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Description

Occupation commonly refers to:

  • Occupation, or job, one's role in society, often a regular activity performed for payment
  • Occupation (protest), political demonstration by holding public or symbolic spaces
  • Military occupation, the martial control of a territory
  • Occupancy, use of a building

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Organizations relating to Occupation

Latin American Occupational Therapists Confederation / Santiago, Chile / Est. 1997
Asia Pacific Occupational Therapists Regional Group / Taipei, Taiwan / Est. 2006
Asian Network for the Rights Of Occupational and Environmental Victims / Kathmandu, Nepal / Est. 1997
Association of Caribbean Occupational Therapists / St Michael, Barbados / Est. 1991
Federation of Occupational Health Nurses within the European Union / Est. 1993
SEAMEO TROPMED Regional Centre for Public Health, Hospital Administration, Environmental and Occupational Health / Manila, Philippines
Baltic Sea Network on Occupational Health and Safety / Helsinki, Finland / Est. 1995
European Network on Occupational Social Work / Boskoop, Netherlands / Est. 1990
Nordic Institute for Advanced Training in Occupational Health / Helsinki, Finland / Est. 1982
Fundación Iberoamericana de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional / Buenos Aires, Argentina / Est. 2000
European Occupational Safety and Health Network / St Augustin, Germany
International Centre for Pesticides and Health Risk Prevention / Milan, Italy / Est. 1990
International Committee on Occupational Mental Health / Est. 1966
Confédération européenne des catégories auxiliaires des activités viti-vinicole / Est. 1962
Arab Centre for Human Resources Development / Est. 1975
Collegium Ramazzini / Bologna, Italy / Est. 1982
Convention Concerning Prevention and Control of Occupational Hazards Caused by Carcinogenic Substances and Agents / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1974
Convention Concerning the Restriction of Night Work of Children and Young Persons in Non-industrial Occupations / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1946
Convention Concerning Occupational Health Services / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1985
Convention Concerning Occupational Safety and Health in Dock Work / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1979
Convention Concerning Medical Examination of Children and Young Persons for Fitness for Employment in Non-industrial Occupations / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1946
Convention Concerning Workmen's Compensation for Occupational Diseases, 1925 / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1925
Convention Concerning the Protection of Workers Against Occupational Hazards in the Working Environment Due to Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1977
Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 2006
Convention Concerning Workmen's Compensation for Occupational Diseases, 1934 / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1934
Convention Concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1958
Convention on the Exercise of Professional Occupations and Recognition of University Studies / Est. 1962
Convention Concerning Occupational Safety and Health and the Working Environment / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1981
Convention Concerning Prevention and Control of Occupational Hazards Caused by Carcinogenic Substances and Agents / Est. 1974
Convention Concerning the Prevention of Occupational Accidents to Seafarers / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1970
Latin American Centre for Occupational Safety and Health
European Centre for Occupational Health, Safety and the Environment / Glasgow, UK / Est. 1999
ESF Network on National Socialist Occupation Policy / Est. 1994
Environmental Investment Facility for Central and Eastern Europe / Est. 1995
Fondazione Europa Occupazione - Impresa e Solidarietà / Est. 1995
Confédération interalliée des anciens des armées d'occupation
American Regional Committee on the Prevention of Occupational Risks
Committee for the World Court on Israel's War Crimes of Occupation Against Palestine / Tunis, Tunisia
Instituto Superior por la Prevenzione e Sicurezza sul Lavoro
European Network of Registers of Occupational Exposure Data / Est. 1991
International Occupation Watch Centre / Est. 2003
Comisión Andina de Formación Profesional
International Academy of Chiropractic Occupational Health Consultants / Owatonna MN, USA
Euroqualification
Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health / Työterveyslaitos, Finland / Est. 2012
Research in Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science Foundation / Utrecht, Netherlands / Est. 2020
Fundación Internacional ORP / Madrid, Spain
Asia-Pacific Environmental and Occupational Dermatology Group / Carlton VIC, Australia / Est. 1991
Latin American Occupational Safety Association / Guayaquil, Ecuador / Est. 1988
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health / Wigston, UK / Est. 1945

View all profiles (87 total) in the Yearbook of International Organizations

World Problems relating to Occupation

From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

Environmental hazards from textile and clothing industries
Occupational stress
Diseases of the respiratory system
Occupational hazards of benzene
Shift work stress as an occupational hazard
Dust as an occupational hazard
Occupational hazards to workers in small industries
Combination of hazards in the work place
Occupational hazards
Occupational risk to health
Repetitive strain injuries
Health hazards of asbestos
Cold as an occupational hazard
Lead as a health hazard at work
Sulphur dioxide as a pollutant
Carbon monoxide as a health hazard
Increasing job monotony
Solvents as an occupational hazard
Heat stress at work
Biological agents as occupational hazards
Health risks to workers in agricultural and livestock production
Work-related injury
Elimination of traditional skills
Structural rigidities in labour markets
Occupational risks and hazards of the medical profession

Action Strategies relating to Occupation

From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

Documenting occupational hazards
Protecting against occupational risks and hazards
Reducing occupational risk in the mining industry
Preventing occupational accidents
Combating discrimination in employment
Increasing basic labour mobility
Taking occupational risks
Patterning employment skills
Classifying dangerous occupations
Reducing work stress
Updating vocations
Cultivating new employable skills
Reducing occupational risks and hazards of the medical profession
Reorienting traditional Gypsy occupations
Exploding isolated occupational mindsets
Trans-socializing occupations
Affirming all occupations
Redirecting occupational goals
Offering work
Avoiding dangerous occupations
Systematizing occupational data coordination
Insuring occupational dangers
Reducing property and occupational discrimination in politics
International occupational network
Taking occupational risk to health

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