What is the Danish Working Environment Authority?
The Danish Working Environment Authority promotes safe, healthy work environments through supervision, regulation, and employer guidance.
Arbejdstilsynet - the Danish Working Environment Authority
The Danish Working Environment Authority is responsible for ensuring a safe and healthy working environment across all workplaces in Denmark. Its core responsibilities include conducting workplace inspections, enforcing occupational health and safety regulations, and providing guidance to employers and employees.
Key Functions of Arbejdstilsynet
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Workplace Inspections and Compliance
Arbejdstilsynet regularly inspects Danish companies to ensure compliance with national health and safety legislation. These inspections aim to prevent work-related accidents, occupational diseases, and long-term absence due to poor working conditions.
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Monitoring Foreign Companies
The Authority also oversees whether foreign service providers have correctly registered in the Register of Foreign Service Providers (RUT). It checks that all notifications are accurate and complete in accordance with Danish law.
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Liaison Office for Foreign Workers
As Denmark’s official liaison office, Arbejdstilsynet plays a vital role in informing foreign companies and workers about the rules and regulations for working in Denmark. This includes providing guidance on registration, safety standards, and workers’ rights.
Online OHS Course
Our online Occupational Health and Safety Course is a mandatory training program for health and safety representatives (AMR) and supervisors who are part of the Occupational Health and Safety Organization (AMO) in Denmark.
Apropos Kommunikation is an authorized provider of the OHS-course
Our OHS course covers all relevant topics:
- The formal legal basis for occupational health and safety
- Roles and responsibilities within the OHS organization (AMO)
- Key concepts within occupational health and safety law
- Rights, duties, and responsibilities of employees and employers
- Preventive occupational health and safety work
- The APV-process and APV-requirements
- Psychological work environment
The Danish Working Environment Authority's inspection methods
The Danish Working Environment Authority works with different types of inspection, e.g., the following:
- Basic inspection
- Special inspection
- Holistic construction inspection
- Inspection of the psychological working environment
FAQ
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How can I gain more knowledge of stakeholders in the field of occuplational health and safety?
At the mandatory occupation health and safety course you will gain more knowledge of the external og intern stakeholders.
Where can I find information about the Occupational Health and Safety Organization (AMO)
You can read more about the Occupational Health and Safety Organization (AMO) here, together with information about the roles of the AMR and the supervisors.
What other stakeholders is there in the field of occupational health and safety?
The stakeholders in the field of occupational health and safety each have their own role in terms of monitoring, regulating, researching, or disseminating knowledge within the field. Below is an overview of some of the many different actors.
- The Ministry of Employment
- The Danish Working Environment Authority
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The National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NFA)
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The Work Environment Appeals Board
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The Work Environment Research Fund
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Labor Market Insurance (AES)
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Occupational medicine clinics
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Sector Working Environment Councils (BFA)
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The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
Our experienced occupational health and safety team
Our skilled team of occupational health and safety professionals brings over 20 years of expertise in delivering effective and sustainable OHS training solutions.
All our trainers in the mandatory occupational health and safety training are approved by the Danish Working Environment Authority and accredited by the Danish Accreditation Institution, ensuring high-quality, statutory occupational health and safety training.
We believe that the best way to help our clients is by understanding their unique needs and challenges. That is why we always start by listening to and learning about your company, your goals, and your wishes.
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