Atividade educativa do técnico em Segurança do Trabalho: um olhar na formação e no exercício profissional

Abstract

The occupational safety technician is a professional who possesses knowledge in several areas of knowledge, and the world of work demands more and more prepared professionals. In this sense the question arises: How do the training courses for occupational safety technicians offered in Jequié, present the specific curricular components to develop the educational functions according to the legislation? To support the proposed question, the main objective was defined as: To demonstrate how TSTs report the development of educational activities in the workplace, considering the techniques used to facilitate the theoretical and practical learning of employees. In order to complement the main objective the following specific objectives were defined: to know the educational activities performed by the TSTs; to associate the data found with the bibliography on the TSTs' educational activities; and to examine how the TSTs report their daily routine in the employees' educational process aimed at preventing accidents and occupational diseases. The research takes place through the application of a questionnaire and semi-structured interview with 30 professionals trained in technical schools in Jequié-Bahia. The study concludes that the technicians in work safety need a formation for the development of the educative activity based on andragogy.