Abstract:

In recent years, there is increased attention paid to the dual education of secondary vocational school students. The advantage of this form of education is the connection of theory and practice. Students are directly participating in the production process right in the specific company, this gives them specific competences, that employer expect from his/her future employees. Secondary vocational school graduates should have necessary professional knowledge, but also information about the issue of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) which are necessary to safely perform work. Current pandemic situation could have negative effect on the level of secondary vocational students’ knowledge in the field of OSH. It is expected that the number of work-related injuries is going to increase among the students after their return to schools and centers of practical training.

Within the solution of KEGA project no. 014UKF-4/2020. Our goal is to create innovative educational e-modules “Occupational safety and health in dual education”, which allows quality training of secondary vocational school students despite of current situation. One of the research questions in our research was to find out the difference in the OSH education among secondary vocational school students based on the type of school they attended. The research tool was questionnaire that consisted of 15 items. According to current pandemic situation the questionnaire was distributed in online form via Google Drive. Research sample consisted of graduates of certain secondary schools. In our paper, we present results of our research and based on these results, we define areas where increased attention is currently needed during the OSH education at secondary schools.

Keywords:

Education, safety, student, OSH, questionnaire.