Study Trips, Field Trips and Excursions
On many courses, taking part in excursions, field courses or field trials is compulsory. When these are being planned, the excursion leaders often have questions about safety, security, insurance and responsibilities. SSHE therefore makes documentation available to help those responsible with the organisation and, especially, with safety and security issues. For students’ travels abroad or domestic travels involving specific risks, the directive «Study trips, field trips and excursions: Handling risks» has to be observed. Please also note when travelling abroad that an export control check can be required if you are taking material with you. This is to ensure that no official export license for the export of the material is required. Even carrying a laptop may require an export license, insofar as it contains unpublished results from applied research that are intended for exchange. If you have any questions, please contact the Export Control Office of ETH.
Members of ETH Zurich are sometimes exposed to particular risks of infection or contagion in the course of their research work, during field trials or on excursions, which can be reduced by a Download vaccination (PDF, 133 KB). ETH Zurich bears the costs for the vaccination of its employees who require a special vaccination due to their professional activity at ETH Zurich. The units concerned (chairs, institutes and other organisational units) pay for these costs. Students usually pay for the costs of vaccinations themselves.
For advice regarding vaccinations and receiving vaccinations, you can either contact the external page Travel Clinic of the University of Zurich or external page the Centre for Occupational Medicine, Ergonomics and Hygiene (AEH).
One of the special vaccinations for which information is most frequently sought is the vaccination against tick-borne disease: information on tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and the vaccination itself can be obtained from the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) external page «Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE)».
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People who work outdoors have more exposure to the sun and thus to carcinogenic ultraviolet radiation than people who work indoors. The radiation exposure varies depending on the activity. Protective measures against UV radiation are necessary when working outdoors. It should be noted that technical measures, such as the use of sun sails, and organisational solutions are a priority here, for example, shifting work to times with lower UV exposure, i.e. early morning or late afternoon. If these measures are not sufficient or cannot be implemented, clothing covering the body and head protection must be worn. As a last resort, if no other protection is possible, sunscreens with a high sun protection factor are to be used.
Please note: in summer, protection is necessary even if you only spend a few minutes outdoors. Long-term skin damage can occur even without sunburn, and not only at work but also during leisure time.
Your work at ETH Zurich regularly involves time spent in the mountains, you are a gardener or regularly work outdoors and want to know how to sufficiently protect yourself against UV rays? Contact us.
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Documents
- Download Checklist: Preparation and Risk Analysis of Excursions Domestic and Abroad (XLSX, 80 KB)
- Download Template: Safety and Security Concept (DOCX, 45 KB)
- Download Questionnaire: individual travel host institution abroad (PDF, 1.9 MB)
- Download Directive (in revision): Study trips, field trips and excursions: Handling risks (PDF, 219 KB)