The effect of occupational health and safety training of ünye vocational school students on occupational safety perception

In this study, the aim was to determine if occupational health and safety training as a lecture made any significant differences, by comparing the OHS information level of 1st grade students and 2nd grade students who already got this lecture at university. In accordance with this purpose, 1st and 2nd year students in the Computer Programming Department in Ünye Vocational School of Higher Education, and 1st and 2nd year students in the Logistics Department were applied questionnaire study. First, the survey was planned as 20 questions. Then, exploratory factor and confirmatory factor analysis were used to create 14 articles with 2 factors. 178 students were in this study and the results were compared via SPSS 20 package program. It was determined that the scale was normally distributed and parametric tests were applied. From the parametric tests, Independent Samples t-Test, Independent Samples One Way ANOVA and Bivariate Correlation Analysis were applied. It was determined that the OHS knowledge levels of the students who received occupational safety training were significantly higher than the students who did not receive any training. Likewise, it was seen that the OHS knowledge levels of students aged 20-22 were significantly higher than students aged 17-19. However, it was concluded that there was no statistically significant difference between the gender and the university department. Keywords: Occupational Health and Safety, Occupational Safety Perception, Exploratory Factor Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis.