IMPORTANCE OF HSE TRAININGS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC - A CASE STUDY

To understand if international recognized HSE trainings, as NEBOSH, are supporting HSE professionals to harness companies as High Reliability Organizations (HRO) and being resilient towards COVID-19 impacts. The article "Assimilation of HSE standards from different countries - case study" was the previous one published and from which we expect to evolve and understand what can be improved. A survey to HSE professionals such as Health and Safety Managers, Directors and Environmental Managers. On NEBOSH trainings, 65,1% (n=28) professionals answered they feel more prepared to emergent risks (e.g., COVID-19) with this training, 53,5% (n=23) of HSE professionals felt that COVID-19 Pandemic affected their mental health during COVID-19 pandemic, 11,6% (n=5) of professionals resorted to therapy to take care of their mental. Performing Fisher's Exact Test, it was possible to see a significant relationships between Training in Health and Safety Vs Level of improvement of the organization for instance. HSE professionals due to COVID-19 Pandemic felt an impact in their mental health, and some of them had to resort to therapy. This fact makes the situation of mental health more tangible, this because in Portugal for instance, mental health was not very spoken about nor valued.