Preventive specialists
In addition to the prevention specialists listed here, prevention specialists also include occupational physicians and other experts such as occupational psychologists.
Safety experts
Safety experts (SFK) have the task (§ 76 ASchG) of advising employers, employees, safety representatives and employee bodies in the field of occupational safety and humane work organisation and supporting employers in fulfilling their obligations in these areas.
If you have any questions about this or about employee protection in general, please contact one of the safety experts..
Safety Representatives
Safety representatives (SVP) are employees with special functions ( § 11 ASchG) with regard to health and safety. SVPs must be appointed by the employer with the consent of the employee bodies ( § 10 ASchG). They provide information and advice on any deficiencies identified. In accordance with their function as employee representatives, their tasks are to advise and support employees and employee bodies. They are neither prevention specialists nor are they subordinate to them. Compliance with the provisions on employee protection remains the obligation of the employer. More detailed regulations on the minimum number, selection and qualification of safety representatives are set out in the Ordinance on Safety Representatives (SVP-VO).
A list of the safety representatives at the PLUS can be found in the INTRANET/Confluence.
Labour Inspectorate
The Labour Inspectorate is the authority appointed to ensure the protection of workers. The Labour Inspectorate is not only a control and supervisory body. It also has the legal mandate to encourage employers to fulfil their duties in the area of worker protection and to advise them if necessary. Click here to visit the website of the Labour Inspectorate.
If you have any questions about the labour inspection, please contact one of the safety experts.
