546-0802/01 – Working Environment (PP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Jana Kodymová, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | RNDr. Alena Labodová, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2008/2009 | Year of cancellation | 2016/2017 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Workplace risks - identification, assessment, management
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Summary
Factors of workplace environment (physical, chemical, biological), legislation, impact on workers health, occupational diseases and injuries, technical safety
Compulsory literature:
1. Legislation in force (Constitution, Labour Code, Public Health Act...)
2. ISO 45001
3. ILO Conventions (www.ilo.org)
4. Occupational health (www.who.int/occupational_health/en/)
Recommended literature:
1. www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm
2. Occupational Safety and Health (www.who.int/ifcs/champions/occupation/en/)
3. Selected occupational risk factors (www.who.int/occupational_health/publications/quantification/en/)
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Participation in seminars 75%
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Integration of occupational health and safety problematic into company managerial system, relation to QMS and EMS, legislation in force
2. Hygienic requirements on buildings, workplace basic sanitary equipment requirements
3. Ventilation and heating, workplace microclimate
4. Physical load, psychical load.
5. Workplace limits – definitions
6. Dust – sources, limits, measuring methods
7. Chemical pollutants - sources, limits, measuring methods, health impact, biological exposure tests
8. Biological pollutants
9. Physical pollution (noise, vibrations - sources, limits, measuring methods)
10. Ionisation radiation
11. Non-ionisation radiation and electro-magnetic rays
12. Lightning – natural, artificial, combined
13. Workload classification and risk, occupational diseases
14. State control and administration of occupational health and safety
15. Occupational safety – legislation, company duties
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction