Review on OSH in engineering education

Author

Eng, Koo Kean ; Zain, Ahmad Nurulazam Md ; Zainal, Siti Rohaida Mohamed

Author_Institution

Sch. of Educ. Studies, Univ. Sains Malaysia, Minden, Malaysia

fYear

2010

fDate

8-9 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

219

Lastpage

224

Abstract

Most occupational accidents victims among young workers do not receive safety education or training before or the standard safety training education is not effective. Therefore, the purpose of this prospective research is to highlight the importance of integration safety curricula into hands on laboratories learning for young adults during their tertiary education particularly involve in technical and vocational education. This research is proposed to ensure young adults particularly Generation Y are equipped with the basic safety knowledge and safety precaution to avoid any occupational accident and also work related diseases before exposing themselves to the real situation.

Keywords

accidents; engineering education; safety; OSH; engineering education; engineering laboratories; integration safety curricula; occupational accidents; safety education; standard safety training education; technical education; tertiary education; vocational education; work related diseases; Accidents; Educational institutions; Injuries; Laboratories; Safety; Training; engineering laboratories; integration learning; safety curricula;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering Education (ICEED), 2010 2nd International Congress on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7308-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEED.2010.5940795

Filename

5940795