Information Package

Program of Industrial Engineering (English 30%)

END357

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Course Code
END357
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
5
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS5
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Have an ability to basic application principles of occupational health and safety
  2. Identify the relationships of work Safety and working environment
  3. Have an ability to design of work stations under safety technique
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionDescription and history of occupational health and safety, work safety legislation and standards, human errors and work accidents, risk factors and in working environment, holistic hazard assesment techniques, antrophometric principles and working dimensions, occupational diseases, safety and health signs, design of work stationunder safety technique.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Descriptions and history of Occupational Health and Safety
2nd Week Work health and safety legislations (International and national)
3rd Week Work health and safety standards
4th Week Human errors and vvork accidents
5th Week Physical risk factors in vvorking environment (Noise, vibration, lightening thermal comfort)
6th Week Chemical and biological risk factors in vorking environment (Dust, acids, gases, biological agents)
7th Week Psychosocial factors in vorking environment
8th Week Risk management and assessment
9th Week Midterm
10th Week Anthropometric principles and vvorking dimensions
11th Week Occupational diseases
12th Week Safety and health signs
13th Week Work motivation and psychosocial approximations
14th Week Design of work station and vvorking environment under safety technique
Recommended or Required ReadingGoetsch, D.L, "Occupational Safety and Health" (2007) Pearson Prentice Hail
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Assignment 1 10
Quiz 1 10
Project 1 20
Attendance 1 5
Total(%) 75
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 75
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 25
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz 1 2 2
Individual or group work 14 2 28
Preparation for Final exam 1 25 25
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 25 25
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework 2 8 16
Total Work Load142
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4.73
ECTS Credit of the Course5
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No
LO1 LO2 LO3
K1 X X
K2 X X
K3 X
K4 X
K5 X X
K6 X
K7
K8
K9
K10 X
K11 X X