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occupational psychology

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Definition:

expertise field which deals with the psychological and mental demands of the job and how to evaluate the mental capacity of different individuals in order to achieve a proper placement from the health point of view

Context:

When training apprentices as fitters, electricians, mechanical/electronics engineers, etc., the company aims to make them ‘profitable’ for the future by providing them with a new skill called ‘Future Competence’. An inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary approach is taken to safety within ‘Future Competence’ which includes occupational medicine, occupational psychology, safety techniques, sports science, apprentice training and styles of management.

Term reference

EU-OSHA, European Week for Safety and Health at Work 2006, “A Safe Start for Young Workers in Practice”, https://osha.europa.eu/en/tools-and-publications/publications/reports/G…

Translations

Български: трудова психология
Čeština: psychologie práce
Dansk: erhvervspsykologi
Deutsch: Arbeitspsychologie
Ελληνικά: ψυχολογία της εργασίας
English: occupational psychology
Español: psicología del trabajo
Eesti: tööpsühholoogia
Suomi: työpsykologia
Français: psychologie du travail
Hrvatski: occupational psychology
Magyar: munkapszichológia
Íslenska: vinnusálfræði
Italiano: psicologia del lavoro
Lietuvių: darbo psichologija
Latviešu: arodpsiholoģija
Malti: psikoloġija okkupazzjonali
Dutch: arbeidspsychologie
Norwegian: arbeidspsykologi
Polski: psychologia pracy
Português: psicologia do trabalho
Română: psihologia muncii
Slovenčina: pracovná psychológia
Slovenščina: psihologija dela
Svenska: arbetspsykologi