İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği (Sosyal Bilimler MYO) Ön Lisans Diploması

The Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) program, which covers a two-year program based on secondary school qualifications (two or three semesters per year), is a higher education program that aims to meet the need for qualified manpower in the public and private sectors with an educational approach that has universal ethical values, has adopted entrepreneurial and innovative approaches, and can interpret and apply theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in the profession with analytical thinking ability, and constitutes the first stage of undergraduate education.

Occupational Health and Safety program education and training is carried out theoretically and practically in formal (or using distance learning methods within the framework of the relevant legislation).

In addition to the Occupational Health and Safety laboratory, computer laboratory and application areas within the higher education institution, practical training is provided as internships or workplace training in industry, health institutions and workplaces.

• The following points are listed as the learning outcomes of the program.
• Acting in accordance with fundamental human rights and conscientious values, universal ethical principles and the concept of justice,
• Respecting the moral values ​​that Turkey has and that the society it lives in respects and regulating its social relations,
• Acting in accordance with professional ethical principles and values,
• Knowing the legislation on basic law and labor law and being able to follow the updates,
• Having knowledge and application of legislation (law, regulation, circular etc.) related to Occupational Health and Safety,
• Having basic knowledge of Ergonomics and Human Engineering,
• Having basic technical knowledge regarding Occupational Health and Safety studies,
• Having the ability to keep up with change and constantly renew oneself,
• Having interdisciplinary (team etc.) working skills,
• Developing Occupational Health and Safety systematics and Occupational Health and Safety culture (Occupational Health and Safety perspective, Occupational Health and Safety approach, etc.) with a proactive approach in socio-technical systems,
• Ability to evaluate Occupational Health and Safety risks (proactive analysis of work accidents, occupational diseases, first aid, emergencies, physical, chemical, biological, psychosocial hazards, etc., all theoretical and practical procedures such as recording, reporting, etc.),
• To be able to follow the developments, innovations and changes related to Occupational Health and Safety,
• Sharing thoughts on professional issues and solution suggestions for encountered problems through effective communication methods (written or verbal),
• Gaining the ability to analyze and produce solutions to professional problems with an analytical approach.

Possesses the key competencies listed below at a pre-advanced level.

• Citizenship competence,
• Personal, social and learning to learn competence,
• Cultural awareness and expression competence,
• Literacy competence,
• Digital competence,
• Competence in sensitivity to ethical values,
• Entrepreneurship and innovation competence,
• Analytical thinking competence,
• Competence in adapting to the principles and developments of socio-technical systems.

Measurement and evaluation methods; evaluation of exams and determination of course success grades, types of exams and their contribution to course success grades, relevant provisions of legislation such as “Çankırı Karatekin University Associate and Undergraduate Education and Training Regulation” etc. prepared by the higher education institution in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK are applied in these matters.

The exams used in measurement and evaluation consist of quizzes, midterm exams, midterm/end-of-term exams, make-up exams, practice exams, make-up exams, additional exams, single-course exams and exemption exams. Exams are conducted as written, oral or both written and oral or practical. Exams are conducted as 1 midterm exam (40%) and a final exam (60%). All exams are evaluated out of 100 points. The place and dates of the exams are determined by the academic units and announced at least one week before the exams. In the event of a midterm exam, the effect of the midterm exam on the success grade is 40%. In the event of more than one midterm exam or other activities, the total effect of these exams and activities on the success grade cannot be less than 40% and more than 70%.

It is essential to attend 70% of theoretical courses and 80% of practical courses. The list of those who do not have the right to take the exam due to their absence is announced by the instructor responsible for the relevant course before the end-of-term exam.

Taking into account the disability status of disabled students, special examination methods determined by the relevant unit board may be applied within the framework of the provisions of this legislation.

A total of 120 ECTS courses are taken in the curriculum, both theoretical and practical, and in the second (second) year of the program, it is essential that students do a 30-day internship related to their profession. Internship is the practical and applied training that students will do in the relevant sector. Education, practice and internships in workplaces are carried out within the framework of the principles and procedures determined by the Council of Higher Education.

YÖK is responsible for overseeing the quality of higher education programs and planning, organizing, managing and supervising the education, training and other activities carried out in higher education institutions.

It includes “University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports”, “Higher Education Institutions Reports”, “University Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators and Explanations”, etc., which are prepared annually for higher education institutions within the framework of the criteria determined by the Council of Higher Education and shared with the public, as well as quantitative and qualitative evaluations of the academic, administrative and financial data of higher education institutions.

In addition, the Council of Higher Education has established the “Quality Assurance Guide for Higher Education Diploma Programs”, “Higher Education Quality Assurance and Higher Education Quality Board Regulation” and “Procedures and Principles for Ensuring Quality Assurance for Higher Education Diploma Programs” legislation in order to regulate the internal and external quality assurance in the higher education system, the evaluation of the quality levels of higher education institutions’ education, training, research and social contribution activities and administrative services by the Higher Education Quality Board according to national and international quality standards, the recognition and authorization of independent external evaluation and accreditation institutions, and the procedures and principles regarding the organization, working procedures and quality commission structures in higher education institutions of the Higher Education Quality Board.

In this context, the Higher Education Quality Board; To determine national policies and strategies related to quality assurance in the higher education system and to share them with the public; To carry out activities for the development and dissemination of a quality culture in the higher education system; To encourage the establishment of internal quality assurance systems in higher education institutions and to guide higher education institutions in this regard; To monitor studies on higher education quality assurance systems at national and international levels, to carry out joint studies at national and international levels; To determine the principles, quality indicators and related rules to be applied in external evaluation and accreditation; To evaluate higher education institutions within the scope of evaluation programs regarding the quality levels of education-training, research and development, social contribution and administrative services, To evaluate higher education institutions that have applied to the institutional accreditation program and to make accreditation decisions within the scope of this evaluation and to present these decisions to the relevant stakeholders, primarily the Council of Higher Education, To evaluate higher education programs when needed; To evaluate and monitor the activities of higher education institutions within the scope of the mission differentiation and specialization program and to present the related results to the Council of Higher Education; to organize events and publish publications in order to inform higher education institutions about the processes to be applied in external evaluation and accreditation; to prepare the Higher Education Quality Assurance Status Report every year, which will include recommendations for quality improvements in the national higher education field by evaluating the evaluation processes of higher education institutions, internal quality assurance studies and authorization processes of accreditation bodies, and to submit it to the information of the Council of Higher Education and other relevant stakeholders; to evaluate the registration applications of private law legal entities that apply for registration within the framework of determined principles and rules in order to operate in the fields of external evaluation and accreditation, and to make decisions, to monitor the activities of these institutions and, when deemed necessary, to obtain information, to warn when necessary or to cancel their registrations; to represent Turkey before international organizations on quality assurance in higher education; to cooperate with the Turkish Qualifications Framework Board on issues related to the higher education quality assurance system; to evaluate the level of implementation of the provisions in the “Regulation on Providing Quality Assurance of Qualifications to be Included in the Turkish Qualifications Framework” in higher education institutions.

In addition, the quality assurance of associate degree programs in higher education is according to the "Procedures and Principles for Ensuring Quality Assurance of Higher Education Diploma Programs":

• For the creation and approval of teaching programs:
• YÖK determines the minimum standards and criteria required for opening associate degree departments and programs in higher education institutions,
• The curriculum of associate degree programs in higher education institutions and the learning outcomes that each diploma program will provide to the student are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK on these issues.
• The curriculum of the National Core Education Programs is implemented by higher education institutions with the approval of YÖK.
• For measurement and evaluation, the measurement and evaluation of the learning outcomes that each associate degree program will provide to the student is carried out in accordance with the teaching and examination regulations prepared by higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK on these issues.
• For certification, students enrolled in associate degree programs receive an associate degree diploma if they successfully complete the course credits and other obligations determined by higher education institutions.

For “Self-Assessment-External Assessment”, higher education institutions enter the “Internal Institutional Assessment Reports” of the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Higher Education Quality Board (YÖKAK) at the beginning of each year, in the context of continuous monitoring. YÖKAK shares the “Institutional Feedback Report” prepared by YÖKAK regarding the external assessment of higher education institutions with the public. In addition, accreditation decisions given by accreditation institutions authorized or recognized by YÖKAK also show that the quality assurance of the program qualifications is provided. YÖKAK conducts regular review activities regarding the qualifications determined in accordance with its legislation.

International (foreign) students must have graduated from secondary education institutions or foreign secondary education institutions whose equivalence is approved by the Ministry of National Education and must have met the conditions for admission to associate degree programs of higher education institutions. International student application, registration and admission procedures are carried out in accordance with the “Çankırı Karatekin University International Student Candidates' Application and Admission Directive for Graduate Programs”. For international (foreign) student applications, candidates are required to submit a result document from the Turkish Foreign Student Admission Exam (TR-YÖS) conducted by ÖSYM or the Foreign Student Admission Exam conducted by other universities in Turkey or a document showing their High School Grade Point Average.

National (Turkish) students must be placed as a result of the central exam conducted by the Evaluation, Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM).

Students who graduate from this program can transfer to undergraduate programs as a result of the Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS) conducted by ÖSYM. Vertical transfer quotas are determined by the decision of YÖK so that they do not exceed ten percent of the quota determined in the related undergraduate programs.

Each year, ÖSYM prepares a guide showing which undergraduate programs graduates of this department and those who are in their final year of that year and have fulfilled the graduation requirements other than internship can apply for vertical transfer, the conditions of these programs and the number of students to be admitted to these programs. This guide enters into force with the approval of the Council of Higher Education. ÖSYM places candidates who meet the application conditions into undergraduate programs by considering their placement scores and the quotas and conditions of the undergraduate programs, and by taking into account the preferences they will make after the University Entrance Exam results are announced. ÖSYM determines how the DGS Score will be calculated by adding the associate degree success scores obtained from the academic grade point averages to the exam scores and is included in the Vertical Transfer Exam Guide.

Students of the program also have the right to participate in double major programs opened by higher education institutions. Students enrolled in double major programs can take courses from both diploma programs simultaneously and receive two separate associate degree diplomas if they are successful.

Students who graduate from the program can use the rights provided by the "Regulation on the Continuation of Undergraduate Education of Graduates of Vocational Schools and Open Education Associate Degree Programs", which determines the principles and procedures regarding vertical transfer and placement of students to formal education and open education undergraduate programs.

Graduates of the Occupational Health and Safety program also:

• With DGS, students can vertically transfer to the undergraduate programs (departments) of Emergency Aid and Disaster Management, Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, Public Relations and Advertising, Public Relations and Promotion, Economics, Business Administration, Occupational Health and Safety, Business Administration, Health Management, Public Administration, Finance, Political Science and Public Administration, Social Service, Tourism Management, International Business Management or International Relations.
• There is an opportunity to be employed as an "Occupational Health and Safety Technician" in all institutions and organizations in the public and private sectors.

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331 (without distinction between public and private sectors, regardless of the number of employees -workers- employed, according to hazard classes), all workplaces are required to employ or receive services from an “Occupational Safety Specialist”; graduates of this program receive Occupational Safety Specialist training (the procedures and principles of which are organized by the ÇSGB) and those who pass the Occupational Safety Specialist Exam held by ÖSYM (organized by the ÇSGB) become “Class C Occupational Safety Specialists”. Graduates can later become “Class B Occupational Safety Specialists” (as a result of subsequent training and exams, similar to the above) and eventually “Class A Occupational Safety Specialists”. These titles (with the duties, authorities and responsibilities they provide) provide services in all lines of business to create a safe workplace environment in terms of Occupational Health and Safety and, as a result, a peaceful working life.

The following legislation is listed as the legal basis for the program.

• Conducted by YÖK:
• Annexes of the Higher Education Law No. 2547 (and related Additional Article-35 etc.),
• Regulation on the Principles of Transfer Between Associate and Undergraduate Programs, Double Majors, Minors and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer in Higher Education Institutions,
• Regulation on the Continuation of Undergraduate Education of Graduates of Vocational Schools and Open Education Associate Degree Programs,
• Higher Education Quality Assurance and Higher Education Quality Board Regulation.
• Regulation on the Obtaining of Associate Degrees or Adaptation to Vocational Schools for Those Who Have Not Completed or Could Not Complete Their Undergraduate Education,
• Higher Education Quality Council Institutional External Evaluation Directive,
• Higher Education Quality Board Board Student Member and Student Commission Directive
• Higher Education Quality Council Institutional External Evaluation Directive,
• Higher Education Quality Board Board Student Member and Student Commission Directive,
• Procedures and Principles Regarding the Duties and Responsibilities of Observers in Evaluation Programs,
• Procedures and Principles for the Collection and Acceptance of Accredited Program Information.
• Conducted by the Vocational Qualifications Authority (MYK):
• Regulation on the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Implementation of the Turkish Qualifications Framework,
• Regulation on the Quality Assurance of Qualifications to be Included in the Turkish Qualifications Framework.
• Conducted by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MoLSS):
• Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331,
• Occupational Health and Safety Services Regulation,
• Regulation on the Duties, Powers, Responsibilities and Training of Occupational Safety Experts,
• Occupational Health and Safety Risk Assessment Regulation etc.
• Conducted by Çankırı Karatekin University:
• Çankırı Karatekin University Associate and Undergraduate Education Regulation.

The qualification is always valid.