Safety Park Kotka as a Factor in the Comprehensive Security of the City of Kotka
Kuusela, MeriSade (2020)
Kuusela, MeriSade
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020120225601
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020120225601
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The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how Safety Park Kotka answers to the City Strategy of the City of Kotka. Ultimately, this thesis researches the current level of harbor logistics occupational safety and occupational safety training and the relationship between occupational safety training and its effects on the comprehensive security of the City of Kotka by implementing Safety Park Kotka as a factor of the comprehensive security of the city. This thesis was commissioned by the City of Kotka. The scientific approach of this thesis uses literature review, a survey and a semi-structured interview as research methods. The survey was conducted in cooperation with the Port of HaminaKotka Ltd during summer 2020.
The results of the research indicate that there is a significant need for improvement to the current occupational safety training culture provided in harbor logistics that introduces a more pragmatic and regular culture of occupational safety training. Safety Park Kotka together with the Virtual Safety Park platform provides a more inclusive selection of occupational safety training that is tailored for the user’s needs. Safety Park Kotka supports the City Strategy of the City of Kotka in relation to operating as a communal educating environment, utilizing digital means and tools and supporting the sustainable values introduced in the City Strategy.
In the future there is a possibility to further investigate the effects of Safety Park Kotka in relation to the city’s comprehensive security, when Safety Park Kotka is in full operation and the effects can be seen practically. Safety Park will launch in Kotka Old Port in 2022.
The results of the research indicate that there is a significant need for improvement to the current occupational safety training culture provided in harbor logistics that introduces a more pragmatic and regular culture of occupational safety training. Safety Park Kotka together with the Virtual Safety Park platform provides a more inclusive selection of occupational safety training that is tailored for the user’s needs. Safety Park Kotka supports the City Strategy of the City of Kotka in relation to operating as a communal educating environment, utilizing digital means and tools and supporting the sustainable values introduced in the City Strategy.
In the future there is a possibility to further investigate the effects of Safety Park Kotka in relation to the city’s comprehensive security, when Safety Park Kotka is in full operation and the effects can be seen practically. Safety Park will launch in Kotka Old Port in 2022.