COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARITIME SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DDD 5018 MARITIME SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Maritime Security, Safety and Environmental Management

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OĞUZ ATIK

Offered to

Maritime Security, Safety and Environmental Management

Course Objective

To learn about the methods of risk assessment by defining safety, security, hazard, risk concepts, acquire knowledge and skills in risk management in maritime practices.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Having knowledge about the concepts of safety and security
2   2. Having information about the differences between the concepts of hazard and risk,
3   3. Having knowledge about the methods of risk assessment,
4   4. Analysis of the relations between safety and risk management,
5   5. Having the knowledge and skills that may be included in risk management processes
6   6. Preparing the proper ground to academic studies in maritime risk assessment with studies which will be done in advanced years.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, information on teaching methods. Discussion on the Safety and Security Concepts
2 Security, Safety, Hazard, Damage, Accident, Incident, Accident To Be A No Events, and ship safety hazards threatening,
3 Safety Status Approach, Hazards Identification
4 Level of Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction Methods
5 Emergency preparedness and Safety Management System
6 Human Error, and the Role of the Human Factor, Article Review
7 The status of Safety Approach Applications
8 Formal Safety Assessment
9 ISMA and ISM CODE
10 Researches on Safety Management
11 Paper Presentations
12 Paper Presentations
13 Paper Presentations
14 Paper Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

The main source:
Kuo, C.(1998), Managing Ship Safety, LLP publication
resources to help:
Elms, D. G. (1992) Risk Assessment. Engineering Safety, Editor, David Blockley, McGraw-Hill: New York.
Reason J. (2002) Managing The Risks of Organizational Accidents, Ashgate

References:
Journal of Safety

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Review of the literature, case study, presentation and discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Comparison of Management Concept and Maritime Companies: Exams and homework / The scope and breadth of the literature utilized in presentations
2. Maritime Companies Functioning: Homework / presentation during the preparation of the interview with Maritime Organization and analysis of the information obtained.
3. Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility: making reference to the care and honesty, compliance with scientific guidelines.
4 Effective Communication Capability: attitude in relationships with colleagues, clear and concise statements, to comply with the rules of courtesy, respect, discussion manners.
5. Team Studies Compatibility: communicate with those from different areas of expertise, solidarity, to make joint working and co-operation, formulate a solution.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assist. Prof. Dr. Oğuz Atik
oguz.atik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 39
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 65
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.153535
LO.23553
LO.3535555
LO.45555
LO.53335
LO.65353335

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