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H&S - Training programme for Health and Safety in the cleaning industry

Health and Safety at work represents today one of the most important and advanced fields of the social policy of the European Union.Despite European resolutions and directives on personal protective equipment and workplace safety, and despite national laws and workplace regulations, acciidents at work, injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences still are a serious problem in many Member states, and the topic remains one of the priority in order to assure workplace safety and quality.According to the COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 12 June 1989, on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work, the RECOMANDATION 2007/C 164/01 on prevention of accidents and promotion of safety, the RECOMANDATION 2003/134/CE Enhancing the protection of health and the safety at work of the autonomous workers, information and training of workers represent a legal obligation for the employers. Moreover they are universally recognized as effective measures to improve workplace health and safety and mitigate hazards for workers. Nevertheless to be really effective training must be target tailored and must take into account problems such us indifference and opposition of workers. This project will tackle some issues relevant to the effective involvement of workers in training on workplace safety in the sector of cleaning services. The objective of the project is to adapt, improve and transfer from Lazio region to other Italian and European Regions an audiovisual innovative tool for training on safety for national and migrant workers. This tool and methodology has been created by Oltremodo, a company whose Memeber are cooperatives, acting in the media field in cooperation with the cooperative Colaser acting in the field of cleaning services.The audiovisual training course presents, in an innovative way, clear and exhaustive information about risk at workplace and suggestion on correct and safe dealings. It could improve the effectiveness the quality and the attractiveness of the trainings on safety at workplace.