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In 2013, Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU) has established the Palestinian National Center of Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental Protection (COSHEP) throughout the EU support program to TVET development in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.  It has been implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in partnership with the Palestinian Ministry of Labor and Ministry of Education & Higher Education.

 

Center Vision

COSHEP supports the University's Strategic Plan by integrating the best practices of occupational health and safety and environmental protection into University culture.  It offers a wide selection of training courses, technical assistance, educational materials to help broaden worker, employer and public knowledge on the recognition, avoidance, and prevention of safety and health hazards in their workplaces.  It aims at gaining the confidence of the workers, employers, public and institutions.  COSHEP works under the supervision and direction of PPU's administration of community Affairs.

 

Center Message

COSHEP aims at seeing and acting otherwise by integrating the best practices of occupational health and safety and environmental protection into university culture.

 

Center Main Objectives

·         raising health and safety awareness amongst workers, employers and public

·         offering training courses and educational programs and materials on the issues of occupational health and safety and environmental protection 

·         maintaining a healthy and safe working environment

·         avoiding risk to our environment and our neighborhood

·         working in co-operation with relevant authorities and the community on the all of the mentioned issues

 

Center Missions and Activities

·         training of workers in different work locations

·         preparing qualified safety officers

·         conducting research, studies, and statistics in occupational health and safety and environmental protection

·         providing a central database for the mentioned

·         observing the importance of environmental needs throughout the life cycle of our products, from design to ultimate disposal

 

Trainings Offered by the Center

·         a wide selection of training courses and educational programs on the recognition, avoidance, and prevention of safety and health hazards in their workplaces

·         other specialized training courses on the issues of occupational health and safety and environmental protection

 

Evaluating Work Environment

·         measuring levels of industrial noise

·         measuring levels of lighting

·         determining concentration of gases and dust

·         informing employees about hazards through training, labels, alarms, color-coded systems, chemical information sheets and other methods

·         perform tests in the workplace, such as air sampling, ventilation, etc.

·         posting COSHEP citations, injury and illness data, and the COSHEP poster in the workplace where workers will see them

 

Stakeholders

·         Ministry of Labor (MoL)

·         Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE)

·         Palestinian Civil Defense (PCD)

·         Hebron Chamber of Commerce and Industry

·         Industrial Unions in Palestine

 

Center Memberships

·         National Representative of Palestinian Universities in Safety and Health

·         National Membership of Safety and Health in Palestine

·         National Membership of Safety and Health in Hebron governorate

·         National Membership of Audit Safety in Manufacturing Industries

·         National Membership of Curriculum Development Team in Safety and health in the

·         Ministry of Education

 

Center Labs and Workshops

·         Environmental and Engineering Hazards Testing Lab

·         First Aid Lab

·         Monitoring systems, Fire Alarm and Fighting Lab

·         Personal Protective Equipment Lab