Class Prevention Management

Legal obligations bind employers to a wide range of obligations which, to be effective, will depend on the organizational structure of the company and, inherently, on how the internal system meets the needs arising from service activities. This course addresses how the SST management system is structured and the requirements necessary for its effectiveness, embodied in the elimination or reduction of occupational accidents and diseases.

C1. OSH management system in the company:

OSH policy

Organization of OSH activities

Criteria for external resources selection

C2. Main activities of the services:

Planning, risk identification, assessment and control

Health risk assessment: structure of the medical surveillance services

C3. Complementary activities of the services

Relations with the prevention network

Coordination and resource management

Data processing and recording

Training and information

C4. The management model in the ILO Practical Guidelines:

-structure and content

Auditing the management system

C5. Direct and indirect costs of occupational accidents and diseases

Benefits of investing in OSH

Theoretical presentation of the main programmatic contents.

Study of practical cases 

Simulation of situations arising from the content taught

The assessment is carried out through:

A written test, an individual work and the resolution of situations with simulation.

Attendance and participation in class are relevant elements in the evaluation process

-Freitas, L.C. (2022) Manual de Segurança e Saúde do Trabalho - Edições Sílabo. 5ª edição. Lisboa.

-Tompa, E. et alt.(2017) The value of occupational safety and health and the societal costs of work-related injuries and diseases. EU-OSHA.

-Podgorski, D.(2020) New Opportunities and Challenges in Occupational Safety and Health Management .CRC Press.

-McKinnon, R.(2019) The design, implementation and audit of OSH Management Systems. CRC Press.