44 new safety engineers
In 2015, 44 new safety engineers successfully completed the EKAS training course.
In the current year, 18 German-speaking Swiss, 18 candidates from French-speaking Switzerland and, for the third time in an Italian-speaking class, 8 people from Ticino have obtained the title of safety engineer.
These on behalf of the EKAS training provided by Suva complies with the requirements of the Federal Council Ordinance on the Suitability of Occupational Safety Specialists and promotes the integration of safety aspects at all levels of company management, from strategy to operational implementation in the workplace. Thanks to the system-oriented approach, the safety engineers can advise each company, according to its individual circumstances. This is a fundamental prerequisite for meeting the requirements of the EKAS directive on the involvement of occupational physicians and other specialists in occupational safety.
Prevent accidents, save lives
The number of serious occupational accidents in Switzerland is still high, but has fallen steadily in recent years thanks to major efforts. The EKAS course for safety engineers provides its graduates with the necessary knowledge to actively do something concrete against this fact in the companies. For the EKAS, this course is also a contribution to the active implementation of the EKAS vision "250 lives", which aims to prevent serious occupational accidents through preventive measures and thus save lives. The EKAS is implementing the vision for the cantonal and federal enforcement authorities of the labor law under the label "SAFE AT WORK" um.
Occupational safety means that employees are protected from hazards to their safety and health at their workplace. On the one hand, there are human reasons for this, because occupational accidents cause pain and suffering for the employees concerned and their families. On the other hand, there are also economic reasons: Accidents and work-related health problems cost both companies and society a lot of money.
