Training in the profession of occupational safety
Stary, D.
Arhiv Za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju 47(1): 41-45
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-1254 PMID: 8768447 Document Number: 455402
Since 1988, when the Higher Technical School for Occupational Safety ceased to exist, there has been no university education of specialized experts for the filed of safety at work in Croatia. In the past four years occupational safety experts have received their specialist training after completion of the secondary education. Since 1993 this practice has been regulated by relevant legal provisions. During specialization they become acquainted with legal provisions, types of occupational hazards and safety measures to be undertaken in the work organization. A four-year experience shows that 273 persons who have graduated as occupational safety specialists are presently employed in work organizations where such experts were lacking before. According to the reports of the occupational safety supervisory office, they are good at their job. The author proposes two levels of training for occupational safety specialists: specialist training following secondary schooling and a postgraduate university course of studies for designers and innovators in the field of safety.