040-0712/01 – Testing and certification (TaC)
| Gurantor department | Department of Occupational and Process Safety | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. et Ing. Vendula Laciok, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. et Ing. Vendula Laciok, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | 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
The course is focused on the system of safety assessment of non-food products in the EU. The aim of the course is to gain an orientation in the basic principles of the procedure of assessing the conformity of the product with the requirements of technical regulations and standards and their application to specific products in the given conditions of industrial operations.
After completing the course, the student will be able to determine whether the safety assessment of the product meets the requirements of EU technical regulations and whether the content of the accompanying documentation provides sufficient information to determine the safe conditions of its use. The student will be able to apply the acquired knowledge both from the position of the manufacturer and from the position of the user. Testing and certification procedures are demonstrated on specific products, representing selected product sectors.
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Summary
The course deals with certification and testing, used as proof of a safe product. It introduces EU regulations that define how to demonstrate the conformity of product properties with technical requirements in accordance with the new legal framework and EU policy. It mentions accreditation as a system for ensuring the quality of testing and emphasizes the contribution of metrology and standardization to verifying the conformity of product properties with the requirements of technical regulations. It introduces the obligations of entities placing products on the market and the role of supervisory authorities.
Compulsory literature:
uropean Commission. Commission notice. The ‘Blue Guide’ on the implementation of EU products rules 2016 (Text with EEA relevance). [online]. In: Official Journal of the European Union, C 272, 26 July 2016 (2016/C 272/01).
European Union. Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 (Text with EEA relevance). [online] Official Journal of the European Union, L 2008/218, 9. 7. 2008, p. 30.
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Participation in seminars, project, credit test.
E-learning
Other requirements
At least 80 % attendance at seminars.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction to the problems of testing and certification
2. EU legislation relating to a safe product
3. Old and new legal framework for product safety assessment
4. Market surveillance and safety gate system
5. Methods of product compliance assesment with safe product requirements in regulated and non-regulated spheres
6. Product sectors and modular structure for product conformity assessment
7. Third party assessment - notified person (notified body) for independent conformity assessment - nando database
8. European standardization, european and international standardization organizations, application and importance of harmonized standards for product conformity assessment
9. Testing as a means for objective conformity assessment of product properties with technical specifications, uncertainties of measurement
10. International organizations for accreditation the testing and calibration laboratories and certification bodies
11. Product documentation, declaration of conformity, instructions for use
12. Directive 2006/42/EC on machinery- subject matter, structure and content, essential requirements, case study
13. Directive 94/9/EC (Atex) - subject matter, structure and content, essential requirements, case study
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
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