Training and qualification

The statutory accident insurance institutions in Germany and their umbrella association, the DGUV, have good reasons to be strongly involved in the area of qualification. Firstly, the German Social Code mandates them to conduct qualification measures in relation to all prevention issues; secondly, by virtue of the initial and further training of their own staff, they conduct continual quality assurance.

Qualification measures addressing prevention issues are offered in particular for employers and management staff, OSH professionals, safety officers, teaching staff, trainers, company physicians, specialist medical personnel and other disseminators at plant level.

Qualification of the accident insurance institutions' own staff encompasses the training of labour inspectors, accident and pensions experts, and also the further training of case managers and management staff.

The statutory mandate
: The statutory accident insurance institutions in Germany and their umbrella association, the DGUV, offer qualification measures in all areas of prevention, in accordance with their statutory mandate. Volume 7, Article 23 of the German Social Code (SGB VII) places the requirements.
Facts and figures
: The statutory accident insurance system is one of Germany's largest non-governmental providers of education and training. Each year, it delivers qualification measures to almost 400,000 persons in 37 training institutions.
Cross-sector initial and further training
: The institutions of the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) deliver their initial and further training services to all sectors of industry. Each has its own focus.
Sector-specific initial and further training
: The greater part of OSH-related training in Germany is conducted by the individual statutory accident insurance institutions as part of sector-specific initial and further training. These training measures address typical, sector-specific hazards and associated proven prevention strategies.