040-0354/01 – Principles and Practice of Occupational Safety and Health (PPBOZP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Occupational and Process Safety | Credits | 5 |
| 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 | summer |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | 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
- Analyse and evaluate OSH knowledge
- Communicate about occupational risks and other OSH issues
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
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
E-learning
Other requirements
Elaboration of worksheets - practical OSH tasks (e.g. design of OSH policy, occupational risk assessment, preparation of training)
Elaboration, presentation and defence of semester work – internal documentation for selected area of OSH
Basic legal awareness; Risk management process
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction to OSH; History of OSH and current status
2. Fundamental OSH principles; Rights and duties of key stakeholders
3. Global Framework of OSH
4. National OSH policy, system and program
5. Management of OSH within the enterprise
6. Occupational risks
7. Occupational injuries and diseases - causation
8. Occupational risk assessment
9. Occupational risk prevention and control
10. Occupational health surveillance; Occupational health services; Workplace rehabilitation
11. Promotion of OSH, education and training
12. Protective and preventive services; Role, knowledge and skills of OSH professional
13. Knowledge transfer in OSH
14. Emerging OSH issues and challenges
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction