---
title: "Terminology by action type"
url: "https://docs.4hse.com/prevention-and-protection/terminology-by-action-type"
description: "How the two levels of an action — definition and session — are named in each of the five prevention areas."
---

# Terminology by action type

Every action type is organised on the same two levels, but each one names them with the vocabulary of its own domain. Where a guide says _action_, read the name in the first column; where it says _session_, read the second.

Prevention area

Action (definition)

Session (execution)

Training

Courses

Editions

Personal protection

PPE equipment

PPE deliveries

Maintenance

Maintenance plans

Orders

Procedures

Procedures

Reports

Health surveillance

Prescriptions

Visits

## Who the recipient is

[Section titled “Who the recipient is”](#who-the-recipient-is)

The recipient is not always a person.

Type

Recipient

Training · Health surveillance · Personal protection

a person

Maintenance

equipment, an environment or a substance

Procedures

a person, a resource or a supplier

## What the certificate attests

[Section titled “What the certificate attests”](#what-the-certificate-attests)

Type

The certificate attests

Training

attendance and the skill acquired

Health surveillance

fitness for the task

Maintenance

the servicing was carried out

Personal protection

the equipment was handed over and received

Procedures

the procedure was reviewed or applied

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