COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SEZAI ŞEN

Offered to

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

Course Objective

The purpose of the course is highlighting the importance of risk assesment studies for
limiting and controlling the hazards which may occur in the mineral processing unit
operations. The course aims to make the students be able to conduct risk assesment and
evaluation studies and take necessary precautions. Students will also be aware of legal
responsibilities and competencies for engineers about safety risks in minerals
industry.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

-Aswathanarayana, U, (2005), Mineral Resources Management and the Environment, Taylor &
Francis.
Asfahl, C.R., (2003). Industry safety and health management, Pearson Education Inc.,
USA.
-Külahçıoğlu, G. (1996). Iş Güvenliği, DEÜ Müh. Fak. Basım Ünitesi, No:49, Izmir.
-Bahr, N.J. (1997). System Safety Engineering and Risk Assesment: A Practical Approach,
Taylor&Francis, USA.
-Bayır, M. & Ergül, M. (2006). Iş Güvenliği, Alfa Aktüel Yayınları, s:213, Bursa.
-Department of Resources, (2008) Energy and Tourism, Risk assessment and management,
Commonwealth of Australia.
-Graedel, T., Howard-Grenville, J., (2005), Greening the Industrial Facility, Springer,
Germany.
-Hale, A. &Baram, M. (1998). Safety Management The Challenge of Change, Pergamon,
Netherlands.
- Joy, J and Griffiths, D., (2007), National minerals industry safety and health risk
assessment guideline, Department of Industry and Investment, NSW.
-Mol, T. (2003). Productive safety management, Elseiver, Oxford.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, case studies, scenarios

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1-8: will be evaluated by assignments
LO1-3 ve 5-8: will also be evaluated by final exam.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Students are obligated to prepare a student project.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assist. Prof. Dr. Sezai Şen
sezai.sen@deu.edu.tr, office phone: (232) 301 7543

Office Hours

It will be announced at the beginning of the semester

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes