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<strong>Mainstreaming</strong> <strong>occupational</strong> <strong>safety</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>health</strong> <strong>into</strong> <strong>university</strong> educationC3.12.h e m i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g s t u d e n t s t e a c h e a c ho t h e r OSH, Fr a n c e Ecole nationale supérieure de chimie de Rennes(ENSCR)Key points:OO a compulsory part of chemical engineering courses;OO students are creators <strong>and</strong> players in their own <strong>occupational</strong> <strong>health</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>safety</strong>training. The approach is applied to a whole class;OO the teaching method has evolved with each academic year so as to improve it <strong>and</strong>adapt to students’ needs as well as possible;OO a project approach using real case studies;OO results placed on a CD-ROM <strong>and</strong> there is also complementary online information; <strong>and</strong>OO partnership with <strong>health</strong> insurance fund <strong>and</strong> national OSH institute.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 kKey elements:OO chemical engineering;OO compulsory;OO student participation;OO real case studies;OO partnership; <strong>and</strong>OO online information.IntroductionAt the chemical engineering school Ecole nationale supérieure de chimie de Rennes(ENSCR) the students themselves give the lectures on basic <strong>occupational</strong> <strong>and</strong>industrial risk management knowledge that forms part of the course. The methodhas proved effective <strong>and</strong> popular for the acquisition of knowledge by the futureengineers.B a c k g r o u n dA member of the Gay-Lussac Federation (FGL) 10 <strong>and</strong> the Conférence des gr<strong>and</strong>es écoles,the ENSCR is a chemical engineering school which aims to provide engineers withtraining that takes <strong>into</strong> account risk management through to <strong>occupational</strong> <strong>health</strong>.Instruction in <strong>safety</strong> <strong>and</strong> industrial risk management has always formed part of thegraduates’ training, being viewed as essential for engineers. However it becameapparent that training methods needed to be changed to increase the students’active participation in the OSH learning process.For its part, the Occupational Risks Department of the regional <strong>health</strong> insurance fund(CRAM) for Brittany has been working for many years in partnership with the highereducation system (engineering schools, universities, etc.) to enable learning, as far10 The FGL is a society formed of all the chemistry <strong>and</strong> chemical engineering schools in France.89
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