One of the most important target groups for occupational safety and health solutions is small and medium-sized enterprises, which typically employ the largest number of workers in any country. These businesses differ significantly from large corporations in their structure and resources as well as in aspects of prevention. Small and medium-sized enterprises do not often employ safety and health specialists.
The institution commits to promoting a nationwide prevention culture and recognizes that the development of a prevention culture is the responsibility of society as a whole.
The promotion of a prevention culture should be a declared goal of a social security institution. This requires all stakeholders in occupational safety and health, but also in areas related to it, to jointly formulate their prevention targets and contribute to sustainably improving safety and health throughout society and in all aspects of life. Building a prevention culture is the “responsibility of the society as a whole” as stated in the Seoul Declaration.
The institution defines cooperation and networking as a strategic objective in order to benefit from the vast potential for increased impact and enhanced outreach, as well as the effective use of human and financial resources.
Collaboration and networking offer opportunities for knowledge sharing, the exchange of good practice, increased impact and enhanced outreach. They also make effective use of human and financial resources and help identify a common approach among all stakeholders.
The institution develops its own in-house training centre in order to better meet participants’ expectations of training quality, effectiveness and efficiency.
The institution ensures that both in-house and external trainers are properly qualified and have professional occupational safety and health and industry experience.
The success of training activities depends not only on the content and infrastructure of training but also, and above all, on the competence of the trainers.
The institution conducts training in prevention as a means to develop prevention skills and knowledge.
Effective prevention is not possible without knowledge of hazards and how they can be addressed. This principle applies to all stakeholders in occupational safety and health: employers and managers; specialists such as safety engineers, safety representatives, occupational physicians and skilled workers such as blasting engineers; as well as the personnel of social security institutions.
The institution communicates the results of research and development to the general public and to the operational level of member enterprises to facilitate up-to-date prevention activities.
