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

According to SGK / İŞKUR Occupation Code type

Occupational Health and Safety Technician: 3257.05,

Occupational Safety and Health Field Worker: 3257.11,

Occupational Health and Safety Controller: 3257.02,

Occupational Safety Specialist (Less Dangerous Class-C): 2263.04,

Occupational Safety Specialist (Very Dangerous Class-B): 2263.03,

Occupational Safety Specialist (Very Hazardous Class-A): 2263.02

According to SGK / İŞKUR Occupation Code type

Occupational Health and Safety Technician: 3257.05,

Occupational Safety and Health Field Worker: 3257.11,

Occupational Health and Safety Controller: 3257.02,

Occupational Safety Specialist (Less Dangerous Class-C): 2263.04,

Occupational Safety Specialist (Very Dangerous Class-B): 2263.03,

Occupational Safety Specialist (Very Hazardous Class-A): 2263.02

The aim of the program is to train occupational safety technicians who can protect employees from occupational accidents and occupational diseases by minimizing the risks that exist in the work environment, ensure the use of time and personal performance at maximum efficiency by ensuring production safety, carry out safety inspections of all kinds of tools, equipment and machinery used in workplaces and other elements that will pose a risk to building safety, ensure that the workplace environment remains safe areas as well as the safety of the worker and the work environment, master national / international legislation, have professional ethics and lifelong learning awareness. The educational aims and objectives of the program are given below:

• Follows and interprets the legal legislation on occupational health and safety,
• Acting in accordance with professional ethical rules,
• Takes all necessary measures to ensure occupational safety in an enterprise,
• To be able to analyze the risk of the organization he works for and take necessary measures to prevent risks,
• To train individuals who are sensitive to the events on the agenda and follow the developments in occupational health and safety,

Education and training is carried out in the form of formal education and face-to-face. Apart from this, activities such as technical trips, interviews, conferences that are thought to contribute to students are organized and students are encouraged to participate in such activities.

•  Have knowledge in basic sciences such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, law, statistics.
•  Knows occupational health and safety legislation and reflects on working life.
•  Gains the ability to interpret and evaluate data using the basic knowledge and skills acquired in the field, to recognize and analyze problems, and to develop solutions based on records.
•  Gains the ability to apply the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the field in working life. 
•  Gains the ability to work effectively in individual, group and multidisciplinary teams and the self-confidence to take responsibility.
•  Gains awareness of professional and ethical responsibility. 
•  Awareness of the necessity of lifelong learning, the ability to follow developments in science and technology and continuous self-renewal.
•  Gains the ability to read and write literature related to the field.
•  Communicates effectively with people verbally and in writing.
•  Acquires foreign language knowledge, especially English, at a level to follow the innovations in the field.
•  Applies the knowledge and experience gained in the field at every stage of life and gains awareness of safety culture.
• - Gains the ability to make quick and correct decisions by recognizing hazards and risks.
•  Have enough knowledge about occupational accidents and occupational diseases and their prevention.
•  Occupational health and safety management systems and the ability to evaluate risk factors to the ability to plan for occupational health and safety.
•  Develops environmental and quality awareness. Have knowledge about environmental and quality management systems.

Alumni possesses the following key competences at an advanced level;

•  Competence to gain professional knowledge to meet the expectations of the sector,
•  To have the legislation and the necessary technical and theoretical knowledge and application competence in working life,
•  Interpreting the results of work environment assessment, competence to take necessary actions,
•  Knowing the causes of occupational accidents and occupational diseases and competence to take proactive measures,
•  Competence to plan and document management processes,

In line with the student-centered education approach, students are evaluated using alternative assessment and evaluation tools and methods that show their progress during the course and their achievement of the outcomes at the end of the course. In the measurement and evaluation processes, a competency-based approach has been adopted along with a student-centered approach. Measurement and evaluation processes are carried out in accordance with the Hitit University Associate and Undergraduate Education and Examination Regulations, Hitit University Regulations / Directive on the Procedures and Principles for the Conduct of Distance Education Courses and Examinations.

The student's success status for a course is determined by the course success grade. The principles of calculating the success grade according to the absolute and / or relative evaluation system and the grading system principles of the exams applied at the University are regulated by the Senate.

In the calculation of the success grades, the letter grades and coefficients specified below are used.

Letter grades and coefficients are calculated according to the table below:

Letter Grades Coefficients

AA 4.00

BA 3,50

BB 3,00

CB 2,50

CC 2,00

DC 1.50

DD 1.00

FD 0.5

FF 0.0

Letter grades not shown in the table are as follows:

1) B: Successful for non-credit courses,

2) K: Fails for non-credit courses,

3) D: Absentee

4) G: He did not enter,

5) M: Exempt

6) S: The grade given at the end of the first semester for an ongoing (two semesters) Graduation Thesis/Dissertation/Seminar/Project.

To ensure the quality of higher education programs:

The Council of Higher Education (YÖK) is responsible for planning, organizing, managing, and supervising education, teaching, and other activities in higher education institutions.

Each year, The Council of Higher Education (CoHE)  publishes "University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports" for higher education institutions, based on criteria set by CoHE. These reports, which include quantitative and qualitative evaluations of higher education institutions, are shared with the public by CoHE.

CoHE also annually publishes the "Foundation Higher Education Institutions Report," which includes academic, administrative, and financial data of foundation higher education institutions. These reports, containing quantitative and qualitative evaluations, are shared with the public by CoHE. Quality assurance for undergraduate programs in higher education is ensured according to the "Procedures and Principles for Ensuring Quality Assurance of Higher Education Diploma Programs":

1. Development and Approval of Teaching Programs:

   1.1. The Council of Higher Education (YÖK) determines the minimum standards and criteria required for the establishment of associate degree departments and programs in higher education institutions.

1.2. The curricula of associate degree programs in higher education institutions and the learning outcomes they aim to impart to students are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the fundamental principles established by the Council of Higher Education (CoHE).

   1.3. After acceptance by the relevant Deans' Council, the curriculum of the National Core Education Programs is implemented by higher education institutions with CoHE’s approval.

2. Assessment-Evaluation: The methods for assessing and evaluating the learning outcomes that each associate degree program aims to impart to students are carried out in accordance with the education, training, and examination regulations prepared by higher education institutions, in line with the fundamental principles established by the Council of Higher Education (CoHE).

3. Certification: Students enrolled in undergraduate programs receive a bachelor's degree upon successfully completing the required course credits and other obligations as determined by the higher education institutions.

4. Internal Evaluation-External Evaluation: Higher education institutions enter "Institutional Internal Evaluation Reports" of the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Turkish Higher Education Quality Council (THEQC) at the beginning of each year. THEQC shares the "Institutional Feedback Report" it prepares regarding the external evaluation of higher education institutions with the public. Additionally, accreditation decisions issued by accreditation organizations authorized or recognized by THEQC also demonstrate that the programs meet quality assurance standards. THEQC conducts regular review activities related to competencies determined by its regulations.

Our department has been accredited by MEDEK on January 1, 2025, with the examinations and evaluations carried out as a result of the preparation and application processes carried out in line with the goals of sustainable quality and qualification criteria.

According to the results of the Higher Education Institutions Examination (YKS), the student candidate who is eligible for final registration at the University; Article 45 of the Law No. 2547, according to the principles determined by the Measurement, Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) and the University and within the announced periods, the registration office is registered by applying in person. The enrollment of foreign students to the University is made within the framework of the provisions of the relevant legislation and the principles determined by the Senate. The provisions of the Regulation on the Principles of Transferring Between Associate Degree and Undergraduate Programs, Double Major, Minor and Credit Transfer Between Institutions in Higher Education Institutions published in the Official Gazette dated 24/4/2010 and numbered 27561 are applied for transfer to Associate Degree / Undergraduate diploma programs. In other matters related to horizontal transfers between higher education institutions, the relevant regulations, the decisions of the Higher Education Council on this subject and the principles to be determined by the Senate are applied. 

Student admission to the occupational health and safety program; Measurement, Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) is made centrally with TYT scores in the exam held by the Presidency of the Center (ÖSYM). Student candidates who are eligible for final registration at the University; According to Article 45 of Law No. 2547, the Measurement, Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) and the principles determined by the University and within the announced periods, they apply to the registration office in person and register.

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Students who successfully complete the Occupational Health and Safety associate degree program can transfer to Emergency Aid and Disaster Management, Business Administration, Business Management, Health Management, Social Work undergraduate departments of universities with Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS). In addition, they can take courses simultaneously from two diploma programs by double majoring with Alaca Avni Çelik Vocational School Civil Defense and Firefighting program and if they are successful, they can get two separate associate degree diplomas.

Our graduates also work as occupational safety technicians or occupational safety specialists in business life.

In order to become an occupational safety specialist, it is necessary to attend the courses organized by authorized training institutions and to get at least 70 points from the Occupational Safety Specialist Examination conducted by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. Training programs for occupational safety specialists consist of two parts: theoretical and practical. The content of these programs and the qualifications of the trainers shall be regulated by the Commission determined within the framework of the relevant Regulation. The duration of the training program cannot be less than 220 hours in total, with at least 180 hours for the theoretical part and at least 40 hours for the practical part, and these trainings are applied within the scope of a single program. At most half of the theoretical training can be realized through distance education. Practical trainings are carried out in workplaces where at least one occupational safety specialist works. Candidates can be absent for a maximum of six class hours with or without excuse during theoretical training, while participation in all practical training is compulsory. Students who graduate as occupational safety technicians can work in all Joint Health and Safety Units (OSGB), public institutions and private sector organizations under the supervision of a certified occupational safety specialist. Graduates who successfully pass the Occupational Safety Specialist Examination are entitled to work in public and private sector workplaces classified as less dangerous by taking the title of Class C Occupational Safety Specialist.

1. Law No. 2547 on Higher Education

1.1. Regulation on the Principles of Transfer, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer between Associate and Undergraduate Programs in Higher Education Institutions

1.2. Regulation on the Continuation of Undergraduate Education of Vocational Schools and Open Education Associate Program Graduates

2. Law No. 2547 on Higher Education (Additional Article-35)

2.1. Regulation on Higher Education Quality Assurance and Higher Education Quality Board

The qualification is valid at all times.