Seminars on Occupational Safety and Hygiene

Code:

MESHO110

Acronym:

SHSO

Instance: 2007/2008 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Mining Engineering Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Occupational Safety and Hygiene Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EESHO	0	Plano oficial de EESHO 2005	1	1,5	4	-
MESHO	0	Plano oficial de MESHO 2005	1	1,5	4	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To complement the knowledge developed in the classic disciplines;
- To pass for the students, knowledge and experiences by recognized specialists

Program

• Domains of Occupational Hygiene;
• Chemical contamination – Dosis and Occupational Exposure Limit (OEL) concept, chemical agents and correspondent physiological action, conditioning variables using OEL, methods for OEL evaluation, OEL standards, Fundamentals of sampling, colecting systems, samplers, anlytical methods, control of occupational environments;• Lighting – Vision, basic photometric parameters, lighting principles, most important factors of lighting, cintilation, stroboscopic effect, maintenance of lighting instalations; psychodinamics of colour, lighting evaluation of indoor environments;

• Noise – Noise characteristics, sound pressure level; frequence and spectrum; anatomy and physiology of hearing, audibility, noise types, equivalent sound pressure level, noise measurement, consequences of noise, noise control;

• Vibration – vibration exposure criteria and effects in the man, vibration control;

• Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation;
•Thermal environment – Thermal balance, physical parameters and measuring equipment, hot environments, heat stress indices, neutral and cold environments, thermal comfort indice, effects of heat and cold in the man, thermal environment control;
• Biological risks

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical Exposition, conducting exercises and demonstration of equipment

Software

Moodle

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	42,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

90% for CAP
70% According to the regulations of FEUP

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Exam