The institution places special emphasis on small and medium-sized enterprises and delivers prevention services tailored to their needs and possibilities.
Guideline code
PREV_05400
Mechanism
Mechanism
- The prevention and/or training department should adapt the content of seminars to particular sectors of economic activity with a view to motivating and informing small and medium-sized enterprise employers about occupational safety and health issues. Training courses should always be up to date and follow-up training should be carried out to ensure that such events have a lasting impact.
- The prevention and/or training department should adapt where possible the content of prevention media (e.g. brochures, checklists and electronic resources) to various sectors of economic activity so they can be easily and quickly understood by target groups of different educational levels.
- The prevention department should assign experts such as safety engineers and occupational physicians to small and medium-sized enterprises, who would be available on demand.
- The prevention department should make available small and medium-sized enterprise risk-assessment models, along with easy-to-use tools and recognized checklists to assist in their implementation. The prevention department should be available to give advice during the processes, if necessary.
Structure
Structure
- The board should allocate funds for prevention personnel, programmes and media to reach small and medium-sized enterprises.
- The prevention department should give priority to visits to small and medium-sized enterprises by prevention experts.
- The prevention department should design preventive programmes, seminars and media appropriate for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Title HTML
Guideline 40. Addressing small and medium-sized enterprises
Type
Guideline_1
Weight
58