COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GMS 2011 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PINAR IŞILDAR

Offered to

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Course Objective

Teaching basic concepts in work health and safety (definition of work accidents and reasons). The purpose is teaching students the knowledge of preventing work accidents according to work safety regulations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students should be able to understand basic definitions and topics in work safety
2   The students should be able to use definition of work accident, reasons of work accident and international work accident assesment methods
3   The students should be able to understand national institutions dealing with work safety, authority and responsibilities of work safety
4   The students should be able to understand labour inspector, occupational disease and reasons
5   The students should be able to understand control and prevention of work accidents and occupational disease, risk analysis, risk management, prevention international work accident
6   The students should be able to understand control and prevention of work accidents and occupational disease, risk analysis, risk management in kitchens.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Occupational health and safety general principles The emergence, necessity and general principles of occupational health and safety will be explained.
2 Occupational health and safety general definitions Basic concepts and definitions regarding occupational health and safety will be made.
3 Occupational health and safety and risks Hazard and risk definitions related to occupational health and safety will be made and risk analyses will be examined.
4 Occupational health and safety and risks Hazard and risk definitions related to occupational health and safety will be made and risk analyses will be examined.
5 Occupational accidents and occupational diseases Definitions, approaches and differences between work accidents and occupational diseases will be examined.
6 Occupational accidents and occupational diseases Definitions, approaches and differences between work accidents and occupational diseases will be examined.
7 Hygiene and occupational hygiene The concepts of hygiene and occupational hygiene will be explained and practices will be discussed.
8 Occupational health and nutrition Nutritional requirements specific to occupational health will be explained and necessary nutritional values will be discussed.
9 Occupational health and safety, national and International organizations National and international organizations related to occupational health and safety will be mentioned.
10 Regislations on occupational health and safety National and international legal regulations regarding occupational health and safety will be discussed.
11 Legal responsibilities regarding occupational health and safety Legal regulations and responsibilities of workers, employers and workplaces regarding occupational health and safety will be discussed.
12 Kitchen and Occupational health and safety Examples of occupational health and safety practices in kitchens will be presented.
13 Presentations Student presentations will be held on occupational health and safety practices and risk analysis in the kitchens.
14 Presentations Student presentations will be held on occupational health and safety practices and risk analysis in the kitchens.

Recomended or Required Reading

Özkılıç, Ö. (2005), Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği Yönetim Sistemleri ve Risk Değerlendirme
Metodolojileri, TISK Yayınları, Ankara.
Bahr, N.J., 1997. System Safety Engineering and Risk Assesment: A Practical Approach,
Taylor&Francis, Ney York, 251 s.
Hale, A. & Baram, M.,1998. Safety Management The Challenge of Change, Pergamon,
Netherlands, 275 s.
OHSAS 18001, TS18001. 2007.
Bayır, M., Ergül, M. (2006), Iş Güvenliği, Alfa Aktüel Yayınları, s: 213, Bursa.
Regulations dealing with work safety

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, question and answer, discussion, role play, guest speaker, video presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Vize
2 FN Final
3 BNS BNS VZ*0.40+FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ*0.40+BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1.Midterm Exam: Mid-term exam covers the topics examined in the course and weekly assignments (40%).
2.Final Exam: Final exam covers all subjects in the course content. Students are also responsible for the discussion, practice and case studies (60%).

Assessment Criteria

Exam papers will be evaluated regarding the level of understanding, as well as defining the causality between the basic concepts and issues of the lecture, ability of giving examples and analytical thought, and using relevant terminology.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligatory to attend at least 70% of the classes
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. It is essential that students make use of the reading list
4. Students are expected to be involved in class discussions

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

pinar.isildar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday, 09:30-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 78

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555
LO.6

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