In addition to their initial training, occupational safety specialists (ASA specialists) are required by the EigV (art. 7) to undergo appropriate further training. The definition of appropriate continuing training and its duration has been entrusted to the SSHT for occupational hygienists (cf. Appendix 2, EKAS Directive no. 6508). The rules set out in the SSOH’s Continuing Education Regulations therefore apply to all hygienists working in Switzerland, irrespective of any certification or membership status.

The Swiss Ordinance on Accident Prevention (OPA, RS 832.30) stipulates that employers must call on the services of occupational physicians and other occupational safety specialists (MSST) when required to protect the health and safety of workers.
Any intervention within a company and/or as part of an inter-company solution within the context of this legal requirement, must be carried out by an occupational hygienist complying with the requirements of the OQual, including with regard to periodic continuing training (see above).
Continuing education and its duration are defined in the SSOH’s continuing education regulations. On behalf of the EKAS, the SSOH provides the following services:
– It checks the continuing education documents submitted by an occupational hygienist;
– It issues MSSL occupational hygienists who have met the continuing edcuation requirements with a corresponding training certificate (this service may be subject to a charge for non-members);
– It keeps a register of MSSL specialists who have undergone further training. Entry in this register is optional. The conditions for inclusion are described in the documents relating to continuing education.

Certified occupational hygienists must provide regular proof every three years that they have completed the necessary continuing education (an average of 40 continuing education points per year over 3 years, to be submitted with the certificate form in Word format).