040-1111/01 – Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)
| 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 | | |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2022/2023 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FBI | Intended for study types | Bachelor, Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- Understand the OSH focus and importance
- Explain the basic principles of OSH
- Communicates on OSH topics
- Search, analyse and critically evaluate knowledge in OSH
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
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:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Elaboration of worksheets (various theoretical and practical OSH tasks).
Elaboration, presentation and defence of seminar paper – literature review on current OSH topic.
Written test.
E-learning
Other requirements
Active participation in learning
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 legislation, regulation, standardization and good practice
4. OSH services and professionals
5. Risk assessment at work
6. Occupational accidents and diseases
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 education and 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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