scholarly journals Occupational radiation safety studies in Nepal – a review

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-53
Author(s):  
Kanchan Sarga Nyaichyai
Keyword(s):  
Professional Education ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Radiation Safety ◽  
Radiation Risk ◽  
National Level ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Occupational Radiation

Occupational radiation safety and health is the most neglected aspect in the health sector in Nepal. There has been gross negligence in occupational safety and health as a whole in Nepal. This paper is a review of previously published articles on topics of occupational radiation safety and health in Nepal. Keywords such as Nepal, occupational safety, radiation safety, radiation risk, and health were used to search for relevant articles in PUBMED and Google Scholar. A total of 15 research articles were reviewed, which dealt with different forms of occupational radiation risks and exposure, regulatory works and consequently its knowledge and awareness among the professionals. The reviewed articles are basically of 3 types: analytical or progress reports, knowledge or awareness assessment, and measurement-based research articles. The overall status of occupational radiation safety and health does not look satisfactory. Although occupational radiation safety and health is a very important issue at an individual, social and national level in any hospital, agricultural or industrial sector, it has not received much attention so far in Nepal. This is evident by the minimal number of literature available on the status of occupational radiation safety and health in Nepal. Standard work situations and criteria have to be set up and regular radiation monitoring should be done to ensure the maintenance of quality at work. In addition, workshops, seminars, symposiums, training courses, and Continuing Professional Education (CPE) programs should be organized regularly to raise the level of radiation awareness in the profession. The state agencies need to develop and update respective national laws, policy and programs for occupational radiation safety and health. There is an utmost need for extensive researches to be performed covering overall radiation health and other services of the professionals in Nepal where radiation is being used for their advantageous purposes.

scholarly journals DEVELOPING CREATIVE PERSONALITY IN FUTURE LECTURERS IN PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION (OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH) IN THE CONTEXT OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES DURING PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

2019 ◽  
pp. 105-117
Author(s):  
Сергій Лаун
Keyword(s):  
Professional Education ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Creative Imagination ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Creative Personality ◽  
High Level

The article deals with the issues of developing creative personality in future lecturers in professional education (occupational safety and health) in the context of research activities during professional training. The article proves that the development of creative personality expands the limits of students’ learning and research activities. Professional pedagogical training of future lecturers in professional education (occupational safety and health) for research and creative activities contributes to developing new knowledge and skills in the organization of research in accordance with professional qualities of lecturers. Based on the analysis of scientific sources, the concept of creativity in future lecturers in professional education (occupational safety and health) is regarded as a comprehensive activity and development of something new, which is the opposite to a stereotyped pattern activity, and shapes creative imagination characterized by the high level of creativity, pronounced personal qualities and сapacity for creative and research activities, which contribute to effective professional performance. The readiness for research activities in future lecturers in professional education (occupational safety and health) is defined as the result of professional training and a qualitative characteristic of their creative activities based on relevant abilities and skills required to conduct research activities and projects, which allow them to use the acquired skills when conducting scientific research due to the well-developed theoretical foundations of the essence and content of the research process. The article shows that research activities are a powerful mechanism for developing creativity in future lecturers in professional education (occupational safety and health) and one of the main objectives of higher education in accordance with the new requirements of society for professional training of specialists able to solve professional and research tasks independently, actively and creatively.

scholarly journals Shaping Information and Communication Competence of Future Lecturers of Professional Education (Occupational Safety and Health) through the Course «Pedagogy of Higher Education»

2019 ◽  
pp. 23-41
Author(s):  
Olha Novak
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Communication Competence ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Information Space ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Information And Communication

The article deals with theoretical approaches to shaping information and communication competence of future lecturers of professional education (occupational safety and health) during professional training in higher education institutions, in particular through the course on pedagogy of higher education. The concept of the information and communication competence is defined as a special quality, which requires future specialists to have relevant knowledge, abilities and skills to navigate in information space with the aim to obtain and apply information sources and information and communication technologies in future professional activities. It is found that vocational training of future lecturers of professional education (occupational safety and health) should be aimed at shaping information and communication competence. Therefore, it is important that innovative information and communication technologies should be incorporated in the educational process. It is clarified that the process of shaping information and communication competence of future lecturers of professional education (occupational safety and health) should be understood as a professional ability to navigate in information space in order to obtain (search, select and analyze) information sources and effectively apply information and communication technologies in future professional activities. It is specified that there are some effective ways to shape information and communication competence of future lecturers of professional education (occupational safety and health) through the course on pedagogy of higher education during professional training in higher education institutions. Thus, master students in professional education (015 Occupational safety and health) from Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Hryhorii Skovoroda State Pedagogical University were involved in the research. It is proved that the effective method of shaping information and communication competence of future lecturers of professional education (occupational safety and health) is the project method, which combines theoretical knowledge and their practical application when solving professional problems. It contributes to developing cognitive skills, shaping the ability to independently construct their knowledge, navigate information space, etc.

SAFETY AND HEALTH PRACTICE AMONG SCHOOL LABORATORY STAFF IN KELANTAN

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-121
Author(s):  
NURUL HUSNA CHE HASSAN ◽  
AHMAD RASDAN ISMAIL ◽  
NOR KAMILAH MAKHTAR ◽  
MUHAMMAD AZWADI SULAIMAN ◽  
NOOR SYUHADAH SUBKI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
School Environment ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Laboratory Staff ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
School Laboratory ◽  
Laboratory Survey

Keselamatan adalah isu yang paling penting dalam sektor perindustrian seperti pembinaan dan pembuatan. Baru-baru ini, peningkatan jumlah kes kemalangan yang dilaporkan melibatkan persekitaran sekolah menunjukkan kepentingan isu keselamatan dalam sektor pendidikan. Kesedaran keselamatan di kalangan kakitangan di sektor ini adalah penting untuk mengetahui kaedah untuk mencegah kemalangan yang berlaku pada masa akan datang. Kajian ini dijalankan untuk menganalisis pengetahuan kakitangan makmal dari segi amalan keselamatan dan kesihatan di makmal. Soal selidik tinjauan mengedarkan antara 255 makmal kakitangan dari sepuluh Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah di Kelantan. Analisis deskriptif menunjukkan bahawa pemahaman tentang amalan keselamatan dan kesihatan adalah rendah semasa melakukan beberapa aktiviti pekerjaan di makmal. Selain itu, sesetengah kakitangan juga tidak melaksanakan amalan keselamatan yang boleh menyumbang kepada kejadian tidak dirancang yang berlaku di makmal. Oleh itu, cadangan kajian ini adalah kakitangan di makmal perlu menjalani latihan Keselamatan dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan untuk mengekalkan dan mewujudkan persekitaran yang selamat di tempat kerja.   Safety is the most important issue in industrial sector such as construction and manufacturing. Recently, the increasing number of accident cases reported involving school environment shows the important of safety issues in education sector. Safety awareness among staff in this sector is crucial in order to find out the method to prevent the accident occurred in future. This study was conducted to analyze the knowledge of laboratory staff in term of safety and health practice in laboratory. Survey questionnaires were distributing among 255 of staff laboratory from ten District Education Offices in Kelantan. Descriptive analysis shows that the understanding of safety and health practice are low while doing some job activities in laboratory. Furthermore, some of the staff also did not implemented safety practice that may contribute to unplanned event occur in laboratory. Suggestion that the staff at laboratory need to undergo on Occupational Safety and Health training to maintain and create safe environment in workplaces.

Better regulation and the social acquis

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvaine Laulom
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
National Level ◽  
Social Agenda ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Social ◽  
Better Regulation ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
Policy Fields ◽  
And Performance

The aim of this paper is to focus on a specific part of the Better Regulation procedures: the Regulatory Fitness and Performance programme (REFIT). Within the Better Regulation process, the REFIT programme is, more specifically, focussed on evaluating existing legislation. The REFIT programme began in 2010 when the European Commission announced that it would be reviewing EU legislation in selected policy fields through ‘fitness checks’ in order to keep current regulation ‘fit for purpose’. This included identifying ‘excessive regulatory burdens, overlaps, gaps, inconsistencies and/or obsolete measures which may have appeared over time. Pilot exercises began in 2010 in four areas: employment and social policy, environment, transport and industrial policy.’ In employment and social policy, the fitness check exercise was launched in the area of informing and consulting workers on the national level, with the evaluation of three Directives. The Commission then included Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in the REFIT Programme. The third area evaluated was the Written Statement Directive. The paper analyses the REFIT as applied to the social field, through an evaluation of the REFIT Programme in the three areas where fitness checks have already been carried out. Our main conclusion is that the REFIT Programme has certainly legitimised the European Commission’s lack of action and has fulfilled its social agenda. However, at the end of the evaluation programmes, the REFIT has not yet led to deregulation. On the contrary, some gaps have been identified which have led the Commission to begin a legislative review process.

scholarly journals USING THE PROJECT METHOD IN PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF FUTURE LECTURERS IN PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION (OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH) THROUGH THE COURSE ON PEDAGOGY OF HIGHER EDUCATION

2019 ◽  
pp. 151-170
Author(s):  
Ольга Новак
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Project Method ◽  
Safety And Health

The article analyzes the use of the project method in professional training of future lecturers in professional education (occupational safety and health) through the course on pedagogy of higher education. It presents different approaches to clarifying the essence of the project method, which most scholars define as follows: a method, a type of learning, an educational technology. Based on different views of scholars on the concept of the project method, we consider it as a set of learning and cognitive techniques, which allow students to acquire new knowledge, skills and abilities during independent learning focused on creative self-realization of the individual in the education process and aimed at increasing their professional training in higher education institutions. The article specifies the essence, content and structure of the project method. It is proved the use of the project method in professional training of Master students in comparison with traditional methods has a number of advantages: the learning process is adjusted to practice; students have the opportunity to engage in independent professional activity; students are faced with the need to find and make optimal decisions; students have the opportunity to creatively acquire the necessary information. The article it is the systemic use of the project method in professional training of students, namely in the context of the course on pedagogy of higher education, contributes to developing professional skills and thinking, creative and research skills, problem-solving skills, to develop their core competences (cognitive, communicative, research ones, project), innovation skills and widening social mindset of future lecturers in professional education (015 occupational safety and health).

scholarly journals Prevention activities in ship loading and unloading operations

2022 ◽  
Vol 354 ◽  
pp. 00003
Author(s):  
Daniel Nicu Fraitag ◽  
Mihai Popescu-Stelea ◽  
Roland Iosif Moraru ◽  
Gabriel Bujor Băbuţ
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health Management ◽  
National Level ◽  
Safety Performance ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Objective Knowledge ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Healthy Working ◽  
Loading And Unloading ◽  
Prevention Activities

Only an objective knowledge of safety and health at work reality on the harbor platform and an active participation of all stakeholders (employers, unions, workers) can bring an improvement in this activity. The prevention of accidents at work by ensuring safe and healthy working conditions and maintaining the Occupational Safety and Health Management system are factors that continuously develop and improve safety performance by helping to actively manage risks. This paper aims to systematize the information available, both at European and national level so as to develop a strategy at the organizational level that can be included in a guide to optimal safety and health practices for harbor operations. The paper also proposes relevant practical aspects of safety and health at work in the activities carried out in the loading and unloading flow in / from the port of the ship, trying to support the knowledge and understanding of identification, assessment and prevention of specific risks.

scholarly journals Harmonization of European legislation in the field of safety and health at work in the legal system of the Republic of North Macedonia

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-74
Author(s):  
Andon Majhoshev ◽  
Kristijan Jovanov
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
National Level ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Preventive Action ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
Labor Legislation ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Right

Occupational safety and health is one of the most important international labor standards of ILO. This means that ILO member states should ensure encouraging and maintenance at the highest level of safe working conditions in order to avoid accidents and occupational diseases. Achieving this goal means that employers must make a continuous risk assessment at the workplace, and at the same time decide whether appropriate measures and activities are necessary in order to create the highest level of safety and health at work, i.e. to avoid side effects. In order to achieve this goal, a systematic approach is necessary in preventive action and connection of all entities that are bearers of certain obligations and activities at the national level, but also beyond the international institutions in this area. By application for membership of the Republic of Macedonia in the European Union on 22 of March 2004, the process of harmonization of the domestic with the European labor legislation begins, and thus inevitably harmonization of the domestic legislation for safety and health at work with the European. Thereby, this process takes place pursuant to article 32 of the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, according to which the protection of workers is of primary importance, i.e. health and safety at work is a constitutional-legal category and every individual has the right to work, free choice of employment and work protection. In the harmonization process the basic concept is the Framework Directive 389/391/EES for safety and health at work, according to which the national legislation on safety and health at work should be harmonized exactly according to the principles of this directive.

scholarly journals COSTS OF PROTECTION AT WORK IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-199
Author(s):  
Miodrag Šmelcerović ◽  
Lyubcho Varamezov ◽  
Marina Grubor
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
National Level ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Indirect Costs ◽  
The State ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Safety And Health

Technologies in which working life is the basis of business, and research into losses due to absenteeism, are a complex social and individual problem. Surveys conducted at the level of Member States of the European Community show that these losses amount to about 4% of GDP (gross social income). Due to inadequate record keeping, it is not possible to calculate how much such damage is in Serbia, but according to the available parameters related to the number of injuries at work, the state of occupational safety in Serbia does not deviate significantly from the situation in Europe. Safer working conditions are of great interest to the state, since work incapacity directly affects the state budget. Thus, apart from repression, the state should share with the employers the costs of investing in occupational safety and health. By reducing the tax rate or introducing a zero value added tax (VAT), employers would be encouraged to invest in occupational safety and health.The costs of injuries at work are mainly borne by employers, but the damage incurred is also reflected at the national level. The costs of occupational injuries can be divided into direct and indirect costs.The paper presents an economic approach to a harmful event (injury at work) and points to itto certain direct and indirect costs in entrepreneurship.

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