Workplace Safety: from design to occupancy

Code:

MESHO0010

Acronym:

SPU

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Safety Services

Instance: 2013/2014 - 1S (of 09-09-2013 to 20-12-2013)

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=852
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	38	Plano de estudos oficial a partir de 2007/08	1	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

To present the legal framework in Occupational Risks Prevention and the Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems standard and guidelines framework;

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

Learning outcomes and competences

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 identify and manage the previous legal & technical requirements related to establishing economic activities.

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 responsibilities. The manager’s skills and qualifications.

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

Legal, technical, social and economic framework in workplaces design

Sectoral analysis

Case studies analysis in various productive economic sectors. Project execution

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

Occupation:

Establishing Economic activities

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

Mandatory literature

Comissão Europeia ; Saúde e Segurança no Trabalho – Guia das PME, Serviço das Publicações Oficiais das Comunidades Europeias, 1993. ISBN: 92-826-6117-2 (http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/europe-for-safety-and-health-at-work-pbCENG93006)
EU-OSH -European Agency for Safety and Health at Work ; Analysis of the determinants of workplace occupational safety and health practice in a selection of EU Member States, EU-OSHA — European Agency for Safety and Health at Work , 2013. ISBN: 978-92-9240-067-5 (http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/analysis-of-the-determinants-of-workplace-occupational-safety-and-health-practice-in-a-selection-of-eu-member-states-pbTERO13002/?CatalogCategoryID=V_wKABstsBoAAAEjpJEY4e5L)
Fonseca, A. et al ; Conceção de Locais de Trabalho: Guia de Apoio. Lisboa , IDICT. Série Informação Técnica (4ª edição). , 2006. ISBN: 972-8321-90-2

Complementary Bibliography

João Soares Ribeiro; Responsabilidade pela Segurança na Construção Civil e Obras Públicas, Almedidna, 2009. ISBN: 9789724024769
João Soares Ribeiro; Contra-Ordenações Laborais - Regime Jurídico (Anotado)., Almedina, 2011. ISBN: 9789724043111
Organização Internacional do Trabalho; Direitos fundamentais e normas internacionais de trabalho., ACT, 2007. ISBN: 978-989-95039-4-6

Comments from the literature

The various legal frameworks studied in the present Curricular UNit (occupational risk prevention; work-related accidents and occupational diseases workers' compesation, health and safety minimum requirement related to work material components, sectoral economic activities licensing legal framework, genearl sectoral health and safety regulations), comprehend, in general, a set of legal documents that are ann essential part of the CU's bibliography 

Teaching methods and learning activities

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

- theoretical chapter [TC]:

An individual theoretical written report including a bibliography review

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. This framework comprises a standard requirement selection from an occupational health and safety management system.

-practical section [PS]:

Concerning the TC to a specific economic activity, identifying the gains and “good-will” related to occupational health and safety within a sectoral economic activity.

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

keywords

Technological sciences > Technology > Safety technology
Social sciences > Juridical sciences > Labour law
Humanities > Information science > Information management

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Prova oral	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	106,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

According to FEUP's regulations

Calculation formula of final grade

WR: Written report (theoretical chapter (TC)) - 50%

OP: Oral presentation (practical section (PS)) - 50%

Final grade = Grade WR*0,5 + Grade PS*0,5

Examinations or Special Assignments

n/a

Internship work/project

n/a

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to FE(UP)'s regulations:

subject to the same deliverables as regular students (theoretical chapter + pratcical section)

Classification improvement

According to FE(UP)'s regulations:

subject to the same deliverables as regular students (theoretical chapter + pratcical section)

Observations

The compulsory oral presentation in the classroom and a discussion of the report main results takes place within the respective semester teaching weeks-