Occupational Health and Safety Trainings
With the recent increase in safety awareness and the importance given to prevention culture, "Occupational Health and Safety Trainings" emerge as a key implementation tool. Furthermore, the fact that universities are centers where knowledge is produced and their responsibilities towards society necessitate that they take an active role in solving current problems.
Through the trainings organized to ensure that safety becomes a part of the corporate culture, occupational health and safety awareness will be created among employees—and consequently within society—ensuring an increased contribution from employees to the process.
The details regarding the training of employees are determined in accordance with the "Regulation on the Procedures and Principles of Occupational Health and Safety Trainings". Accordingly, it is mandatory for employees to receive training for:
At least 16 hours once a year in workplaces classified as highly hazardous,
At least 12 hours once every two years in workplaces classified as hazardous,
At least 8 hours once every three years in workplaces classified as low hazard.
It is compulsory to receive these trainings. The trainings are officially recorded and signed using a "Training Attendance Form".
TRAINING TOPICS
1. General Topics a) Information regarding labor legislation, b) Legal rights and responsibilities of employees, c) Workplace cleanliness and order, d) Legal consequences arising from workplace accidents and occupational diseases.
2. Health Topics a) Causes of occupational diseases, b) Principles of disease prevention and application of prevention techniques, c) Biological and psychosocial risk factors, d) First aid.
3. Technical Topics a) Chemical, physical, and ergonomic risk factors, b) Manual lifting and handling, c) Flammability, explosion, fire, and fire prevention, d) Safe use of work equipment, e) Working with display screen equipment, f) Electricity, its hazards, risks, and precautions, g) Causes of workplace accidents and the application of prevention principles and techniques, h) Safety and health signs, i) Use of personal protective equipment (PPE), j) General rules of occupational health and safety and safety culture, k) Evacuation and rescue.