Occupational health and safety awereness in vocational and technical schools

The aim of Vocational and Technical Schools is to enable students to gain professional knowledge and skills and prepare for business life. In addition to theoretical knowledge, these schools provide students with professional knowledge and skills. The students are informed about various issues that they will encounter in business life (worker health, occupational safety, occupational diseases etc.). In this study, it is aimed to determine the occupational health and safety awareness levels of the students about their occupational health and safety (OHS) as well as their expectations from Vocational and Technical Schools. For this purpose, a survey that consist of twenty questions on internet is applied to students, teachers and school administrators, which are the basic elements of Vocational and Technical Schools. As a results, it has been determined that the curriculum changes of Vocational and Technical Schools about Occupational Health and Safety should be made and Occupational Health and Safety work should be carried out by professionals in all schools.