040-1112/01 – Management of occupational risks (MOR)
| 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 | 2030/2031 |
| Intended for the faculties | FBI | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master, Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- Explain the importance and role of risk assessment and risk management in the OSH field.
- Interpret the requirements of regulations, standards and good practice in the field of occupational risk management.
- Apply the general risk management process (e.g. according to ISO 31000) in the OSH field.
- Applies selected procedures, methods/techniques and tools for occupational risk assessment.
- Assess the OSH risks and propose adequate controls.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Project work
Summary
The course is focused on risk management in the workplace. The ability to assess occupational risks and to propose effective measures to treat them is one of the key competencies of OSH professionals. Students will get acquainted with common workplace hazards (risks), with procedures, methods/techniques and tools for their assessment and with fundamental principles regarding prevention of occupational accidents and diseases. The course is linked to ISO 45001:2018, ISO 31000:2018 and IEC310010:2019 standards. A teamwork-based practical project present core part of the course. Students will have the opportunity to work on case studies from real companies and to carry out assessment of occupational risks in practice.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
HSE Managing risks and risk assessment at work: https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/risk/index.htm.
EU-OSHA Online interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA): https://oiraproject.eu/cs.
ISO 31000: 2018 Risk management – Guidelines.
IEC 31010:2019 Risk management – Risk assessment techniques.
ISO45001:2018 Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements with guidance for use.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Elaboration, presentation and defence of a project.
E-learning
Other requirements
Active participation in learning, elaboration of partial project tasks according to the time schedule.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction (OSH risk management and its importance. Relation to other risk assessments in the field of HSE/Safety and Security. Legal framework of OSH risk management.).
2. Basic concepts and vocabulary
3. The general process of risk management and its application in the area of OSH.
4. Workplace hazards – part I (safety, physical).
5. Workplace hazards – part II (chemical, biological).
6. Workplace hazards – part III (ergonomic, psychosocial).
7. Preparation for risk assessment in OSH.
8. Identification of occupational risks.
9. Analysis and evaluation of occupational risks.
10. Treatment of occupational risks (General prevention principles. Hierarchy of controls. Residual risks and risk transfer. Cost-benefit analysis. Risk treatment plan.) – part I.
11. Treatment of occupational risks (General prevention principles. Hierarchy of controls. Residual risks and risk transfer. Cost-benefit analysis. Risk treatment plan.) – part II.
12. New and emerging risks.
13. Reserve
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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