Occupational Health & Safety: Vital Spark of TVET

Ramhari Lamichhane, PhD

Director General, CPSC
Manila, Philippines
Working safely is like breathing –
if you don’t, you die. ~ Anonymous
 Presentation Outline

• Introduction
• Existing and Potential Hazards
• Why OHS?
• Management of OHS
• Obligations of TVET Institutions
• Conclusion
• What TVET Institute should Do?
 Occupational Health & Safety

• Occupational health and safety is the broad field of study and practice in which
professionals from a variety of disciplines work together to protect and enhance
the health, safety and well being of employees and visitors of the organization.
• “Occupational safety and health is identified as the discipline dealing with the
prevention of work-related injuries and diseases as well as the protection and
promotion of the health of workers. It aims at the improvement of working
conditions and environment.”
-By ILO
 Facts about Global Safety
Source: Global safety statistics

There are 340 million
occupational accidents
and 160 million victims
of work related illness
annually
Work related accident This result to every Hazardous substances
and diseases result in single day 6000 deaths alone are estimated to
2.3 million deaths caused 6,51,279 death
every year annually
 Existing and Potential Hazard
• Not having any emergency plan
• Not clearly showing where emergency exists are
• No safety tools and not properly used
• Walkway cluttered with objects
• Electric cabling left out for people to trip over
• Incorrect lifting of heavy objects
• Employee fatigue (Tiredness)
• Mats that can cause people to slip
• Spills not cleaned up off the floor
• Toxic chemicals on site
• Poor ventilation
• Bullying
Video on OHS
TVET Institute OHS Management System
• OHS Plan
o Emergency Plan
• Analyze the feedback and Plan o Maintenance Plan
recommendations/suggestions o Integrate OHS Competencies
• Develop strategies for the in Curricula
improvement

• Implement OHS Plan

Act OHS Do • Manage emergency
o Fire
o Injury
• Monitoring and o Sickness
supervision o Power Outage
• Evaluation of OHS o Workplace Assault
Department • Manage staff for OHS
• Evaluation of Work Check • Implement training with
Environment OHS Competencies
 How to Discuss OHS Issues ?
• Report the incidents to the supervisor, concern authority and colleagues
• Discuss this issues in weekly staff meeting (Department/Institute)
• Provide suggestions to the supervisor or safety department to solve the problems
• If you are still dissatisfied with safety issues, give suggestions to top
management.
 Obligations of TVET Institution on OHS
• Create a safe work environment
• Develop system and procedure to allow work safely
• Develop communication system to inform any hazards
• Conduct monitoring, supervision and evaluation
• Provide appropriate protective equipment, tools and clothing
• Train students/trainees on appropriate OHS competencies
 Conclusions!

• OHS is very important to maintain HR and institution

• If HR becomes healthy and safe, organization remains healthy and safe
• Maintaining OHS based work environment is image of the organization
• TVET institute has to perform both maintaining OHS working environment
and equipping students with OHS competencies
• Therefore, OHS is one of the key performance indicators of the organization
• There should be OHS management system
 What TVET Institute Should Do?

• Develop OHS manual/guideline based on OHS Laws

• Integrate OHS competencies in the curricula
• Establish OHS department/Unit
• Train/recruit professional staff
• Develop OHS system
• Partnership with industries to manage OHS system This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

• Partnership with local government/Health Service Providers

• Manage standard safety signs or symbols within the institute
Thank You!