COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION WORKS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISG 5043 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION WORKS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MUSTAFA ÖZUYSAL

Offered to

Ph.D. in Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational Healty and Safety

Course Objective

Construction works which are classified in the high level risk works, have some specific principles and an application regulation for the surveillance of occupational health and safety. The objective of this course is to provide knowledge about the legal, technical and administrative principles based on the regulations in Turkey and European Union by using some site examples, particularly in the risk groups of construction works.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the responsibilities about the occupational health and security in construction works
2   To evaluate jointly the construction site management and occupational health and security applications
3   To understand and distinguish the regulations in Turkey and European Union.
4   To perform the documentation about the occupational health and security in construction works.
5   To define the minimum requirements in construction sites for occupational health and safety.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General assessment of occupational health and safety (OHS) in construction works in Turkey by using basic statistics
2 Introduction and definitions
3 The risk groups in construction works
4 The general comparison of the regulations in Turkey and European Union about OHS in construction works
5 The responsibilities of the employers about OHS in construction works
6 The assignments and responsibilities of health and safety coordinators in construction works
7 The documentation about OHS in construction works, designation of assignment topics
8 The integration of OHS works with construction site management and organization
9 MID-TERM EXAM
10 Ensuring the specific minimum requirements for the covered areas in construction sites
11 Ensuring the specific minimum requirements for the open fields in construction sites
12 OHS certification applications in construction works
13 OHS and the other reassurance systems in construction works
14 Student presentations and general assessment

Recomended or Required Reading

- Yapı Işlerinde Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği Yönetmeliği, T.C. Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı.
- Yapı Işyerleri Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği El Kitabı, T.C. Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı, Iş Teftiş Kurulu Başkanlığı.
- OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational health and safety management systems- Requirements, BSI, 2007.
- Külahçıoğlu, G. (1996). Iş Güvenliği, DEÜ Müh. Fak. Basım Ünitesi, No:49, Izmir.
- Bayır, M., Ergül, M. (2006). Iş Güvenliği, Alfa Aktüel Yayınları, s:213, Bursa.
- 6331 Sayılı Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği Kanunu, T.C. Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı.
- Bahr, N.J. (1997). System Safety Engineering and Risk Assesment: A Practical Approach, Taylor&Francis, USA.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lessons will be made in the form of oral presentations, visual expressions in the class.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The lesson will be commenced with oral student presentations and final exam.
LO1-4: will be evaluated by mid-term exam.
LO6: will be evaluated by assignment.
LO1-5: will also be evaluated by final exam.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assist. Prof. Dr. Mustafa ÖZUYSAL
mustafa.ozuysal@deu.edu.tr, office phone: (232) 301 7076

Office Hours

It will be announced at the beginning of the semester

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.1554444
LO.2
LO.35544444
LO.44
LO.54444

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