Course detail
Industrial Safety
FSI-CPB Acad. year: 2024/2025 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
5
Supervisor
Entry knowledge
Knowledge of mathematics in the extent of previous studies at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is expected.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
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.
Presence in lectures is recommended, presence in seminars is compulsory.
In justified cases alternative form of tuition, solution of the individual semestral project.
Aims
The aim of the course is to familiarize the students with approaches to the prevention of injuries and the prevention of losses in industrial enterprises. Attention will be paid to all basic areas of occupational health and safety and information security.
The course allows the students to obtain basic knowledge in the field of risk management and safety assurance.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme C-AKR-P: , Lifelong learning
specialization CZS: , elective
Programme B-STR-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization KSB: Quality, Reliability and Safety, compulsory-optional
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. Hazards created by neglecting ergonomic principles.
8. Occupational hygiene and prevention of occupational diseases.
9. Fire safety.
10. Protection of personal data.
11. Information security.
12. Cyber security.
13. Summarization of the presented topics, presentation of semestral works.
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.