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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ISG 5016 RISK FACTORS AND RISK MANAGEMENT IN SOLID WASTE FACILITIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÖRKEM ŞEN

Offered to

Ph.D. in Occupational Health and Safety Occupational Healty and Safety(Non-Thesis-Evening) Occupational Healty and Safety

Course Objective

Ensuring the occupational health and safety during waste collection and transport, and in waste processing and disposal facilities, learning the determination and management of the risks which may threat the occupational health and safety.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning to determine the risks and their control methods for areas that the domestic, industrial and medical wastes are produced 2   To determine the situations that threat the occupational health and safety during the collection, transport, transfer and recycling of the wastes, to learn how to calculate the risks and their management methods 3   To determine the risks during the construction and operation of a lanfill site and planning their management 4   To determine the risks during the construction and operation of a composting facility and planning their management 5   To determine the risks during the construction and operation of a waste digestion plant and planning their management 6   To determine the risks during the construction and operation of a waste facility that applies thermal destruction methods and planning their management

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction to solid wastes 2 Occupational safety during collection and transport, risks and their management 3 Occupational safety during Transfer and recycling, risks and their management 4 Occupational safety and risk management in landfill sites Domestic waste landfill site 5 Occupational safety and risk management in landfill sites Hazardous and inert waste landfill sites 6 Occupational safety and risk management in composting plants 7 Mid term exam 8 Occupational safety and risk management in waste digestion facilities 9 Occupational safety and risk management in incineration plants 10 Occupational safety and risk management in pyrolysis and gasification plants 11 Sample case study 12 Sample case study 13 Technical trip 14 Homework presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

WHO, Solid waste management in emergencies, 2011 The World Bank Group, Urban Papers, Occupational and Environmental Health Issues of Solid Waste Management, 2006 HSE, Waste Industry Safety and Health, Reducing the Risk, 1999

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, video and ppt shows, technical trip, homework

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Gorkem Akinci, gorkem.akinci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 3 39 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65 Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5 Preparation for final exam 1 5 5 Preparing assignments 1 10 10 Preparing presentations 1 10 10 Final 1 3 3 Midterm 1 3 3 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 LO.1 3 4 2 2 LO.2 4 3 2 4 2 2 LO.3 4 3 LO.4 4 3 LO.5 4 3 LO.6 4 3 3