Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits	Last Updated Date
4	FE202	Occupation Health and Safety	2+0+0	2	2	29.07.2024

Course Details

Language of Instruction	English
Level of Course Unit	Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program	Civil Engineering
Type of Program	Formal Education
Type of Course Unit	Compulsory
Course Delivery Method	Face To Face
Objectives of the Course	Protect workers from occupational accidents and occupational diseases in the workplace acquiring the knowledge and skills to take safety precautions. Ability to take security measures against occupational diseases. May be at work by understanding the causes of accidents and injuries to take the necessary measures. Take precautions to make the necessary interventions for fires that may arise in the workplace learn about business law concerned about occupational health and safety legislation.
Course Content	Risk groups of employees. Occupational health, importance of occupational health outlook, occupational health basics, occupational disease, the definition of work-related diseases-causes and prevention, occupational diseases related to chemical, physical and biological risks of accidents at work, occupational health criteria and application areas, Health the right to security, safety culture concept
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	Asist Prof.Dr. Kadir Sercan Bayram
Name of Lecturers	None
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources	Lecture notes
Course Notes	İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği Yönetim Sistemleri ve Risk Değerlendirme Metodolojileri, Özlem Özkılıç, Türkiye İşveren Sendikaları Yayını, Ankara

Course Category

Engineering	%70
Social Sciences	%30

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Course Duration	13	2	26
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud	14	2	28
Presentation	1	2	2
Mid-terms	1	2	2
Final examination	1	2	2
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 2 60

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	Will be able to comprehend basic concepts and historical development of occupational health and safety.
2	Will be able to comprehend the duties and responsibilities of occupational physician and occupational safety specialist in the workplace.
3	Will be able to comprehend the concepts of risk, danger, primary, secondary and tertiary protection.
4	Will be able to have knowledge about physical, chemical, biological and psychosocial risks.
5	Will be able to evaluate occupational health and safety legislation in the workplace

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	Chapter 1: Introduction and General Information
2	Chapter 2: Basic concepts and history of occupational health and safety
3	Chapter 3: Duties and responsibilities of occupational safety specialist
4	Chapter 4: Duties and responsibilities of occupational physician
5	Chapter 5: Concepts of risk, danger, primary, secondary and tertiary protection
6	Chapter 5: Concepts of risk, danger, primary, secondary and tertiary protection
7	Chapter 6: Evaluation of occupational accidents
8	Lecture notes
9	Chapter 7: Evaluation of occupational diseases
10	Chapter 8: Occupational health and safety in construction sector
11	Chapter 9: Occupational health and safety practices in the workplace
12	Chapter 10: Biological and chemical risk factors
13	Chapter 11: Physical and psychosocial risk factors
14	Chapter 12: Occupational health and safety organization and management systems in workplaces

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant