040-0717/01 – Work environment and hygiene (WEH)
| Gurantor department | Department of Occupational and Process Safety | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Petra Roupcová, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Petra Roupcová, 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
Upon completion, students will have a basic understanding of the value of occupational hygiene and the role of the occupational hygienist; the range of hazards [physical and chemical] in the workplace; hazard recognition techniques; sources and potential routes of exposure; hazard evaluation, exposure assessment and the measurement processes; methods of controlling exposure; the management of occupational hygiene programs.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
The course introduces occupational hygiene as a broad multidisciplinary field focused on the management of risks occurring in the workplace, which may damage the health of employees at work or disrupt their well-being. It acquaints students with the basic principles and principles of occupational hygiene, which are applied in the effective management of health and safety in the company.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
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.
COM(2014) 332 final, Brussels, 6.6.2014. EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2014-2020.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Zápočet - účast na cvičeních, semestrální projekt. Zkouška - písemná a ústní.
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 Occupational Hygiene
2. Human Physiology
3. Fundamentals of Toxicology
4. Examples of Hazardous Substances/Processes
5. Assessment of Health Risks
6. Measurements of Airborne Contaminants
7. Hygiene Standards and Occupational Exposure Limits
8. Biological Monitoring and Health Surveillance
9. General Approaches to the Control of Health Risks
10. Biological Hazards
11. Noise; Vibration
12. Thermal Environment
13. Introduction to Ergonomics; Work Related Stress
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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