040-0511/01 – Testing and Certification (ZaC)
Gurantor department | Department of Occupational and Process Safety | Credits | 4 |
Subject guarantor | Ing. Hana Věžníková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Hana Věžníková, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | | |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2002/2003 | Year of cancellation | 2021/2022 |
Intended for the faculties | FBI | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Knowledge acquirement about framework of safe assurance products placed on the market. Comprehension of requirements of technical and juridical regulations concerning „safe product“. Application of generally given requirements on particular products or category of products. Analysis of duties of producer and user of product.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Project work
Other activities
Summary
The course deals with the method of certifying the declared properties of
products and their verification, relevant legislation valid in the Czech
Republic following the legislation of the EU. It acquaints students with
duties of subjects marketing the products in connection with this legislation,
technical standards and regulations.
Compulsory literature:
Czech Republic, Act 102/2001 Coll. of 22. February 2001, on general product safety, as amended
Czech Republic, Act 22/1997 Coll. of 27. February 1997, on technical requiremenets of products, as amended
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
written test
project
E-learning
Other requirements
no additional requirements
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. THE INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC
Testing and certification – definition of essential terms, free movement of goods, regulated sector, protection of consumer and user, relationship with environmental protection and safety and health at work
2. THE LEGISLATION RELATING TO SAFETY PRODUCTS
The review of Czech legislation relating to safety product, relationship to legislation of EU, Act No. 102/2001. Coll. on general product safety and Act No. 22/1997 Coll. on technical requirements on products, definition of basic terms, and kind of products exempted from this act
3. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND TECHNICAL REGULATIONS
Implementing regulations issued to safety of products, sector system of products classification, establishing of technical requirements
4. CZECH AND FOREIGN STANDARDS
Development, changes, cancellation and issue of Czech standards, national, European, and international system of standardization, standard technical committees and principles standard developments process, harmonised and certain standards
5. GENERAL PRODUCT SAFETY AND SYSTEM OF ENSURING OF SAFETY PRODUCTS
The analysis of Act No. 102/2001 Coll. on general product safety, objective and scope of this law, safety requirements, accompanying relevant documentation, the obligations of producer, deliver and distributor, state supervisory authorities
6. SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AND RELATING GOVERMENT ORDERS
Act. No. 22/1997 Coll. on technical requirements for products, and relating government orders and decree of state authorities, issued to implement the Act
7. THE MODE OF CONFORMITY ASSESMENT WITH REQUIREMENT ON SAFETY PRODUCT
Modular approach of product assessment, different type of procedures to conformity assessment of product properties to requirements of technical regulations, established procedure for different sectors of products, risk analysis, product quality, and management quality system
8. THE TESTING AND THE STANDARDISATION
Testing and calibration laboratory, their operation and assurance of testing activities quality, technical standardisation as means to unity of processes, metrology, check and supervision of state authorities
9. THE ACCREDITATION AND THE AUTHORIZATION
The objectives of state authorities, responsible companies, Authorized bodies, their rights and obligations, Accreditation body, their rights and obligations, European system of authorization
10. THE PRODUCT CERTIFICATION
The definition of certification, certification authorities, certification of products, quality systems or personal, certification activity of Authorized bodies and certification authorities, relating standards and regulation
11. TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATNION OF PRODUCTS, DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY, INSTRUCTION TO USE
The requirements of technical regulations on documentation issued by responsible body, documentation provided to users, declaration of conformity, assurance of a declaration of conformity, specific requirements on instruction to use
12. THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE
Act. No. 59/1998 Coll. on liability for damage caused by a defective product. Act. No. 634/1993 Coll. on consumer protection, Act. No. 64/1986 Coll. on the Czech Trade Inspection, the responsibility of the legal entity marketing the product
13. THE PRINCIPLES OF SAFE USE OF PRODUCTS
The product in relation to the environment, the waste resulting from the operation or use of the product, the packaging, the product life cycle, the disposal of product
14. THE RESRVE
Conditions for subject completion
Conditions for completion are defined only for particular subject version and form of study
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction