Competencias y organización en Venezuela de los servicios de salud y seguridad en el trabajo

the principal objective of this study is to explain competences and organization for the health and job security services in venezuela in the light of the great challenges implied in fulfilling the ends for which they were created, given the shortages, ambiguities and difficulties in setting up and operating these services. the study is of a documentary, descriptive type, starting with the observation and analysis of national and international bodies of law in order to extract comparative experiences regarding their application and practical viability. results show the complexity of their organization--multidisciplinary and obligatory for the employer-- parallel to a significant accumulation of unavoidable competences in terms of planning and organizing work to guarantee worker safety and health, being a kind of physiological organ for the company that rationalizes individual work and the social factors that influence it. finally, some recommendations are formulated in terms of the need to educate and raise awareness for the social actors regarding the importance of a culture of security that passes through the elaboration of a national prevention program to display other, more specific points in another study.