Las habilidades para la vida: un diálogo entre la academia y una industria de curtiembres

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The tannery industry uses chemical substances and equipment that allow the treatment of the skins, in which the operators must previously know the levels of physical and chemical risks for their respective handling. Therefore, the main objective of the research is to reduce the risks mentioned in the operators by applying a dialogue of knowledge between the university and the industry with the implementation of a training workshop on Good Manufacturing Practices, and its relationship with target 3.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals; in which the cognitive category of life skills was applied in its dimensions (critical thinking, self-knowledge and decision making). The methodology used was qualitative with a descriptive scope, in which the perceptions of the operators were analyzed using the ATLAS.ti. version 09 program, with which semantic networks were constructed, linking the responses of the operators to a series of questions, which were addressed in each of the work modules (physical risks in the work environment and chemical risks in the industry). At the level of conclusions it is highlighted that the operators applied the dimension of self-knowledge in physical risks highlighting the importance of using Personal Protection Elements to avoid accidents in their daily work; in relation to the dimensions of critical thinking and decision making, these were applied in chemical risks where employees argue the use of pictograms of chemical reagents in the handling of substances in each of their processes. Finally, the population involved establishes the importance of dialogue between academia and industry to continue carrying out this type of activities, which in the future will guarantee a healthy life and promote the well-being of all workers, thus complying with Sustainable Development Goal 3.