The Promotion of Software Applications as Important Part of Effective Management of Occupational Safety and Health at Work

Abstract

Demands are always made on the performance of qualified personnel. They have to deal with more issues for quality tasks fulfillment regarding its content and also the extent. The pre-requisite for a successful management of this stress without reducing the level of quality of provided service is the use of software applications. These, however, can be a useful tool only if they are purposefully and professionally appropriate but also simple to apply. The need for software equipment is on the daily programmes not only in office work. Even a simple administrative activity cannot be done without a computer not to mention employment e.g.: a security technician or a coordinator on construction sites, who use the software programmes for their job and a lot of information from the Internet. This information are linked mainly in areas of health and safety at work, fire protection, civil protection and environmental protection. The basic modules must be: (1) national legislation, (2) documentation, (3) risk analysis, (4) registry. In addition to the practical use of the software in practice, application must have a modern look and design, must be easily handled with simple orientation in the program and usability of comprehensive and extensive search. Work of a technician is flexible in time and in space. It often happens, that access is limited or there is no access to the internet in the field. Therefore is a necessity, the application has on-line, but also off-line version. The advantage of any software is the ability to backup data, In order to prevent possible loss of important data and information, quick access to legislation, documents, training, risks and other parts of the software.