COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISM 1024 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

SERMIN KUN

Offered to

HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR

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 safety.
2 The concept and scope of Occupational safety.
3 National and international organizations and their tasks related to Occupational Safety
4 Occupational Safety Culture.
5 Risk and hazard identification, types
6 Risk and hazard identification, types
7 1.Midterm
8 Work accidents registration, evaluation and reporting.
9 Chemical and Physical Factors.
10 Personal protection and their importance of the using.
11 General and the legal definition of occupational disease, the legal responsibilities
12 General and the legal definition of occupational disease, the legal responsibilities
13 Causes of occupational disease and technical measures that can be taken
14 General Assessment

Recomended or Required Reading

Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği Teoman AKPINAR Bursa Ekin Yayınları 2013.
Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği Temel Konular, Seçkin Yayınları, 2020.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Video etc.

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% midterm and 60% of the final exam success rating.

Assessment Criteria

The understanding degree of students to learning outputs is evaluated by midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Lecturer 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 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
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LO.2345434
LO.3455544