Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
190105004206OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY - IICompulsory242
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The importance of occupational health and safety of workers, emphatically, in terms of employers and employees, to present a structure that combines theory and practice.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Devlet Çıragoğlu
Learning Outcomes
1Students will gain knowledge on the basic concepts related to occupational safety and health of workers.
2Students will be able to analyze effectiveness and efficiency of occupational safety in administrative processes.
3Students will be able to adopt risk, prevention, and safety culture.
4Students will be able to understand Engineer's responsibility the terms of occupational safety.
5Students will be able to have basic information about first aid.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Objectives and content of the course, outlines of the course, the aim of health and safety,Basic concepts of health and safety such as injuries at work, occupational disease, historical development of health and safety, health and safety applications in Turkey and all over the world, ,Health and safety legislation ,Occupational health and safety standard: Ohsas 1800 ,Organisation of health and safety, duties and responsibilities of the ones who ar responsible for health and safety ,Responsibilities of government, employers and workers ,types of Incident and accident , occupational disease, prevention methods of diseases and accidents.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Objectives and content of the course, outlines of the course, the aim of health and safety
2Basic concepts of health and safety such as injuries at work, occupational disease, historical development of health and safety, health and safety applications in Turkey and all over the world.
3Health and safety legislation
4Occupational health and safety standard: Ohsas 1800
5Organisation of health and safety, duties and responsibilities of the ones who are responsible for health and safety
6Responsibilities of government, employers and workers
7Types of Incident and accident , occupational disease, prevention methods of diseases and accidents
8Mid-term exam
9Cost of occupational disease and accidents to worker, to employers and national economy, subsidies in case of occupational disease and accidents
10Hazard and risk , methodologies in risk evaluation
11Importance of education, encouragement, disciplinary penalty, and ergonomic in health and safety
12Personal protective equipment, health and safety signs
13Some precautions that must be taken in different construction activities, noise, vibration and fire, legal and administrative process in case of occupational accidents
14First aid in accidents
Recommended or Required Reading
1) Birecikli, B.M., (2010). Şantiye Tekniği ve Şantiye İş Güvenliği, Birsen Yayınevi
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures13226
Self Study14228
Individual Study for Mid term Examination133
Individual Study for Final Examination155
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)65
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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