Workplace Safety: from design to occupancy

Code:

MESHO0010

Acronym:

SPU

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Safety Services

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
E-learning page:	https://moodle.fe.up.pt/
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
MESHO	67	Plano de estudos oficial a partir de 2007/08	1	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

To identify the main characteristics and contingencies related to corporate management;

To define and design the main organizational models related to Occupational Health and Safety;

To present the Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems standard and guidelines framework;

To cognize and apply occupational risk prevention methods in the design stage of new workplaces

To identify previous legal & technical requirements related to establishing economic activities

 

Learning outcomes and competences

Presenting and analyzing the legal framework related to establishing an economic activity as a supporting methodology to decision making in occupational health and safety

 

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

n.a.

Program

 

Part I

Management and the manager’s role. Management definition. The manager’s role and responsabilities. The manager’s skills and qualifications.

Team management; types of teams/working groups; group development and conflict management.

Occupational Health and Safety activities management;

Occupational Health and Safety management systems

Applicable legal and regulatory framework

Part II

Integrating methods to occupational risks prevention within workplace design stage

A) Design stage/project

A.1) General scope

Legal, technical, social and economic framework in workplaces design

A.2) Sectorial analysis

Case studies analysis in various productive economic sectors

B) Project execution

Temporary or mobile construction sites: minimum safety and health requirements;

C) Occupation:

Establishing Economic activities

 

Economic sectoral Occupational Healht and Safety legal requirements in using fully licensed premises

 

Mandatory literature

João Soares Ribeiro; Responsabilidade pela Segurança na Construção Civil e Obras Públicas, Almedina, 2005
Diário da República; Legislação Nacional
Parlamento Europeu e do Conselho; Directivas Europeias
OIT; Convenções & Recomendações

Complementary Bibliography

Taylor, J.B., ; Assessing and Changing the Behaviour of Organizations, Ashgate, 2010

Teaching methods and learning activities

 Part I

 Individual report assignment [IR] comprising a theoretical chapter and a practical section

 Individual report:

 i) theoretical chapter [TC]: presenting an explanatory text related to the standard requirement selection from an occupational health and safety management system.

 ii) practical section [PS]: presentation and debate of the report concerning the TC to a specific economic activity, identifying the gains and “good-will” related to occupational health and safety. The practical part of the report must be orally presented and discussed in the classroom.

 Part II

 Due to the specific training approach, evaluation comprises only an individual report and its presentation.

 Developing an individual theoretical/practical report: based upon a free selection of an economic activity licensing legal framework, develop a method to identify, classify and use of legal information in decision making procedures related to occupational health and safety.

 The written report ads to a compulsory oral presentation in the classroom and a discussion of the report main results.

 

keywords

Technological sciences > Technology > Information technology > Security technology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Trabalho escrito	14,00	30,00	2013-06-05
	Prova oral	14,00	20,00
	Trabalho escrito	14,00	25,00	2013-06-05
	Prova oral	14,00	25,00	2013-06-05
	Total:	-	100,00

Eligibility for exams

To be admitted to exams, students have to attend 75% of the classes

90% attendance in the Occupational Safety Technician Certificate

Calculation formula of final grade

Part I

Individual report assignment [IR]: 50% of the final grade for the subject

 i) theoretical chapter [TC]: 30%

ii) practical section [PS]:  The practical part of the report must be orally presented and discussed in the classroom: 20%

 Part II

Developing an individual theoretical/practical report: 25%

Compulsory oral presentation in the classroom and a discussion of the report main results:25%

 

 

Examinations or Special Assignments

n.a.

Internship work/project

n.a.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to FEUP General Evaluation Rules.

 

Classification improvement

According to FEUP General Evaluation Rules.