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TUR-1016 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH, 3 cr
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Courses persons responsible
Noora Hintikka
Language of Instruction
Lectures, exercises, materials and exam are in English. The course "Occupational Safety and Health" is lectured in English once per academic year (if the number of participants is sufficient i.e. min. 10 students). However, it is possible to complete the course also by learning sessions and individual study.
Implementations
| Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 | Period 4 | Period 5 | Summer | |
| Lecture | 2 h/week | 2 h/week | - | - | - | - |
Objectives
After the course the students will be able to define the main principles of occupational safety and health and understand their meaning in industry. The students should also be able to identify hazards at work and know basic corrective measures.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Legislation related to occupational safety. Safety management. | ||
| 2. | Occupational accidents. Ergonomics and well-being at work. | ||
| 3. | Industrial hygiene. Occupational health care. | ||
| 4. | Corporate security. |
Requirements for completing the course
During autumn term: taking part in the lectures, group work and exam. During spring term: learning sessions, individual studies and exam.
Evaluation criteria for the course
Study material
| Type | Name | Auhor | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability... | Exam material | Language |
| Lecture slides | Yes | English | |||||
| - | Selected internet pages | http://turva.me.tut.fi/english/studies/courses/TUR-1010/weblinks | Yes | English |
Prerequisites
Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)
Remarks
Students should take this introductory course before participating in other cources of occupational safety engineering (unless already studied at home university).
Distance learning
- In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
- In compiling teaching material, particularly for online use or other electronic media
- In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc
- In the visualization of objects and phenomena, e.g. animations, demonstrations, simulations, video clips
Scaling
| Methods of instruction | Hours |
| Lectures | 18 |
| Assignments | 20 |
| Learning diary, portfolio and other written work | 5 |
| Study materials | Hours |
| Lecture material | 15 |
| Online material not in finnish | 20 |
| Total sum | 78 |
Correspondence of content
3101000 Introduction to Safety Engineering
| Last modified | 25.05.2007 |
| Modified by | Noora Hintikka |