COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SURVEILLANCE OF WORK ENVIRONMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISG 5030 SURVEILLANCE OF WORK ENVIRONMENT 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 SEZAI ŞEN

Offered to

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

Course Objective

Working conditions and environment can affect the productivity, health and safety of the people within it. For this reason, observation of the sources of hazardous exposures in the work environment is of great importance. This course will provide an introduction to the process of surveillance of the work environment for the assessment of a workplace occupational health needs.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To recognize the importance of work environment surveillance
2   To define and classify the type of workplace and workforce
3   To identify work environment factors
4   To conduct the surveillance of work environment for personal protective devices
5   To conduct the surveillance of work environment for physical hazards
6   To conduct the surveillance of work environment for chemical hazards
7   To conduct the surveillance of work environment for biological hazards
8   To conduct the surveillance of work environment for electrical and fire safety

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information on occupational health and safety
2 Introduction to the surveillance of work environment and working conditions
3 Classification of surveillance systems
4 Work/working condition surveys
5 Surveillance of work environment factors, workforce, machines and ergonomics
6 Ergonomics surveillance
7 Surveillance of physical hazards
8 Surveillance of chemical and biological hazards
9 Surveillance of electrical safety
10 Surveillance of fire safety and major hazards
11 Surveillance of personal protective equipment
12 Sample surveys
13 Evaluation of the surveys
14 Student presentations and discussions

Recomended or Required Reading

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.
-Mol, T. (2003). Productive safety management, Elseiver, Oxford.
- 6331 Sayılı Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği Kanunu, T.C. Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı.
- Rebbecca Lilley, Anne-Marie Feyer, Hilda Firth, Chris Cunningham, Charlotte Paul Surveillance of working conditions and the work environment: development of a national hazard surveillance tool in New Zealand, Int J Public Health (2010) 55:49 57.
- Jorma Rantanen, Surveillance of the Work Environment, 1st edition, Helsinki 5 August 2009.

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 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The lesson will be commenced with oral student presentations and final exam.
LO1-8: will be evaluated by first assignment
LO1-8: will also be evaluated by final exam.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Students are obligated to prepare an assignment.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. 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

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for final exam 1 21 21
Preparing assignments 2 18 36
Preparing presentations 2 5 10
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 181

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.154555555
LO.25544
LO.33443
LO.455354
LO.554554
LO.6535
LO.7535545
LO.8454554

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