COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0110 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Efes Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR ÇAĞDAŞ SUNNA

Offered to

Catering Services Programme
Tourism and Hotel Management
Cultural Heritage and Tourism
Civil Aviation and Cabin Services
Civil Aviation Transportation Management
Food Technology

Course Objective

To emphasize the importance of occupational health and safety by explaining its historical process and current scope, to teach risk avoidance and protection, to raise awareness of the need to protect the rights of employees in the light of this information and within the law.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain the historical process and current scope of occupational health and safety
2   Classifies risk factors, defines work accidents and occupational diseases
3   Classifies and defines personal protective equipment
4   Explain the requirements for employee health and safety
5   Interpret occupational health and safety within the current law and scope

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Safety culture and its importance
2 Historical process of occupational health and safety, national and international regulations
3 Basic concepts in occupational health and safety
4 Obligations regarding occupational health and safety
5 Evaluation of work accidents and occupational diseases
6 Physical risk factors
7 Physical risk factors
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Chemical risk factors
10 Biological risk factors
11 Psychological and ergonomic risk factors
12 Personal protective equipment
13 Preventive health practices
14 Compensation cases arising from work accidents and occupational diseases
15 General view of occupational health and safety in Türkiye
16 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

21. Yüzyılda Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği, Robert H. FRIIS, Palme Yayınevi, 2021.
Akademisyenler, Profesyoneller ve Öğrenciler Için Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği, Doç. Dr. Z. Özlem PARLAK BIÇER, Nobel Yayınları, 2019.
Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği, Prof. Dr. Kenan ÖREN, Nobel Yayınları, 2020.
Konaklama ve Beslenme Işletmelerinde Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği, Doç Dr. Semra AKAR ŞAHINGÖZ, Doç. Dr. Aydın ŞIK, Detay Yayıncılık, 2015.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, presentations and assignments

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams and assignments

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is obligatory to attend 70% of the courses and fulfill the course requirements.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

cagdas.sunna@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

These are the days included in the program specified at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Midterm 1 5 5
Final 1 5 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 99

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.145
LO.245
LO.345
LO.4
LO.5