Welcome to Occupational Health and Safety Degree

Today, with industrialization and increasing population, occupational accidents and diseases experienced both in the world and in our country have increased and although the number cannot be fully recorded in our country, they have reached remarkable figures. In our country, the statistics of the Social Security Institution regarding occupational accidents and diseases reveal that the rate of fatal occupational accidents in the construction, transportation and mining sectors is higher than in other sectors.

The figures regarding health and safety are not very encouraging not only in our country but also in the world. According to the figures of the International Labor Organization, it is stated that 270 million occupational accidents occur every year in the world and approximately 2 million 200 thousand people lose their lives due to occupational accidents and diseases every year. It is stated that approximately 6,000 people die every day due to occupational accidents or diseases, while 350,000 people lose their lives due to occupational accidents and 1 million 700 thousand people lose their lives due to occupational diseases every year. Considering these figures, the assignment of “Occupational Health and Safety Specialists” to work in order to establish a safety and health culture in businesses and to eliminate all risks has become a legal obligation.

The inclusion of “Occupational Safety Technician” among the professions of the future in the research titled “Determination of Expectations of the Industrial Sector from Vocational and Technical Education Institutions” by the Ministry of National Education and TÜBİTAK Turkish Industrial Management Institute is a natural result for the solution of these problems.

The aim of the program is to train “Occupational Health and Safety Technicians” with the knowledge, skills and talent needed by industrial organizations and who can undertake the entire occupational safety responsibility of a business. Our students who successfully complete the Occupational Health and Safety program graduate with the title of “Occupational Health and Safety Technician”.