The 8-act theatre play titled “SHIFT STORIES WITH FOREMAN GÜVEN” met with mine employees of Eyka Madencilik (Mining) operating in Burdur on 14 July 2021, which is prepared 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.
In the opening speech of the seminar which started at 19:30, Head of Department of the Directorate General of Occupational Health and Safety Mr. Ergün CAN stated that with MISGEP, it is aimed 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.”
13 plays were staged and 3000 mine employees were reached in Manisa, Aydın, Denizli and Burdur in July within the scope of the interactive theatre play “SHIFT STORIES WITH FOREMAN GÜVEN”, which is prepared under MISGEP Interactive Seminars through Drama activity with the objective of encouraging communication and cooperation and creating team spirit between 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 topics, 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.
MISGEP Interactive Seminars Through Drama Tour Stage will set out to be performed in many provinces in August and September.