ENETOSH Standard
What competencies does an instructor or trainer in safety and health need?
This question was investigated in an empirical study carried out by Dresden University of Technology on behalf of the IAG between April 2008 and May 2010. The study was carried out to assess the validity of and further develop the competence standard that was set up within the framework of the EU project ENETOSH in 2007.
The ENETOSH standard comprises four competence fields: (1) train the trainer, (2) basic principles of occupational safety and health, (3) occupational safety and health management and (4) workplace health management.
Following this study, overviews and checklists for each competence field are available to instructors and trainers including knowledge requirements and behaviour-related requirements (skills and wider competencies). Each competence field is assigned to one of the performance levels of the European
Qualifications Framework (EQF).
Now that the validity of the ENETOSH competence standard has been verified, a common, scientifically proven basis exists for quality assurance of instructors and trainers in occupational safety and health in Europe.
The ENETOSH standard enables specialised, suitable staff for corresponding teaching tasks to be selected, training content that is standard throughout Europe to be developed and a certification system to be set up, insofar as is practical, for instructors and trainers (Swuste, 2010).
Swuste, P. (2010). Teachers and trainers of occupational safety courses - is certification necessary? In: U. Bollmann & E. Windemuth (Eds.), Standards in safety and health education and training – European perspectives, promising developments and examples of good practice. IAG-report 4/2010, Berlin
More information about the empirical study
[ENETOSH standard of competence 2010] (in English and in German)
[ENETOSH standard of competence 2007]
The IAG report "Standards in education and training for safety and health at work – European perspectives, promising developments and examples of good practice –" is available for download (PDF file) in English here and in German here.
A printed version in English can be ordered here.
This question was investigated in an empirical study carried out by Dresden University of Technology on behalf of the IAG between April 2008 and May 2010. The study was carried out to assess the validity of and further develop the competence standard that was set up within the framework of the EU project ENETOSH in 2007.
The ENETOSH standard comprises four competence fields: (1) train the trainer, (2) basic principles of occupational safety and health, (3) occupational safety and health management and (4) workplace health management.
Following this study, overviews and checklists for each competence field are available to instructors and trainers including knowledge requirements and behaviour-related requirements (skills and wider competencies). Each competence field is assigned to one of the performance levels of the European
Qualifications Framework (EQF).
Now that the validity of the ENETOSH competence standard has been verified, a common, scientifically proven basis exists for quality assurance of instructors and trainers in occupational safety and health in Europe.
The ENETOSH standard enables specialised, suitable staff for corresponding teaching tasks to be selected, training content that is standard throughout Europe to be developed and a certification system to be set up, insofar as is practical, for instructors and trainers (Swuste, 2010).
Swuste, P. (2010). Teachers and trainers of occupational safety courses - is certification necessary? In: U. Bollmann & E. Windemuth (Eds.), Standards in safety and health education and training – European perspectives, promising developments and examples of good practice. IAG-report 4/2010, Berlin
More information about the empirical study
[ENETOSH standard of competence 2010] (in English and in German)
[ENETOSH standard of competence 2007]
The IAG report "Standards in education and training for safety and health at work – European perspectives, promising developments and examples of good practice –" is available for download (PDF file) in English here and in German here.
A printed version in English can be ordered here.
