International Section of the ISSA on Education and Training for Prevention

The International Section of the ISSA on Education and Training for Prevention is committed to making every person more aware of the risks they are likely to encounter, from early years, within education settings, into workplaces, and throughout the duration of their working lives. The Section promotes the role and value of training in the promotion of a culture of prevention.

Objectives

The prevention of disease and accidents in the workplace, and the prioritisation of workers health and wellbeing, is key to achieving a culture of Vision Zero – every working person should be aware of the risks they are likely to encounter and educated on how these risks can be mitigated.

Workers, decision-makers, safety engineers and technicians, industrial hygienists and staff representatives are just a few of the individuals who can have an impact on the health and wellbeing of workforces. Through consistent training on risk prevention they can embed a valuable culture of accident and disease prevention and do more than simply pass on "prevention rules".

The ISSA Section on Education and Training for Prevention represents organisations who promote the value of educating and training on risk prevention, in particular on the pedagogical, conceptual and methodological aspects.

Through symposia, Working Groups, seminars and publications, it strives to promote training and education in occupational risk prevention in firms, schools and universities.

Structure

The Section is composed of members. Its two executive bodies are the General Assembly and the Bureau.

The Bureau of the Section conducts its regular business and develops its program of activities. It is elected by the Section's members in the General Assembly and is composed of a Chairperson, three Vice-Chairpersons and a Secretary General.

The General Assembly consists of the members of the Section and meets once every three years. Members are entitled to propose subjects they wish are going to be treated within the scope of the Section's working program.

Members of the Bureau

Chairperson

Alan Stevens
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
United Kingdom
E: [email protected]

Vice-Chairpersons

Dr Doo Yong Park
Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA)
Republic of Korea

Sook Shim
Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA)
Republic of Korea

Secretary General

Alison van Keulen
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
United Kingdom
E: [email protected]

Working Groups

To achieve its aims, the Section on Education and Training for Prevention sets up working groups, organises symposia in connection with general or methodological themes, publishes symposia proceedings and reports.

Working groups are set up by decision of the Bureau of the Section, which also has the power to terminate their work. Working groups are chaired by one of the organizations involved, which appoints one of its members as Chairperson.

The aims and activity programmes of working groups are submitted by the Chairperson to the Bureau of the Section for approval. Members of the Section on Education and Training for Prevention are free to join any Working Group of their choice, through the Secretariat of the Section.

Working Groups – 2023/2024

Working Group 1 – Digitilisation and Vision Zero

Members

Mireya Rifa Fabregat (Chair)
Dr Ulrike Bollmann
Loredana Quaranta
Vinka Longin-Pez
Christian Lang
Alison van Keulen

Focus

The role of digitilisation within a sustainable world of work
Opportunities and efficiencies digitilisation presents to OSH professionals, trainers and educators
Challenge of incorporation of digitilisation into existing OSH training and curricula
Good practice examples and guidance

Working Group 2 – Reaching the as yet unreached