Occupational Health and Safety Program
Occupational Health and Safety programme of Bergama Vocational School has started its associate degree education in 2013-2014 academic year as a formal education. Programme’s education language is Turkish.
According to YOK Atlas data it’s the 4th in the preference ranking in Turkey. While the programme continues with student quota of 57, total number of graduated student is 217 including 2021-2022 academic year.
Students who successfully complete all theoretical and practical courses in the education program, including 40 work days of practical training, have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00 out of 4.00 and have no unsuccessful grades, are entitled to receive an Associate’s Degree. Education is carried out with the course passing system. The relative grading evaluation system is applied.
Students who successfully complete the associate degree of Occupational Health and Safety programme can transfer to Emergency Aid and Disaster Management, Business, Business Management, Health Management and Social Service departments via Graduate Transfer Exam. Graduates are also work as Occupational Safety (OSH) Technicians or Occupational Safety (OSH) Specialists in their careers.
In order to become an OSH Specialist, graduates should pass the Occupational Safety Speciality Exam with minimum 70 points which has held by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security after they attend the courses opened by the authorized educational institutions. The education program of OSH Specialists consists of two parts as theoretical and practical and the content of the programme and the qualifications of the trainers in the programme are determined by the Commission specified in the Regulation. Education duration cannot be less than 180 hours for theoretical part, cannot be less than 40 hours for practical part and totally cannot be less than 220 hours and these parts can only be applied within a single program. Maximum half of the theoretical education can be given by distance education. Practical education are carried out in the workplaces where at least one OSH Specialist assigned. Candidates have only maximum 6 hours of absence with an excuse or not in theoretical education. However, praticipation in entire practical educations is mandatory. Graduates can work in all Joint Health And Safety Units, public and private institutions with a certified OSH Specialist as OSH Technicians. As C class OSH Specialist, graduates who pass Occupational Safety Speciality Exam can work in public and private sector institutions specified as less dangerous.
The objective of the education is to train occupational safety technicians who can protect the employees from work related accidents and occupational diseases by minimizing the risks in the workplace, ensure that time and personal performance are used with maximum efficiency by the production safety, able to control all kinds of tools, equipment and machinery used in the workplace that will pose a risk in the safety of the building, able to ensure that the outside of the workplace environment remains safe areas, as well as the safety of the worker and the workplace, have the knowledge of national/international legislation, professional ethics and awareness of lifelong learning.
| Mission | |
| Our mission is to train competent occupational safety technicians who follow technological and sociological changes, have professional morality and ethical values, in order to increase the economic and cultural wealth of the society. | |
| Vision | |
| Our vision is to train Occupational Safety Technicians who attach importance to quality and professional education, constantly develop, interpret issues and events with an objective point of view, have high self-confidence, are entrepreneurial, and are aware of the needs of the age. To make quality applications and increase the welfare of the country by using the technology and techniques required by the age, by creating an occupational safety culture aimed at employers who always prioritize human life, as well as employees who are respectful to their work and have high OHS awareness. |
| Strategic Objectives | Strategic Goals |
| 1-Developing Scientific and Innovative Research Capacity |
Goal 1– To increase the academical ability, capacity of doing qualified and effective research human resource |
| 2-Improving the Quality of Education and Training |
Goal 1– Developing internationalization in education and training, making more qualified students prefer Goal 2– Developing education and training proragrams by continuous improvement Goal 3 – Developing educational qualification of academic members Goal 4 – Developing the education and training infrastructure Goal 5 – Developing learning desire and capacity of the students |
| 3-Strengthening Institutional Capacity, Developing Interaction with Partners and Quality of Community Service | Goal 1 – Improving the reputation of bergama vocational school and occupational health and safety programme Goal 2 – Improving ınternal communication, collaboration and a sense of belonging of ınternal partners Goal 3 – Developing the effectiveness of partners and community centered services in order to contribute to the quality of social Goal 4 – Occupational Health and Safety Programme quality assurance system Goal 5– Improving the interaction with graduates. |
Mülkiyet Koruma ve Güvenlik Bölüm Başkanı
E-Posta (E-mail): ceylan.kocak@deu.edu.tr
Tel (Phone): (0232) 632 12 48 / 115
Temel Çalışma Alanları:
Temel Çalışma Alanları:Analitik Kimya, Elektrokimya, Voltammetrik Teknikler, Yakıt Pilleri, Nano Parçacık Modifiye Yüzeyler, İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği
| Learning Outcomes |
| 1.Have sufficient knowledge in the field of basic sciences and use them in solving practical problems faced. 2.Identify safety risks that may occur in the work environment by analyzing production processes and having the ability review. 3.To recognize safety materials, warning and danger signs and boards, to learn about the features of them and utilization for the purpose of having the competence. 4.To have the ability planning and implementation of occupational safety training. 5.To hava sufficient knowledge about the techniques and methods of measurement for occupational health and safety. 6.Be competent to do in emergency first aid intervention. 7.Follow of the current legislation on occupational health and safety, interpret and apply. 8.To protect the health of workers and to have information about the main measures to be taken to prevent occupational diseases resulting. 9.The effective use of Information Technologies. 10.To effective carry out an emergency management 11.To conduct recording and reporting activities 12.Be able to identify the hazards of chemicals and related risk analyzes. 13.To organize the process of fire protection and fire-fighting efforts. 14.To have the ability to realize aware of the necessity of lifelong learning. 15.Teamwork, self-confidence to take responsibility, taking charge and to polish fulfiling the requirements up. 16.Be adopted general moral values and professional ethics. 17.To develop verbal and written communicaton skills in business and private lives. 18.To use at least one foreign language effectively. 19.To recognize and use machinery and equipment effectively. |
| DEU Courses Catalog Information Package | https://debis.deu.edu.tr/ders-katalog/2022-2023/eng/eng-c4.html |
| OHS Program Courses Catalog Information Package | https://debis.deu.edu.tr/ders-katalog/2021-2022/eng/bolum_9690_eng.html |
| OHS Program Course Structure Diagram with Credits | https://debis.deu.edu.tr/ders-katalog/2022-2023/eng/bolum_9690_eng.html |