OSH professionals

As set forth in the German Occupational Safety Act and DGUV Provision 2 "Company Doctors and Safety Engineers", employers and company owners are required to appoint an occupational safety specialist.

An occupational safety and health specialist performs an important role in employee OSH. As an "OSH manager" they not only help companies to embed OSH across all hierarchical levels, they also provide them with guidance on the safe, healthy design of company systems, starting with the planning phase and going right through to implementation. The work done by an OSH specialist makes a key contribution to the level of OSH experienced by employees at their companies.

Responsibility for the training of OSH professionals falls to the German social accident insurance institutions for trade and industry in the commercial sector and the German Social Accidence Insurance (DGUV) in the public sector.