COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RISK FACTORS AND RISK MANAGEMENT IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISG 5019 RISK FACTORS AND RISK MANAGEMENT IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS 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

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SERPIL ÖZMIHÇI

Offered to

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

Course Objective

Determination of physical, chemical, biologica land microbiological, gas contaminants and their risk factors.Giving information about utilization of occupational health and safety rules for each agent, hygienic rules, possible risks and their management. Giving the knowledge of determination and management of various types of risk factors in different treatment plants. Examination of samples that took place and discussion of precautions that were taken and might be taken.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning to determine the risks and their control methods of physical, chemical, biological, microbiological ect. agents in treatment plants
2   To determine the diffusion risks of spesific factors like noise, smell, gas leakage and to take the occupationa lhealth and safety precautions at these situations, tolearn how to calculate the risks and their management methods.
3   To determine the accidential risks like slipping, falling into pools ect. and planning their management.
4   To determine the ergonomic, physicosocial, organizational risks in treatment plants and planning their management
5   To evaluate various types of risks in different treatment plants and planning their managment
6   To examine samples that took place and discuss precautions that were taken and might be taken.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Physical agents in treatment plants Risks occurring from wheather conditions like flood, lightning, snow ect., effects of UV radiation
2 Risk factors and management of noise Effects of noise from mechanical instrument and their control and management
3 Risks of chemical agents used at treatment plants Acute and chronic effects of chemicals
4 Biological agents in treatment plants Organisms used in treatment plants and organisms from municipal wastewaters which are human originated
5 Sample Case studies
6 Risks of gas diffusion and gas control and managment Explosive, reactive, toxic gas control and the risks of diffusion
7 Mid term exam
8 Accidental risks at treatment plants Slipping, falling into pools, death into full of gas pipes etc.
9 Ergonomic, physicosocial, organizational risks in treatment plants and planning their management Risks of bad smells of wastes, bad working conditions, and not too "respectable" occupation cause of working in dirty workplace
10 Varies type of risks due to different treatment plants
11 Sampling and quality control of laboratories of treatment plants Sampling and quality control of laboratories of treatment plants
12 Sample case study
13 Technical trip
14 Homework presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Iş Hijyeni Ölçüm, Test ve Analiz Laboratuvarları Yeterlilik Yönetmeliği (Taslak) Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı, 2011
2. OSHA Occupational Safety, and Health Administration www.osha.gov 1-800-321-6742
3. Metcalf & Eddy, Third Edition: Wastewater Engineering - Treatment, Disposal and Reuse, McGraw- Hill, Inc., 1991

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, video andpptshows, technicaltrip, 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

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assistprof. Dr. Serpil Özmıhçı, serpil.ozmihci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 5-6

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 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 160

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.144455
LO.255
LO.3545
LO.4545
LO.54
LO.6555

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