A new generation of engineers will shape a safer environment in construction — KNUBA signed an agreement with the European Occupational Safety Community

The Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture (KNUBA) and the European Occupational Safety Community (ESOP) have signed a cooperation agreement in the field of occupational safety.

The document provides for joint projects to develop educational programs and training courses, introduce modern approaches to creating a safe environment in construction, and promote a culture of occupational safety based on a risk-oriented approach.

The agreement was signed by Rector Oleksii DNIPROV and Iryna PETCHENKO, head of safe reconstruction projects at ESOP, a graduate of the KNUBA Department of Environmental Protection Technologies and Occupational Safety.

Under the agreement, a five-day training for KNUBA lecturers will begin as early as April, preparing them as occupational safety coordinators at the construction stage. The training will be delivered by British experts with many years of practical experience. The program is built in line with European legislation and the standards of the ILO, the World Bank and other international organizations.

In Ukraine, the “Minimum Occupational Safety Requirements at Temporary or Mobile Construction Sites” (NPAOP 45.2-7.03-17) have been approved and are in force, noted Tetiana TKACHENKO, Head of the Department of Environmental Protection Technologies and Occupational Safety, Doctor of Technical Sciences and Professor. She added that systematic state support is needed for the full application of this norm in the educational process. This will make it possible to train a new generation of engineers capable of implementing modern safety standards in Ukrainian conditions.