Table 4.
Characteristics of OSH experts using English for the search of OSH information by experience and workplace.
| Question | Grade | English | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2010 | 2018 | ||||||||
| n * | N ** | % | n * | N ** | % | n * | N ** | % | ||
| How long do you work | 1–5 years | 17 | 29 | 58.6 | 28 | 91 | 30.8 | 28 | 55 | 50.9 |
| in OSH? | 6–10 years | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 27 | 61 | 44.3 | 23 | 49 | 46.9 |
| More than 11 years | 9 | 24 | 37.5 | 20 | 43 | 46.5 | 27 | 82 | 32.9 | |
| At this moment I do not work in OSH | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 6 | 15 | 40.0 | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | |
| Where do you work? | In a company providing external OSH services | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 19 | 34 | 55.9 | 26 | 69 | 37.7 |
| In the OSH department of one company (there are more than one OSH expert in the company) | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 10 | 32 | 31.3 | 17 | 35 | 48.6 | |
| In one company as an internal OSH expert (the only OSH expert in this company) | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 15 | 47 | 31.9 | 16 | 34 | 47.1 | |
| In several companies as an internal OSH expert | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 9 | 33 | 27.3 | 11 | 42 | 26.2 | |
| In several companies as an external OSH expert (service provider) | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | |
| In state authority (Ministry of Welfare, State Labour Inspectorate) | 9 | 20 | 45.0 | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | |
| Other or unemployed | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | |
*
n, number of cases who have selected the particular answer out of respondents belonging to the group.
**
N, number of respondents belonging to the group.