The 8-act theatre play titled “SHIFT STORIES WITH FOREMAN GÜVEN” met with mine employees in Manisa, which is carried out under the “Interactive Seminars Through Drama” activity of the “Improving Occupational Health and Safety Especially in Mining Sector Project” (MISGEP), financed by the European Union and the Republic of Turkey and implemented by the Directorate General of Occupational Health and Safety (DGOHS) of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.
The tour of the interactive theatre play “SHIFT STORIES WITH FOREMAN GÜVEN” was initiated, which was prepared under the “Interactive Seminars Through Drama” activity of MISGEP with the aim of encouraging communication and cooperation between mine employees and creating a team spirit. The first stop of the tour was Manisa Demir Export Soma Eynez Underground Coal Mine. The interactive theatre play was presented to the mine employees at 14:00. The interactive theatre play, which was enjoyed by the audience despite the hot weather, will be staged again for the evening shift employees at 21:30.
In the opening speech of the seminar, the Head of Department of the Directorate General of Occupational Health and Safety Mr. Ergün CAN noted that with MISGEP, they aim to reach underground coal and metal mining workplaces and their employees in Turkey. In his speech, Mr. Ergün CAN stated, “With the MISGEP Tour Stage, which is prepared in line with these objectives, we will go to mining pits, where mine employees work, in more than 30 provinces, organise nearly 60 seminars, and reach 10.000 mine employees.”
Interactive Training Seminar Through Drama, developed with the drama technique, which is one of the most effective methods for understanding human behaviour, communication-based issues, and abstract concepts, consists of 8 parts; and it includes different themes such as on-the-job training in the field of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), personal protective equipment, fortification, prevention of occupational accidents, the psychological state of the employee, the current OHS law, rights, employee representative, rescue, and communication. At the end of each part, the audience is included in the play, and an interactive play is performed by taking their comments and evaluations.
The second stop of the tour will be IMBAT Madencilik (Mining) in Soma, Yırca Village on 30 June 2021. Manisa tour of the Interactive Training Seminars Through Drama will continue in other mines in the first weeks of July.
