Content and time of training of occupational safety and sanitation in Vietnam

Content and time of training of occupational safety and sanitation in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. Persons eligible to join the occupational safety and hygiene training course in Vietnam

Article 17 of Decree 44/2016/ND-CP (amended in Decree 140/2018/ND-CP) stipulates persons eligible to join the occupational safety and hygiene training course as follows:

(1) Group 1: Heads of trading and production facilities and affiliated departments and branches; heads of production/trade/technical departments; managers of factories or equivalents; deputy heads trading and production facilities mentioned in this Clause responsible for occupational safety and hygiene.

(2) Group 2: Persons responsible for occupational safety and hygiene, including full-time or part-time officials responsible for occupational safety and hygiene; supervisors directly overseeing occupational safety and hygiene in the workplace.

(3) Group 3: Employees performing the tasks subject to strict requirements for occupational safety and hygiene, which are on the list of tasks subject to strict requirements for occupational safety and hygiene promulgated by the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

(4) Group 4: Employees other than those in Groups 1, 3, 5 and 6 mentioned in this Clause, including apprentices and interns working for employers.

(5) Group 5: Persons providing healthcare services.

(6) Group 6: Occupational safety and hygiene officers specified in Article 74 of the Law on Occupational Safety and Hygiene.

2. Content of training of occupational safety and sanitation in Vietnam

The content of training of occupational safety and sanitation according to Article 18 of Decree 44/2016/ND-CP (amended in Decree 140/2018/ND-CP) includes:

* Group 1 training

- System of law and policies on occupational safety and sanitation;

- Professional activities of occupational safety and sanitation include: Organizing the apparatus, management and compliance with regulations on occupational safety and sanitation at the establishments;

Defining responsibility and assigning power on occupational safety and sanitation; basic knowledge about harmful and dangerous factors, preventive measures, improvement of working conditions and safety culture in production and business.

* Group 2 training

- System of policies and laws on occupational safety and sanitation;

- Professional activities of occupational safety and sanitation: Organizing the apparatus, management and compliance with regulations on occupational safety and sanitation at the establishments;

Developing the rules, regulations, procedures and measures to ensure the occupational safety and sanitation; defining responsibility and assigning power on occupational safety and sanitation; safety culture in production and business;

Basic knowledge about harmful and dangerous factors, preventive measures, improvement of working conditions; developing and urging the implementation of annual plan for occupational safety and sanitation; analyzing and evaluating risks and developing the urgent response plan;

Developing the management system of occupational safety and sanitation; self-inspection and investigation of occupational accidents; requirements for inspection, training and observation of working environment; management of machine, equipment, materials with strict requirements on occupational safety and sanitation, information, propagation and training of occupational safety and sanitation;

First aid and emergency of occupational accident, prevention of occupational disease for employees; emulation and commendation, discipline, statistics and report on occupational safety and sanitation.

- Specialized training content: General knowledge about machine, equipment, materials and substances generating dangerous and harmful factors; procedures for safe work with machine, equipment, materials and substances with strict requirements on occupational safety and sanitation.

* Group 3 training

- System of policies and law on occupational safety and sanitation;

- Basic knowledge about occupational safety and sanitation: Policies and regulations on occupational safety and sanitation for the employees; basic knowledge about dangerous and harmful factors at workplace and method for improvement of working conditions;

Functions and duties of the safety network, sanitation employees; safety culture in production and business; rules of occupational safety and sanitation, signs and signposts of occupational safety and sanitation and use of safety equipment, means of personal protection; techniques and skills of first aid of occupational accidents and prevention of occupational diseases;

- Content of specialized training: General knowledge about machine, equipment, materials and substances generating dangerous and harmful factors and the method for analysis, evaluation and management of risks related to the work with strict requirements on occupational safety and sanitation which the trainees are performing;

Procedures for safe work, occupational sanitation; safety techniques and occupational sanitation related to the work of employees;

* Group 4 training

- Basic knowledge about occupational safety and sanitation: Rights and obligations of the employers, the employees, regulations on occupational safety and sanitation for the employees; basic knowledge about dangerous and harmful factors at workplace and method for improvement of working conditions;

Functions and duties of the safety network, sanitation employees; safety culture in production and business; rules of occupational safety and sanitation, signs and signposts of occupational safety and sanitation and use of safety equipment, means of personal protection; techniques and skills of first aid of occupational accidents and prevention of occupational diseases;

- On-the-spot training: Working procedures and specific requirements on occupational safety and sanitation at workplace.

* Group 5 training:

- System of policies and law on occupational safety and sanitation;

- The professional work of occupational safety and sanitation includes: Organizing the apparatus, management and compliance with regulations on occupational safety and sanitation at the establishments;

Defining responsibility and assigning power on occupational safety and sanitation; basic knowledge about dangerous and harmful factors, measures to prevent and improve the working conditions; safety culture in production and business;

- Training for issue of Certificate of professional occupational health: Harmful factors at workplace; observing the working environment to evaluate the harmful factors; preparation of dossier of occupational sanitation at workplace; common occupational diseases and prevention measures;

Ways to organize the examination of occupational diseases, examination for work placement, preparation of dossier for inspection of occupational disease; organization and skills of first aid and emergency; prevention of disease at workplace; food safety; procedure for taking and storing food sample;

Supply of objects and nutrition to employees; health improvement at workplace; prevention of non-infectious disease at workplace; knowledge, skills and methods of making plan, scheme, equipment and necessary conditions to carry out work of occupational sanitation; method of educational communication on occupational sanitation, prevention of occupational diseases;

Setup and management of information on occupational sanitation and occupational diseases at workplace; setup and management of health dossier of employees and persons with occupational diseases;

Coordination with the persons performing work of occupational safety and sanitation or management department of occupational safety and sanitation for implementation of relevant duties in accordance with the provisions in Article 72 of the Law on Occupational Safety and Hygiene.

* Group 6 training:

The employees participating in the safety network and sanitation employees, in addition to the prescribed contents of training of occupational safety and sanitation, they are also provided with additional skills and methods of safety and sanitation employees.

3. Training time of occupational safety and sanitation in Vietnam

According to Article 19 of Decree 44/2016/ND-CP (amended in Decree 140/2018/ND-CP), the first minimum training time is provided for as follows:

- Group 1 and Group 4: The total training time is at least 16 hours, including the testing time.

- Group 2: The total training time is at least 48 hours, including the training time of theory, practice and testing time.

- Group 3: The total training time is at least 24 hours, including the testing time.

- Group 5: The total training time is at least 56 hours, including the testing time in which the training time for issue of Certificate of professional occupational health of at least 40 hours; the content of training for issue of Certificate of occupational safety and sanitation is at least 16 hours.

- Group 6: The total training time is at least 4 hours in addition to the training time of occupational safety and sanitation.

Quoc Dat

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