Fachkraft für Arbeitssicherheit benennen

Gesetz über Betriebsärzte, Sicherheitsingenieure und andere Fachkräfte für Arbeitssicherheit (Arbeitssicherheitsgesetz - ASiG):

• § 5 Bestellung von Fachkräften für Arbeitssicherheit
• § 6 Aufgaben der Fachkräfte für Arbeitssicherheit
• § 7 Anforderungen an Fachkräfte für Arbeitssicherheit
• § 9 Absatz 3 Zusammenarbeit mit dem Betriebsrat

Unfallverhütungsvorschrift "Betriebsärzte und Fachkräfte für Arbeitssicherheit" (DGUV Vorschrift 2) - Regelwerke der Unfallversicherungsträger

As an employer, you must appoint an employee as an occupational safety specialist. It is also possible to appoint an external occupational safety specialist.

The occupational safety specialist reports directly to you and is a member of the health and safety committee. The management determines how long they are deployed in the company. This depends on

• the number of employees and
• their hazards

The relevant employers' liability insurance association specifies minimum deployment times specified.

The tasks of the occupational safety specialist include

• Advising the employer and other persons responsible for occupational health and safety and accident prevention, particularly with regard to
  • Planning, construction and maintenance of operating facilities as well as social and sanitary facilities,
  • Procurement of technical work equipment,
  • Introduction of work processes and working materials,
  • Selection and testing of personal protective equipment,
  • Design of workplaces, work processes, the working environment and other ergonomic issues, and
  • Assessment of working conditions
• Safety inspections of operating facilities and technical work equipment, in particular
  • before commissioning and
  • before the introduction of work processes
• Monitoring the implementation of occupational health and safety and accident prevention

You must support your occupational safety specialist in the fulfilment of Fulfil their tasks. To do this, you must, as required

• Make rooms, facilities and equipment available and
• enable them to take part in training courses.

You must also inform them of the employees who are employed in your company on a temporary or agency basis.

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You may only appoint the following persons as occupational safety specialists:

• "Safety engineers" authorised to use the professional title "engineer" or "engineer"
• state-recognised technicians and master craftsmen and women

They must have the required safety-related expertise.

In the case of safety engineers, one year of practical experience as an engineer is sufficient.

Tip: Suitable persons can acquire the required specialist knowledge by successfully completing a recognised training coursecourserecognised training course. Training to become a specialist is usually organised by the accident insurance institution.

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If you wish to appoint an employee as an occupational safety specialist, you must obtain the consent of the works council or staff council and inform them of the tasks you wish to assign to the specialist.

You must appoint the occupational safety specialist in writing. In this nomination ("appointment"), you must describe their tasks in detail.

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