level itself, which means providing safe surroundings to the students and the other employees.
Protecting the health and safety of employees is an essential part of risk management. The safety consultants from Workplace Law can assist managers and supervisors in all they need to know to help handle health and safety in their teams to learn about the importance of promoting awareness and attitude, and communication about safety to improve the health and safety culture within an organisation.