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
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Occupational Health and Safety

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

SERMIN KUN

Offered to

Occupational Health and Safety

Course Objective

Understanding the basic concepts of the Occupational Health and Safety Program, learn how to use of these concepts in occupational safety.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To recognize the historical development and the concept of occupational safety and understand this usage.
2   To have the ability to identify and evaluate risks and dangers in business life.
3   To know work accidents and diseases, their causes and prevention methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The historical development of occupational health and safety
2 The concept and scope of Occupational health and safety
3 6331 OHS Law, National and international organizations and their tasks related to Occupational health and Safety
4 Risk and hazard identification, types
5 General and the legal definition of work accidents
6 Chemical and Physical Risks
7 Midterm exam
8 Biological, Ergonomic and Psychological Risks
9 Ergonomics
10 Work accidents registration, evaluation and reporting
11 General and the legal definition of occupational disease, the legal responsibilities
12 Causes of occupational disease and technical measures that can be taken
13 Personal protection and their importance
14 Proprietary risk groups

Recomended or Required Reading

Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği ( Temel Konular) Dr. Öğr. Ü. Hasan Selçuk SELEK

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. DVD, video etc.
3.Iş sağlığı ve Güvenliği Temel Kavramlar, Hasan Selçuk Selek

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT MIDTERM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MT*0.40+FINS*0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MT*0.40+RST*0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

It is calculated by taking 40% grade of midterm exam, 60% of the final exam success rating.

Assessment Criteria

It will be announced later

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% of participation in the courses is mandatory
2. All kinds of plagiarism (cheating) initiative, and the actual results in disciplinary action

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Öğr. Gör. Sermin KUN
sermin.kun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced later.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 4 56
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 13 13
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.2423432
LO.3342342