Course detail
Industrial Safety
FSI-CPB Acad. year: 2019/2020 Winter semester
The main content of the course is a review of approaches to safety assurance (occupational health and safety, safety of machinery, environmental safety, prevention of serious accidents).
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
7
Supervisor
Learning outcomes of the course unit
The course allows the students to obtain basic knowledge in the field of risk management and safety assurance.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of mathematics in the extent of previous studies at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is expected.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures. According to the possibility of teaching can be organized lectures for students by practitioners and excursions to companies focused on activities related to the course content.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Requirements for course-unit credit award: active participation in lectures and seminars, semestral work elaboration, test; in justified cases, the lecturer may set alternative requirements.
Aims
The aim of the course is to familiarize the students with approaches to prevention of injuries and prevention of losses in industrial enterprises. A selection of procedures for safety assurance will be presented on model case studies.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Presence in lectures is recommended, presence in seminars is compulsory.
In justified cases alternative form of tuition, solution of individual semestral project.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B3S-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
branch B-KSB: Quality, Reliability and Safety, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. History of safety in the Czech Republic and EU.
2. Occupational safety and health protection in an industry.
3. Safety in the workplace.
4. Factors affecting safety in the workplace.
5. Categorization of works and prevention of hazards.
6. Personal protective equipment.
7. Safety of machinery.
8. Hazards generated by neglecting of ergonomic principles.
9. Environmental safety.
10. Prevention of major accidents.
11. Fire safety.
12. Information Security.
13. Security in the industry.
Computer-assisted exercise
13 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Introduction to methods of industrial safety, semestral work assignmnent
2. Measurement of workplace conditions and categorization of work.
3. Prevention of hazards – an example of the identification and prevention of risks.
4. Choice of personal protective equipment.
5. Safety estimation of industrial facilities with index methods – 1st part.
6. Safety estimation of industrial facilities with index methods – 2nd part.
7. Presentation of semestral works, course-unit credit award.