“Risk Hunting” as a competence resource in the training of occupational safety professionals

The article discusses the use of project-based learning in the training of experts in Technosphere Safety, particularly occupational safety and health professionals. For these categories, the main competence is obtaining knowledge of assessing working conditions, identifying hazards and occupational risks for the development and implementation of measures aimed to eliminate them. The article presents the results of the “Risk Hunting” project, including occupational risk assessment cards, hazard registers, projects of occupational risk reduction measures, labor protection competitions, the Occupational Safety Day presentation, and the training for Irkutsk National Research Technical University department heads. The article distinguishes between two types of educational results: development of competencies required for labor protection professionals and gaining experience in self-organization and self-education. Project-based learning is aimed at solving specific tasks and gaining professional experience, which needs to be developed and improved.