Projecto EUSAFE: Homologação da
Formação em Prevenção de Riscos
Laborais na Europa
Alfredo Soeiro
Universidade do Porto
O Técnico de Segurança e Higiene do Trabalho: Estratégias e
Responsabilidades
Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa
20 Dezembro 2011
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EUSAFE Overview
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
1. Backround
2. Eusafe, what it is?
3. Objectives,Tools, Outcomes, Added Value
4. Project Consortium, Development, Dissemination
5. Where do we stand?
6. Opportunities, how to interact?
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EUSAFE Overview
BACKGROUND – OHS IN EUROPE
• A common legislative framework regarding Occupational
Safety and Health (OSH) has been created since 1989
in the EU, starting with the framework Directive (89/391/
EEC) and followed by subsequent individual Directives
• Requirements have been enacted in different forms into
the national legislation limiting mutual recognition and
mobility
• There is a lack of common and transparent requirements
and recognition of competences and qualifications for
OSH professionals
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EUSAFE Overview
BACKGROUND – LIFELONG EDUCATION
• Education and Training (ET) is key to Europe's success.
• ET 2020 (Strategic framework): “Make lifelong learning & mobility a reality”
• The Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP), as umbrella programme,
integrates various sub-programs, including the Leonardo da Vinci
for Vocational Education and Training (VET)
• Leonardo da Vinci links policy to practice and enables organizations in
the vocational education
– to enhance partnership from across Europe to exchange best
practices, and increase their staff’s expertise,
– to help people to gain new skills, knowledge and qualifications.
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EUSAFE Overview
EUSAFE – WHAT IT IS?
EUSAFE : EUROPEAN QUALIFICATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL
SAFETY AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Project funded within Leonardo da Vinci Programme
(October 1st 2010 - September 30th 2012)
International Partners
International Stakeholders among Institutions and
OHS Associations
Dissemination and impact within EU27 countries
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EUSAFE Overview
THE PROJECT CONSORTIUM
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EUSAFE Overview
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
• To develop a professional qualification and a
common training framework starting from
existing certification standards
• To share instruments and methodologies at EU
level to achieve competences and qualification
transparency and recognition
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EUSAFE Overview
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
THE PROJECT IS ORGANIZED IN WORK PACKAGES
1. Project Management
2. Quality Plan Activities
3. State of the art evaluation and collaboration with
Institutions responsible for validation
4. Identification of methods and instruments for the
recognition of the new qualification
5. Development of OSH professional qualification
6. Creation of a Community
7. Transfer and dissemination
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EUSAFE Overview
TOOLS
• The project will make use :
– EU standard instruments (EQF, ECTS and ECVET)
– The two existing voluntary certification standards (EurOSHM and
EurOSHT), regarding OSH Managers and Technicians,
developed by ENSHPO, European Network of OHS Professional
Organizations
• Process based on workplace situation:
– Actual performance expectations, roles and activities =>
Competence, Skills, Knowledge described according to EQF
matrix => Needed Learning Outcomes/Units => Training models
(+ ECVET
–
points/ECTS credits) to achieve the harmonized profiles
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The EU Education & Vocational
Life Long Learning System
Credit systems
EQF
ECVET/ECTS
Qualifications
Framework
NQF
EQF – European Qualification Framework
NQF – National Qualification Framework
ECVET – European Credit system for Vocational Education and
Training
ECTS – European Credit Accumulation and Transfer System
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EQF – level 6 - EUSAFE Draft
• (K) advanced knowledge of OSH, involving a
critical understanding of theories and
principles:
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OSH auditing techniques
Management of OSH contract works
OSH in the context of public policy
Techniques for monitoring, reviewing and
auditing of OSH performance
– Basics of environmental management
systems
EQF – level 6 - EUSAFE Draft
• (S) advanced skills, demonstrating mastery and
innovation, required to solve complex and
unpredictable problems in OSH field:
– Advise employer or employee about damage
or injury claims
– Act as expert witness in legal cases or claims
– Prepare company policy on insurance and
compensation
– Attend courses or workshops about OSH
subjects
EQF – level 6 - EUSAFE Draft
• (C) manage complex technical or professional
activities or projects, taking responsibility for
decision making in unpredictable OSH contexts:
– Conduct audits of the safety management
system
– Design and improve emergency procedures
– Answer questions from the public about OSH
– Advise or make the OSH budget
EUSAFE Overview
PROJECT OUTCOMES
• A suitable range of harmonized profiles (expected so far
at EQF levels 4, 5, 6 and 7) to cover the different levels
of qualifications and roles of OSH professionals (e.g.
Technicians and Managers)
• Educational objectives with qualification expressed in
learning outcomes consistent with ECTS/ECVET
criteria
• Training framework and training plans and examples at
EU level
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EUSAFE Overview
ADDED VALUE
• The project will enable OSH professionals to achieve
professional recognition across Member States and
increase mobility opportunities.
• It will also create flexible instruments to validate,
transfer and recognize learning outcomes, ready to
be transferred to other EU countries where the
consortium members are not active.
• A network of training centres
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EUSAFE Overview
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
WP 1 – Project Management
Workpackages
WP 2 – Quality Plan
WP 3 – Current status
WP 4 – New Profiles content
WP 5 – Qualification & Training matrix
WP 6 – Creation of a Community
WP 7 - Transfer & Dissemination
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Duration in months
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EUSAFE Overview
IMPACT AREA
• Dissemination
throughout Europe,
divided in seven
geographical areas
• Dissemination
Coordinators
identified for each
area
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EUSAFE Overview
HOW to GET IN TOUCH
• EUSAFE Team welcomes comments, suggestions and active
participation from Stakeholders and all Interested Bodies,
(Institutions, Asssociations, Professionals)
• We look forward to receiving your support
– to achieve the objectives of harmonized and shared
professional profiles
– to contribute to deliverable document validation
– to networking dissemination
• Contacts to be channelled by country, through the closer local
Partner or to be directed to
– EUSAFE c/o AIAS – tel. +390276002015 - www.eusafe.org
• Feel free to get in touch !
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