1. Welcome to WorldSkills 2005 Helsinki Development of Vocational Health and Safety Skills Global Skills Village, 27th May 2005

2. Programme How to promote health and safe work culture among young people? Dr. Timo Leino, Finnish Occupational Health Institute/Youth and Work Action Programme 2002-2007 Management of occupational safety and well-being at M-real corporation Assist. Vice President Kari-Pekka Martimo, M-Real Corp How teachers can prevent occupational accidents of young people? Dr. Simo Salminen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health Department of Occupational Safety Development of OSH by co-operation between authorities, schools and other partners Senior Engineer, Outi Nysten, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health / Occupational Safety and Health Department How to arrange skills competition safely? Technical Manager, Mr Peter van Swol, Bureau Top, the Netherlands Young people as occupational health and safety change agents Project Manager, Ms Riikka Ruotsala, Skills Finland Alexander Strakh, competitor in WorldSkills Competition 2001 Soul

3. Occupational Health and Safety Excellence OHS has been raised to one of the themes of WorldSkills 2005 Helsinki competition OHS competence communicates an important message on vocational skills The WorldSkills competition offers an unique showcase also to cultural differences of working methods and to observing occupational safety A well prepared competition task and evaluation criteria makes a difference between the competitors without unsafe working

4. Preparing for WorldSkills 2005 Helsinki Benchmarking of OHS in WorldSkills Competition 2003 in St. Gallen Organisational effort focused on improving occupational health and safety Occupational Health and Safety Excellence – project 2004-2005 Funded by Work Environment Fund and Veto- programme of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

5. The aim of the OHS-project is to promote occupational health and safety skills as part of the development of top-notch vocational skills and occupational skills competitions Central tasks and goals to promote OHS skills within coaching activity, in co- operation with the coaching businesses and units to develop the health and safety aspects of skill competitions to train the competition specialists in the field of occupational health and safety Occupational safety co-operation has been undertaken e.g. with industrial safety districts. Preparing for WorldSkills 2005 Helsinki