040-0708/01 – Occupational safety and health (OSH)
| 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 | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2022/2023 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FBI | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- Explain the basic principles of OSH
- Analyse and critically evaluate knowledge in OSH
- Communicates on OSH topics
- Implement knowledge of legislation, standards and good practice in key areas of OSH
- Proposes partial elements of OSH management
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
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:
Alli, B. O. Fundamental principles of occupational health and safety. 2nd edition. ILO: Geneva, 2008. ISBN: 978-92-2-120454-1.
Friend, M. A. and Kohn, J. P. Fundamentals of Occupational Safety and Health. 7th edition. Bernan Press, 2018. ISBN: 978-1-59888-982-6 (Paperback) / 978-1-59888-983-3 (eBook).
ISO 45001:2018 Occupational health and safety management systems — Requirements with guidance for use.
Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work.
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Defence of seminar paper; Written test and oral exam
E-learning
Other requirements
Elaboration of worksheets (various practical OSH tasks) - joint check within the course;
Elaboration, presentation and defence of seminar paper (proposal of practices/procedures for selected area of OSH) - submission in electronic form, presentation and defence within the course
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction to OSH
2. Global strategy on OSH, Fundamental OSH principles
3. OSH legislations, regulations, standards and good practice
4. OSH services and professionals
5. Risk assessment at work
6. Workplace accidents
7. Emergency preparedness and first aid
8. Workplace health surveillance, Rehabilitation and return to work
9. Workplace inspections
10. Consultation and participation of workers
11. OSH training
12. OSH management systems
13. Preventive OSH culture
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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