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810-819 J. Paju and S. Kalle
An analysis of engineering students’ knowledge on the topic of occupational health and safety
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An analysis of engineering students’ knowledge on the topic of occupational health and safety

J. Paju* and S. Kalle

Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn School of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Business Administration, Academia road 3, EE12618 Tallinn, Estonia; *Correspondence: jana.paju@ttu.ee

Abstract:

Occupational health problems often result of poor knowledge of safety requirements and inadequate personnel training, especially considering specific tasks at work. A questionnaire was distributed to university students to respond, in order to analyse their answers and achieve following objectives: (1) to pinpoint the students’ knowledge prior to the start of the course; (2) to reveal how many students have had experience with occupational health and safety (OHS) topics before starting the course; (3) to determine whether the knowledge of students with prior experience is greater; (4) to identify the most difficult topics or domains. The obtained results showed that the average test score was 50.2% (n = 151). Students with prior knowledge on OHS (n = 53) did not get higher test scores (p-value = 0.12; α = 0.05). The objectives of the study were achieved. Further studies considering the efficiency of both teaching and learning are to be conducted.

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