In this course, you will receive a comprehensive introduction to two key areas of the modern workplace: occupational safety and labor law. You will gain the knowledge needed to professionally plan, implement, and further develop an occupational safety management system, as well as knowledge of individual and collective labor law.
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Certificates: Certificate "Occupational health and safety management representative with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification"
Certificate "Labor Law" -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
Arbeitsschutzmanagement-Beauftragte:r mit TÜV Rheinland geprüfter Qualifikation -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 8 Weeks
Occupational health and safety management officer with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification
Fundamentals (approx. 4 days)
Legal Foundations/Corporate Responsibility
Requirements, Standards, and Structure in Accordance with DIN ISO 45001
Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems
Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities in Occupational Health and Safety Management
First Aid Log and Accident Reports
Operating Instructions and Training
Duties and Services of Workers’ Compensation Insurance
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Workplace and Occupational Safety (approx. 1 day)
Digitalization and Its Significance for Occupational Safety and Health
Opportunities and Risks of Digital Technologies for Healthy Workplaces
Legal Framework for the Use of AI
Occupational health and safety management (approx. 2 days)
Introduction of an occupational health and safety management system
Integration into other management systems: Harmonized Structure (HS) in HSQE management systems
Assessment of Risks and Opportunities (approx. 4 days)
Assessment of Risks and Opportunities
Product Safety Act, Machinery Directive
Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH)
Selected hazard factors, e.g., noise, electricity, and psychological stress
Personal protective measures
AI-assisted creation and updating of risk assessments
Digital tools, sensor technology, and early-warning systems for preventive risk detection
Automation of safety processes
Planning an Occupational Safety and Health Management System (approx. 3 days)
Process Model Based on the PDCA Cycle
Organizational Context
Stakeholder involvement
Industrial Safety Regulation (BetrSichV), Workplace Regulation (ArbStättV)
Planning of Objectives, Measures, and Resources in Occupational Safety and Health
Implementation of an Occupational Safety and Health Management System (approx. 3 days)
Objectives and Key Performance Indicators in Occupational Safety and Health
Documented Information from an Occupational Safety and Health Management System and Its Control
Monitoring, Improvement, and Further Development
Predictive Maintenance
AI-supported creation of audit checklists
Audits and Certification
Project work, certification preparation and certification examination "Occupational health and safety management officer with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification" (approx. 3 days)
Labor law
Forms of employment (approx. 2 days)
Fixed-term and permanent employment relationships
Part-time models and legal entitlement
Marginal employment
Vocational training
Employment and collective agreement (approx. 2 days)
Recruitment and conclusion of contract
Drafting the employment contract
AGB control of employment contracts
Evidence Act (obligations, deadlines, written form)
Collective bargaining agreement and works agreement
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process - legally compliant application (approx. 1 day)
Presentation of specific AI technologies
Possible applications in employment law (relevance for HR processes, documentation/risk issues)
AGG: Job advertisements and application procedures (approx. 2.5 days)
Introduction to the AGG
Diversity management
Data protection compliant handling of applications
Pay transparency (requirements for job advertisements, rights to information, etc.)
Analyzing job advertisements
Conducting job interviews in a legally correct manner
Employee and employer obligations (approx. 3 days)
Obligations of employees and employers
Working hours, wages and salary
Remote work/home office agreements
Right of direction
Company integration management (BEM)
Target agreements
Liability in employment law
Data protection in the employment relationship
Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG)
Types and characteristics of employment references
Works constitution law (approx. 2.5 days)
What does the BetrVG regulate?
Tasks and information rights of the works council
Co-determination and participation rights
Election and organization of the works council
Works meeting
Works agreement
Statutory leave and protection rights in the employment relationship (approx. 3 days)
Parental leave
maternity leave
Nursing leave
vacation
Warning and termination (approx. 2 days)
Warnings (function, form, effectiveness)
Reasons for termination
Types of termination and notice periods
Termination/settlement agreement
Protection against dismissal
Project work (approx. 2 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
This course prepares you to plan, implement, and further develop an occupational health and safety management system. You will be familiar with relevant occupational health and safety regulations and will be able to confidently apply appropriate tools and methods. In addition, you will be able to integrate the occupational safety and health management system based on the Harmonized Structure (HS) into other management systems, and you will have an overview of the opportunities, risks, and legal framework surrounding the use of artificial intelligence in occupational safety and health.
You will also have knowledge of the core areas of employment law. These include employment and collective agreements, employee and employer obligations and works constitution law.
Members of works councils and staff councils, personnel development learners, management representatives, employees of employers' liability insurance associations and occupational health and safety authorities, external consultants in occupational health and safety.
Occupational health and safety management officers are primarily employed in larger companies or public institutions. They are also often employed by health insurance companies or healthcare providers.
Additional knowledge of current employment law is essential for successful HR work in companies of all sizes and is of great importance for business practice. Specialists with this knowledge are therefore employed across all sectors.You prove your newly acquired knowledge with a TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).