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AHFE 2018: Advances in Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences pp 452–461Cite as

The Management of Occupational Health and Safety in Vocational Education and Training

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Vocational education and training (VET) providers must provide a safe and healthy learning and working environment for their students and employees. Establishing a culture with effective occupational health and safety (OHS) procedures helps VET providers in meeting this duty of care. The objective of this study was to describe the practices of sustainable OHS management in VET. The procedures were studied in six VET provider organizations; 6 workshops were arranged and 58 employees were interviewed. The procedures revealed were categorized into preventative actions, actions during the incident, and actions after the incident. Prevention is possible when sustained proactive and reactive actions are directed at the individual, team, working environment, and organization levels. The results will guide VET and other organizations toward shaping OHS policies and safety culture in the field of education. Furthermore, developing safety culture may achieve other VET providers’ goals, such as quality of education and student performance.

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The authors sincerely acknowledge the funding of the Finnish Work Environment Fund and the participating organizations of this study.

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  1. Center for Safety Management and Engineering, Industrial and Information Management, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 541, 33101, Tampere, Finland

    Sari Tappura & Jouni Kivistö-Rahnasto

  2. Safety Solutions, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Työterveyslaitos, P.O. Box 40, 00032, Helsinki, Finland

    Anna-Maria Teperi & Anna-Leena Kurki

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  1. Institute of Maritime Operations, University College of Southeast Norway, Borre, Norway

    Salman Nazir

  2. Safety Solutions, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland

    Anna-Maria Teperi

  3. Department of Production Management and Logistics, Faculty of Management and Production Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland

    Aleksandra Polak-Sopińska

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Tappura, S., Teperi, AM., Kurki, AL., Kivistö-Rahnasto, J. (2019). The Management of Occupational Health and Safety in Vocational Education and Training. In: Nazir, S., Teperi, AM., Polak-Sopińska, A. (eds) Advances in Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 785. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93882-0_43

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