Code: | MESHO100 | Acronym: | PCF |
Keywords | |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Behaviour and Social Sciences |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Mining Engineering Department |
Course/CS Responsible: | Master in Occupational Safety and Hygiene Engineering |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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MESHO | 16 | Plano de estudos oficial a partir de 2007/08 | 2 | - | 6 | 56 | 162 |
I. WORK PSYCHO-SOCIOLOGY
· Present the mainstream of work psycho-sociology and provide a thorough understanding of some key issues for the consideration of the human factor in the management of safety and health at work;
II. COMMUNICATION
· Raising awareness of the understanding of communication phenomena and to the interdisciplinary dialogue on risk assessment;
III. TRAINING
· Identify training opportunities from the analysis and design of work processes;
· Develop training programs in occupational safety and health, articulated with the real needs of production systems and the experiences and skills of the trainees.
I. WORK PSYCHO-SOCIOLOGY
· Encourage the articulation of theoretical and methodological concepts with real work situations;
II. COMMUNICATION
· Promote the development of communication skills;
III. TRAINING
· Develop and evaluate training programs, promoting the regulation of its impact on the safety and health of workers.
I. WORK PSYCHO-SOCIOLOGY
·Traditional Psycho-sociologic approach to work
·The will to break with Taylorism: “human factor” and production process conception
·Main categories for work analysis in a contemporary approach: prescribed work/real work; pluridisciplinary approach and human error; restitution and validation; methodological and ethical vigilance; work beyond the company
II. COMMUNICATION
·General principles of communication in a traditional approach
·Multidisciplinarity and communication: several representations in risk assessment
·Double-way dialogue among workers and the intervention actors
III. TRAINING
·From social system conception to training conceptions
·“Gestures and postures” training: from a “prescriptive prevention” to a “comprehensive prevention”
·Ergonomic work analysis and preventors’ training
·Training assessment and transforming work: contributions and limitations of training; risk prevention actors inside and outside the company.
This curricular unit seeks to create favorable conditions for development of knowledge and skills, through the privileged resource to: concrete examples, case studies and short exercises, together with discussion and feedback about the proposals.
Eligibility for exams: 90 % to obtain the Vocational Training Certificate;
75% according to general evaluation rules of FEUP.
The proposed evaluation assumes a continuous character, based on two elements:
· Performance of theoretical-practical assignments in small groups, in class (later delivery of written report): 40%;
· Final exam (oral examination): 60%
For each evaluation element the minimum grade is 8.5 (out of 20).
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Exame | 60,00 |
Trabalho escrito | 40,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 106,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 56,00 |
Total: | 162,00 |
Final classification = theoretical-practical assignments (40%) + final exam (60%)