Unified Training and Methodological Centre
A structural unit of the Republican Research Institute for Occupational Safety of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan (RSE on the REM).
About the Centre
The Centre provides organisational and methodological support for professional development, analyses and assesses its effectiveness, and collects and shares innovative experience in occupational health and safety.
It serves as a platform for exchanging knowledge, experience and best practices, and improves the quality of specialist training through uniform training standards and methodological support.

Head of Centre
Rakhimova Gulnur Meshitbayevna
Main goals
- Building a national system for developing professional competencies in occupational health and safety, covering its main levels, forms and types
- Methodological support for the system of developing professional competencies in occupational health and safety
- Building an independent system for assessing the quality of occupational health and safety education at its main levels, forms and types
- Building a system for monitoring the quality of occupational health and safety training
- International cooperation
Main tasks
- Monitoring the labour market and meeting its needs for qualifications and vocational education
- Promoting innovative approaches and technologies in the work of health and safety specialists to make their work more effective
- Supporting research in occupational health and safety, analysing current trends and problems, and identifying effective practices
- Building partnerships with public and non-governmental organisations, international organisations and foreign partners to jointly address social issues and develop occupational health and safety
- Providing the specialised knowledge and skills needed to work in occupational health and safety, as well as assistance and support
- Developing methodology, guidance materials, recommendations and instructions for health and safety specialists, and advising on methodology
- Organising internships, master classes and other forms of training for students, master’s and doctoral students, and specialists
- International cooperation in occupational health and safety
Main functions and areas of activity
20 areas
- Organising and conducting unified knowledge testing
- Monitoring the labour market at least once every two years and meeting its needs for qualifications and vocational education in social development
- Developing and updating occupational standards and qualification requirements
- Developing, revising and introducing methods and standards for assessing occupational health and safety education programmes at all levels, forms and types
- Monitoring the work of training organisations
- Developing and updating standard curricula and programmes, and assessment tools for evaluating learning outcomes in occupational health and safety for each category of learners
- Developing training and methodological support for standard curricula and guidance manuals
- Reviewing education programmes at all levels and further professional programmes related to occupational health and safety training
- Building a pool of experts (an expert community) to assess the quality of occupational health and safety education
- Introducing new technologies into the learning process
- Working with government and other bodies, competent authorities of foreign countries and international organisations on training, retraining and professional development in occupational health and safety
- Proposing improvements to the system of training, retraining and professional development of the Institute’s staff in occupational health and safety
- Carrying out research, training and publishing activities in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Developing proposals on the Centre’s organisational structure, work arrangements and staff incentives
- Holding competitions for research, inventions and innovation proposals within its remit
- Information and analytical work
- Preparing recommendations for updating education programmes
- Compiling and maintaining registers of training organisations, specialised organisations, lecturers, issued certificates, etc.
- Developing and delivering education programmes for health and safety specialists: professional development courses, master classes, seminars and conferences
- Training and professional development of experts, lecturers and teachers (at universities, colleges and training organisations, as well as individuals), specialists in working conditions and occupational risk assessment, state labour inspectors and others
Instructions
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Instructions for working with the “Occupational Health and Safety” course on the platformOpen PDF in Russian
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Instructions on training and knowledge testing for lecturers and expertsOpen PDF in Russian
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Appeal instructions for lecturers and expertsOpen PDF in Russian
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Resit instructions for lecturers and expertsOpen PDF in Russian
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Instructions for registering a training organisationOpen PDF in Russian
The course is available on the skills.enbek.kz platform.
