Each apprentice goes through different departments during their practical period in the supermarket. During on-site instruction, apprentices are made aware of the respective risks. Detailed information is provided in the state vocational schools in their own Spar academy classes, whose curriculum is tailored to work at Spar.

Formaldehyde is used in medical fields such as pathology, human and veterinary anatomy for the fixation, preservation and storage of human or animal tissue. In November 2014, the Committee on Hazardous Substances adopted a workplace limit value (AGW) for formaldehyde, which also applies to workplaces in anatomical institutes at German universities, but is not always complied with.

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Skin protection is important almost all year round, because ultraviolet radiation from the sun can damage the skin considerably, especially sensitive children's skin.

The mission of the Center for Public Health Workforce Development is to provide a link between our faculty and practice partners in teaching, research and the practice of public health. The continuing education activities are designed to strengthen the cooperation between the Center for Public Health Workforce Development and state and local public health practitioners.

Complete administrative tasks faster and easier. Reduce workload and achieve more time with the children.

Schools for help in Europe provides more than 60 practical examples of health promotion in education from various European countries.

Investigating safety & health in pre- and primary schools

In the interests of a sustainable anchoring of the prevention concept, it is important to sensitize children to safety and health issues in a vivid way.

"Jugend will sich erleben" (Youth wants self-experience) is a project by German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) ...

Education materials for vocational training

"An apprenticeship that fits" for four professional groups The BGW offers you materials that support you in your lessons. Topics include first aid, skin protection, hand hygiene and needlestick injuries. The BGW has put together brochures for the following apprenticeships: medical assistants, veterinary assistants, dental assistants and hairdressers.

Practical tools with regard to ergonomics and skin prevention were developed for hairdressers, such as a desk research with good practices from 17 countries, an instruction video, 2 manuals with background information for teachers (ergonomics and preventing skin complaints), visually supporting material, namelijk ‘take care of yourself’ sheets with some main concerns.

This Napo movie deals with dangers for your skin at work, with skin diseases and skin problems caused by workplace situations. „Which are the most important 2 square meters of you life?“ Napo, the 3d computer animated character gives the answer to this question: „Your skin!“.

Materials for initial vocational education and training to increase awareness of young workers for OSH. Several DVDs, awards activities and an internet portal. ...

215 young hairdressers suffering from occupational skin diseases (OSD) have attended a 6-month combined dermatological and educational prevention program ...

The government (Ministry of Social Affairs), employers and employees representatives agreed that they wanted to see a major reduction in the number of new cases of dermatitis among hairdressers ...

Occupational skin diseases are among the most common occupational diseases reported.

The Toolkit is a free resource. It brings together information, guidance, fact sheets, case studies, training materials, presentations and more to help you tackle occupational health problems.

This website provides information and training on hand saftey, using hand tools and gloves. Hand injuries including cuts, strained muscles and tendons, damaged nerves, skin disorders, and burns can impact the quality of work, productivity – and even end careers.

Melanoma is among the deadliest of skin cancers, and it’s more common among people with light skin. In fact, researchers say the incidence of melanoma among Black people is about 10 percent of that in white people.

Two posters featuring UPSI, the comic character of the Accident Insurance Berlin, dealing with sun- and water-related dangers for children...