| Document ID (ISN) | 100394 |
| CIS number |
02-1206 |
| Year |
2001 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Guérin S. |
| Title |
Mandatory qualifications for safety and health personnel |
| Original title |
Qualifications obligatoires des personnes en santé et sécurité du travail [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Editions Tissot, BP 109, 74941 Annecy-le-Vieux cedex, France, Jan. 2001, No.6, 32p. |
| Abstract |
This practical guide discusses the requisite training to qualify for certain jobs or for carrying out certain tasks. Contents: practical and appropriate safety training; required training or information in relation to specific hazards; government administrations involved; applicable legislation; responsibilities of employers; requirements with respect to salaried and self-employed qualified persons; accreditation of occupational safety and health bodies; requirements with respect to the supervision of training programmes giving rise to qualification; European Union directives; role of public education; access to workplaces involving electrical, chemical, radiation or explosion hazards, as well as work under hyperbaric conditions; job of safety and health coordinators; specialists in transportation, loading and unloading of hazardous substances; competent persons in the nuclear industry; person responsible for evacuation in buildings receiving the public or in high-rise buildings; persons organizing safety events; first-aid workers. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
safety and health personnel; France; safety and health training; qualifications; authorization of dangerous work; approval |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
hyperbaric pressure; radiation protection; first-aid organization; dangerous substances; chemical hazards; European Communities; electricity; explosion hazards; escape organization; legal aspects |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
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| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
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| Browse category(ies) |
OSH training
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