Basic Occupational Safety

and Health Training

(BOSH Training Course)

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Expectations
Check - Topics
- Process
- Other
Concerns
 Trainer’s Expectations
DO DON’T
 Ask a question or request  Close your mind by
for an example to better saying, this is all fine in
understand the topic. theory, but…”
 Feel free to share.  Assume that all topics
 Think of ways you can apply
covered will be equally
a general principle in your relevant to your needs
work and share these ideas  Take extensive notes.
to your co-workers.
 Participate in the discussions
and activities.
 Training House Rules
 Be punctual (start of the session time - a
consensus of the participants).
 A Certificate of Completion will be awarded
to participant/s who had complete
attendance or a full five day participation.
 Sign as you enter the room in the morning
and afternoon Attendance Sheets.
 Smoking is not allowed within the
premises.
 Training House Rules
 Keep your cellular phones on a silent or
vibrate mode while the training sessions are
on going.
 As much as possible, avoid eating while
session is going on.
 In cases of emergencies, always inform the
training staff when you need to leave
during the training.
The BOSH Framework

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
General Objective:

To increase the knowledge and

skills of the participants on
occupational safety and
health (OSH) that will enable
them to plan and/or develop
their company’s Safety and
Health Program.
Specific Objectives:
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

 identify existing & potential OSH hazards and

describe their effects to the human body;
 relate the effects of occupational illnesses and
accidents to individuals, their families,
communities and workplaces;
 determine the appropriate control measures for
specific hazards;
Specific Objectives:
 describe key elements in the Philippines
OSH situation;
 describe roles and functions of safety officers
in promoting a safe and healthy work
environment;
 identify the components of an OSH program; and
 develop a draft OSH Program and / or a specific
re-entry plan.
 Framework 1
Why OSHE?
• OSH Situationer
• Unsafe / Unhealthy Acts & Conditions

What is OSHE?
• Occupational Safety
• Occupational Environment
• Occupational Health

Responses
• Actual workplace situation (Plant Visit)
• Re-entry Planning
 Framework 2
RESPONSES
PROBLEM /
SITUATION Occupational Safety, Health &
Environment (OSHE)
Existing/Potential  Industrial Hygiene, Evaluation, Recognition
Hazards Affecting :  Evaluation Hazards
 Environmental Control Measures
 Human Body  Health Hazards : Effects/Control
 Personal Lives  Housekeeping
 Workplaces  Fire Safety
 Families  Machine Safety
 Communities  Materials Handling and Storage
 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
 Safety Inspection/Accident Investigation
 Government Programs/Legislation
 OSH Programming
 Re-Entry Plan
 Learning Road Map
DAY 1 DAY 2
• Introduction to OSH • Continuation:
• Occupational Safety Occupational Safety
DAY 3

• Continuation:
Occupational Safety

• Responses to OSH
DAY 4 Issues and Concerns DAY 5
• Occupational
• Integrating Activity
Environment
• Re-Entry Planning
•Occupational Health
 In a successful
training program…

balance is critical.
Experience Equation:

10% - Situation

90% - Response
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100% Experience
“You can't train anybody to do
anything that he or she doesn't
fundamentally believe in.”

- Robert Haas, Harvard Business Review

You miss 100% of the
shots you don’t take!

-Wayne Gretsky “Hockey Player”

Maraming Salamat.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT