Occupational Safety Specialist (SIFA)

Scope of Services Provided by the Occupational Safety Specialist

• Hazard Assessment (Assessment of Working Conditions)
  
  • Supporting management and department heads in implementing a comprehensive hazard assessment plan
  • Conducting and evaluating the hazard assessment as a SIFA
  
  
• Supporting executive management and department heads in implementing work design measures—situational prevention
  
  • Conducting training sessions for managers, new employees, and trainees
  • Developing operating instructions and conducting occupational safety-related training programs as a SIFA
  • Providing information and education on accident and health hazards
  • Providing safety-related advice to employees as a SIFA
  
  
• Supporting management and department heads in establishing a suitable occupational safety and health organization and integrating it into management activities
  
  • Integrating occupational safety and health into the organizational structure and corporate management
    
  • Providing advice on the resources required to implement occupational safety and health measures
    
  • Ensuring communication and information sharing, e.g., providing support in establishing and operating the Occupational Safety and Health Committee (ASA) and the Coordination Committee (KASI)
    
  • Incorporating occupational safety and health considerations into operational processes
    
  • Organizing operational processes specific to occupational safety and health
    
  • Ensuring continuous improvement, e.g., providing support in deriving and setting goals based on the initial assessment
    
  
  
• Investigating incidents (work-related and commuting accidents), including conducting root cause analyses and developing recommendations for improvement
  
  
• Advising management, executives, the employee council, and employees, e.g.,
  
  • Providing advice on legal frameworks, state-of-the-art practices, occupational medicine, and scientific findings
    
  • Responding to inquiries regarding occupational safety based on the current state of scientific knowledge
    
  • Disseminating information within the company, including during team meetings
  • Organizing external consulting on specific occupational safety issues
  
  
• Participating in company meetings
  
  
• Self-organization in accordance with the requirements of the DGUV 2 Accident Prevention Regulation—Company-specific portion of support services—Reviewing the areas of responsibility listed below, particularly for significant changes
  
  
  
• Identify and implement measures to address recurring workplace-specific accident and health hazards, as well as requirements for human-centered work design, e.g.,
  
  • Specific activities, e.g., care, maintenance, and inspection work on roofs
    
  • Workstations and workplaces that pose specific risks
    
  • Work tasks and work organization involving specific risks
    
  • Need for occupational health preventive care
    
  • Need for specific workplace-related requirements regarding personnel deployment
    
  • Occupational safety and health in the context of demographic change
    
  • Work design to prevent work-related health hazards and preserve individual health resources in the context of work
    
  • Supporting the relevant departments within the VBG in the further development of a health management system
  
  
• Monitoring and implementing operational changes in working conditions and organizational structure,
  e.g., construction of new facilities, introduction of new work procedures
  
  
• Monitoring, evaluating, and (further) developing external trends with a specific impact on the workplace situation
  
  
• Planning and supporting the implementation of workplace initiatives, programs, and measures, e.g., health promotion campaigns and initiatives