Faculty members of the department continue to actively provide career guidance this academic year regarding admission to the J4 “Occupational health and safety” major within the “Occupational health and safety” educational program. Given the state of martial law, these activities are primarily conducted remotely. Nevertheless, when possible and when the situation is safe, they take place in person.
Such an event was held on March 10, 2026, in accordance with the directive issued by R.P. Mygushchenko, First Vice Rector of the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” (NTU “KhPI”), titled “On Strengthening Career Guidance and Preparations for the Admissions Campaign” with students in grades 9-11 at Krasnokutsk Lyceum №1 in the Kharkiv region. The career guidance event was held with the active support and assistance of the lyceum administration – Director N.V. Momot. The event took place in the lyceum’s bomb shelter, with approximately 80 students from grades 9-11 in attendance.
Essentially, this was a small off-campus Open House event organized by NTU “KhPI,” as representatives from the following departments participated alongside ours: “Electrical Apparatus”, “Chemical Technology of Inorganic Substances, Catalysis, and Ecology”, “Pedagogy and Psychology of Social Systems Management named after Acad. I.A. Ziazun”, “Automation of Technological Systems and Environmental Monitoring”, “Management” and “Computer Engineering and Programming”. Associate Professor Yashcheritsyn E. personally participated in the career guidance event on behalf of our department.
The event was preceded by preparatory work, during which academic and teaching staff prepared career guidance posters and promotional brochures, and, for visual demonstration, devices for monitoring hazardous and harmful industrial factors: anemometers – the VTMETER VT-816V digital vane anemometer and the MS-13 cup anemometer, the Mestek IR01C pyrometer, the GM 3120 electromagnetic radiation tester, and the Yu-116 lux meter.
The event began with a presentation by Associate Professor S.V. Vyrovets, a representative of the NTU Central Admissions Committee, in which he briefly introduced prospective applicants to NTU “KhPI,” its academic and research institutes, departments, and the educational programs available at our university. Significant attention was paid to the admission rules for NTU “KhPI” and the role of higher education in personal development.
This was followed by a Kahoot quiz for the students, the winning team was announced, and prizes were awarded.
The next part of the meeting consisted of a STEM event – that is, a live discussion between students and their teachers and representatives from the departments of the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI), during which various pieces of laboratory equipment were demonstrated. In this context, Associate Professor Y.V. Yashcheritsyn told the students about the prospects of the J4 “Occupational health and safety” major, the “Occupational health and safety” educational program, and opportunities for internships, study abroad, and obtaining a dual degree at foreign universities. Employment prospects and the positions that young specialists in this field will hold after graduation were also discussed. Naturally, prospective students were interested in the opportunity to work with instruments for monitoring hazardous and harmful industrial factors, so both the students and their teachers participated in the measurement process.
Using the bomb shelter where this event took place as an example, associate professor Yashcheritsyn E.V. demonstrated how to measure certain hazardous and harmful factors: illuminance at various points ranged from 180 to 230 lux, electric field strength was 385 V/m, magnetic induction was 0-99,9 μT; the air temperature in the bomb shelter fluctuated between 19,8 and 20,6 °C during the event, humidity was 32%, and air velocity was less than 0,1 m/s.
In general, it should be noted that the maximum values of electric field strength (385 V/m) and magnetic flux density (99,9 μT) were recorded directly on the casings of the electrical equipment used during the event. As the GM 3120 device was moved away from this equipment, the levels of these factors decreased to zero. Therefore, it should be noted that the levels of harmful and hazardous occupational factors measured in the bomb shelter fully met the conditions for holding the event.
The department’s career guidance activities continue!
Associate professor of the department «OandES» Eugene Yascheritsin