occupational hygiene inspector [ occupational health inspector ]

health care environment inspector | health care facilities inspector | healthcare facilities inspector | healthcare inspector

environmental health inspector | public health inspector

Environmental and occupational health inspectors and associates

occupational health [ occupational hygiene | Occupational hygiene(ECLAS) ]

Administrative Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work | Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

workplace health promotion | WHP [Abbr.]

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work [ Bilbao Agency | EU-OSHA [acronym] ]

occupational health and safety inspector

Problems such as accidents at work will continue to be addressed, but new considerations such as changes in working rhythms, new technologies at work, achieving a work-life balance, job mobility and workplace related stress, call for a special focus on health at work as an important determinant of overall public health.

Influencing factors and possible areas for action: Strengthening capacity for screening, health promotion and disease prevention Collecting better information about actual and potential population health needs in order to plan the future development of the public health workforce Promoting scientific vocations in schools by highlighting career options in lesser known public health jobs (biologists, epidemiologists, etc.) Giving the Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA) more visibility in the Member States by publicising its existence directly at workplaces Promoting the work of occupational health physicians and giving incentives t ...[+++]o doctors to join this area |

8. Encourages all necessary steps, with support from the ILO, to further improve exercise of freedom of association, ensure collective bargaining and the application of the national Labour Law to Export Processing Zones, which are employing more than 400 000 workers in garments and footwear, including ensuring that the Ministry of Labour inspectors and other regulatory agencies have full authority and responsibility to conduct inspections; encourages the government to regularly organise surveys among the workers to evaluate compliance with the Labour Law, also facilitating the exchange of data with the Ministry of Labour inspectors and ...[+++]the other stakeholders, both public and private, involved in this field;

1. Highlights the fact that while labour inspection is a public service task which should only be carried out by independent public bodies, this should not preclude labour inspections being assisted by representatives of the social partners; believes that the independence of OHS services vis-à-vis the employer must be guaranteed; considers, as far as occupational health is concerned, that monitoring, alerts, health expertise and the provision of sound health-related advice can only be handled by independent health and safety professionals; considers it regrettable that the management of OHS is still being carried out, in certain Membe ...[+++]r States, by employer associations; stresses that the inspection and monitoring of occupational health need to be handled by independent inspectors trained in health and safety;