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Mainstreaming occupational safety and health into university educationE u r o p e a n Ag e n c y f o r Sa f e t y a n d He a l t h a t Wo r kA n n e x 3. Su c c e s s f a c t o r s f r o m s o m e p r e v i o u sEU-OSHA r e p o r t s o n OSH a n d e d u c a t i o n a n dt r a i n i n g y o u n g p e o p l e a b o u t OSHMainstreaming OSH into educationAccording to the EU-OSHA report OSH in the school curriculum: requirements andactivities in the Member States (2009) there are a number of common success factorsthat can be identified in the cases and programmes presented. These success factorsinclude:OO Make a clear commitment and provide adequate resources.OO Set objectives for mainstreaming OSH into education in the national OSH strategy.OO Base activities on research into what is taking place in reality, what can berealistically achieved, what works best, etc.OO Develop close cooperation with education authorities and especially withcurriculum-setting bodies.OO Identify opportunities in the education curriculum and seek to influence thecurriculum as it changes and develops.OO Tailor proposals and initiatives to the core curriculum and current teaching policyand methods, including the integration of risk education across the compulsoryand non-compulsory curriculum. Key areas for integration include the frameworksfor personal, health and social education and citizenship. Risk education should alsobe incorporated into health promoting schools (‘healthy schools’) programmes.OO Develop learning objectives for OSH and risk education for the relevant subjectsin the curriculum framework matched to the age and ability of children andyoung people. Focus learning objectives on developing an understanding ofrisk, including hazard recognition, risk assessment and developing informed saferbehaviour.OO Provide OSH/risk education resources appropriate to the various curriculumsubjects and age levels.OO Provide professional development in risk education for teachers and trainers.Training is needed for teachers at all levels, both as part of the professionaldevelopment of (existing) in-service teachers and in trainee teacher programmes.Consider the needs of others involved in education such as those involved in themanagement of schools and parents too.OO Develop partnerships with key promoters of risk education to achieve a consistentapproach and avoid duplication.OO Pilot initiatives and monitor and review progress.OO Exchange experiences and network.OO Place learning about risk within a whole-school approach to safety and risk. Theapproach should cover both a safe learning environment for pupils and staff healthand safety. Link this in turn to ‘healthy school’ initiatives.170
Mainstreaming occupational safety and health into university educationPreventing risks to young workersAccording to the EU-OSHA report Preventing risks to young workers: policy, programmesand workplace practices (2009) there is a number of common success factors that canbe identified in the cases and programmes presented. These success factors include:OO mainstreaming youth into prevention actions;OO basing actions and interventions on risk assessment, and ensuring that actions areimplemented and monitored;OO consultation and active participation of young workers;OO top level commitment to OSH measures to protect young people;OO the importance of learning from experiences of mainstreaming OSH into education,as recommendations regarding effective teaching of OSH in education are alsovalid for the workplace, such as:OO striking a balance between theory and practice;OO utilising suitable teaching resources and methods;OO the requirement for training for supervisors, mentors and trainers in their roleand in OSH; andOO partnershipOO the effectiveness of using peers, including more experienced young workersand the use of older, experienced workers as mentors. This provides a positiveexperience for both new workers and more senior colleagues;OO ensuring a close link to working life;OO having young people examine and solve real-work problems;OO feeding the results of such student work back into the real workplace riskassessment and prevention process. This makes the exercise meaningful foryoungsters and is of value to employers; andOO making OSH an integral part of doing the job right – at work and in vocationaltraining.E u r o p e a n Ag e n c y f o r Sa f e t y a n d He a l t h a t Wo r k171
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