Training of Trainers on Building Modern and Effective Labour Inspection Systems

Training of trainers on Building Modern and Effective Labour Inspection Systems
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Training of Trainers on Building Modern and Effective Labour Inspection Systems

25 août–5 septembre 2025
Le cours est disponible en English
Présentation du cours

LABADMIN/OSH (the ILO department in charge of Labour Administration, Labour Inspection and Occupational Safety and Health), has developed a training curriculum for raising the level of competence of labour inspectorates. The curriculum, named "Building Modern and Effective Labour Inspection Systems", is a modular package with 17 modules covering a wide range of aspects related to labour inspection, from principles, policies and strategies to practical tools and methods for visits. The purpose of the curriculum is to equip national labour inspectorates with standard and comprehensive basic training material that can used as a tool and reference in developing their own training curricula, adapted to the specific contexts, strategies, priorities and needs of their respective countries. This training of trainers course have been developed for the delivery of the labour inspection modules of this curriculum.

Groupes cibles
  • ¿ Trainers from government institutions involved in the training of inspectors.
  • ¿ Staff of the Labour Inspectorates with duties in training and mentoring new recruited labour inspectors.
  • ¿ Consultants, university professors and teachers working involved in the training of labour and occupational safety and health issues.
What will I learn?

The modules of the ILO Training curriculum “Building Modern and Effective Labour

Inspection Systems” are:

  1. The framework of a labour administration system
  2. Introduction to labour inspection
  3. Policy and planning of labour inspection
  4. Designing strategies for promoting compliance
  5. Cooperation and partnership
  6. Inspection of working conditions
  7. Inspection of employment relationships
  8. Inspection of occupational safety and health
  9. Dealing with vulnerable groups of workers
  10. The labour inspection visit
  11. Tools of the labour inspectorate
  12. Institutional capacity development
  13. Labour inspection and non-discrimination
  14. Ensuring compliance with legislation on psychosocial risks
  15. Inspection actions to deal with psychosocial risks
  16. Labour inspection in domestic work
  17. Soft skills for labour inspectors.

The contents for the training skills are:

  • The Learning Management Cycle
  • Towards participatory learning.
  • Learning styles
  • Learning design
  • Facilitating participatory learning: top 100 facilitation tips
  • Approaches and methods for assessing learning
  • Microteaching sessions.
Why should I join?

This course aims at strengthening the national and institutional capacity for the development of the competences of the labour inspectorates and raise the necessary skills of the labour inspectors.

Upon completion of this programme, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the principles, functions and main characteristics of Labour Inspection and Labour Administration.
  • Describe the main considerations and ILO directions on labour inspection policies and strategies.
  • Describe the ILO guidelines for the inspection of the working conditions, the employment relationships, occupational safety and health and the vulnerable groups of workers.
  • Plan and conduct labour inspection visits.
  • Develop tools, competences and skills for improving the performance of labour inspectors.
  • Design and evaluating training activities using participant-centred, learning and participatory approaches.
  • Plan and deliver training sessions on the modules of the ILO
How

The cost of participation, excluding international air travel, is EURO 4,230 payable in advance by the participant or his or her sponsoring organization.  Applications to participate in the course should be done online on the following webpage no later than 4 July 2025.

The filled-in application form should be accompanied by a commitment letter from the sponsoring institution indicating how the participant will be financed. After that date, the course and the selected candidates will be confirmed and the instructions and payment references will be provided.

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