040-0152/01 – Principles and practice of OSH (PaPB)
| Gurantor department | Department of Occupational and Process Safety | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Lucie Kocůrková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Lucie Kocůrková, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2020/2021 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FBI | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- Apply key principles of OSH into practice
- Propose OSH policies and programs
- Explain the causation of occupational injuries and diseases
- Use systematic approach to occupational risk assessment and control
- Apply knowledge of legislation, standards and good practice in key areas of OSH
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Project work
Summary
The course introduces Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) as a broad multidisciplinary field focusing on management of occupational risks which may harm the employee´s health or impair their well-being. It acquaints students with the basic principles and foundations of OSH, which are applied in the effective management of health and safety at work. It presents selected practical aspects of OSH, whose knowledge and the ability to implement into practice are among the key competencies of OSH professionals.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
BS OHSAS 18001 - Occupational Health and Safety Management
ILO encyclopaedia on occupational health and safety: http://www.iloencyclopaedia.org/.
INSHPO (International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Organisations. (2016). The Occupational Health and Safety Professional Capability Framework: A global framework for practice. International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Organisations (INSHPO). Park Ridge, IL, USA.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
-účast na cvičeních, projekt, kombinovaná zkouška.
E-learning
Other requirements
Elaboration of worksheets- practical OSH tasks (e.g. design of OSH policy, occupational risk assessment, preparation of training)
Credit: semestral work (individual or team work) - internal documentation for selected area of OSH)- submission in electronic form, presentation and defense of semestral work
Examination: written test and oral exam
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction to OSH; Basic principles of OSH; Rights and obligations of stakeholders
2. International OSH framework
3. National policy, program and OSH system
4. Occupational health and safety management
5. Occupational hazards
6. Accidents at work and occupational diseases - case report
7. Assessment of occupational risks
8. Prevention of occupational risks
9. Investigation of occupational accidents and accidents
10. Employee Health Monitoring; Occupational medical services
11. Support of OSH, education and training in OSH
12. OSH management systems; Certification
13. Safety culture; Prevention culture
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction