Selected problems of the working environment: expectations of employers and professional competences of health and safety specialists Cover Image

Wybrane problemy środowiska pracy: oczekiwania pracodawców wobec kompetencji zawodowych pracowników służby bezpieczeństwa i higieny pracy
Selected problems of the working environment: expectations of employers and professional competences of health and safety specialists

Author(s): Beata Taradejna-Nawrath
Subject(s): Education, Labor relations, Vocational Education, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe ChAT

Summary/Abstract: Today, one of the most important problems of the working environment is the quality of human capital, workers and their competence and their adequacy to the vocational needs. The knowledge and skills of employees are increasingly becoming a key resource for organizations and companies are focused on finding the appropriate competence. Management, use in current operations and long-term becomes an essential element of the work environment. Thanks to the creativity , commitment , loyalty and knowledge of employees the company becomes a dynamic organization . The article focuses on the problem of professional competence of employees in the context of the expectations and the needs of employers . This issue was discussed on the example of a selected group of professional experts in occupacional, safety and health and the experience of employers resulting from the cooperation with OSH services. Work in OSH field requires interdisciplinary knowledge and skills. Repeatedly the condition and level of safety culture in an enterprise depends on their actions. It can be stated that the degree of efficiency of OSH staff is measured by the attitudes of employees and their awareness related to ergonomics, safe behaviour at work and care of their own health.

  • Issue Year: VII/2016
  • Issue No: 3 (16)
  • Page Range: 177-198
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish