An analysis of engineering students’ knowledge on the topic of occupational health and safety
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.
Key words:
knowledge., occupational health and safety course, OHS