Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
Training on health and safety at work: a priority of educational policy in Bulgaria
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Title
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
Training on health and safety at work: a priority of educational policy in Bulgaria
Training on health and safety at work: a priority of educational policy in Bulgaria
Subject
Training, health and safety at work, Bulgaria
Description
Introduction: The EU Strategic Framework sets out requirements in the field of training and education: social dialogue, awareness raising, law enforcement. EU funds and the European Employment and Social Innovation Program support occupational health training.
Materials and methods: To study the knowledge and the skills of the
workers to protect and strengthen health in the work environment
and the effective recovery, there was conducted a questionnaire and a documentary survey of 364 workers and 40 employers and officials in health and safety at work in economic activities related to administrative services, production incl. construction and retail outlets for the period 2017–2019. An assessment of the level of awareness about the risks of health damage, an assessment of training and ability to work was performed. An analysis of the psychological attitude towards these trainings by employers and employees was made.
Results: The study found reliable information about the knowledge
of employees about the risks of their own workplace, the compliance
with the rules of safe work, the study of legislation harmonized with
European laws, the company policy in occupational medicine, incl.
training methods and educational levels.
Conclusions: The facts and the data obtained point to the need to update the legislation to include new requirements for the functioning, the disabilities and the health of the workers, to objectify the relationship “working conditions – health – ability to work.”
Materials and methods: To study the knowledge and the skills of the
workers to protect and strengthen health in the work environment
and the effective recovery, there was conducted a questionnaire and a documentary survey of 364 workers and 40 employers and officials in health and safety at work in economic activities related to administrative services, production incl. construction and retail outlets for the period 2017–2019. An assessment of the level of awareness about the risks of health damage, an assessment of training and ability to work was performed. An analysis of the psychological attitude towards these trainings by employers and employees was made.
Results: The study found reliable information about the knowledge
of employees about the risks of their own workplace, the compliance
with the rules of safe work, the study of legislation harmonized with
European laws, the company policy in occupational medicine, incl.
training methods and educational levels.
Conclusions: The facts and the data obtained point to the need to update the legislation to include new requirements for the functioning, the disabilities and the health of the workers, to objectify the relationship “working conditions – health – ability to work.”
Creator
Galya Stankova, Lidiya Hristova, Nevena Tzacheva
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
January 2022
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Coverage
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
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Citation
Galya Stankova, Lidiya Hristova, Nevena Tzacheva, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
Training on health and safety at work: a priority of educational policy in Bulgaria,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 13, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2323.
Training on health and safety at work: a priority of educational policy in Bulgaria,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 13, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2323.