Occupational Health and Safety


Sarıer N.

  • Dersin Düzeyi: Lisans
  • Tasarlanan Ders Kodu: CE0530
  • Öğretim Türü: Örgün Öğretim (Normal Öğretim)
  • Dersin Kapsamı: Teorik ve Uygulama
  • Akademik Yıl: 2023 - 2024
  • Ders İçeriği:

    Bu ders, İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği alanındaki önemli konulara genel bir bakış sunmaktadır.  Ders, ilgili İSG yönetmeliklerini ve inşaat sahalarındaki hastalıklar, yaralanmalar ve/veya ölümlerle ilgili sektör bilgilerini ve alınması gereken önlemleri kapsayacak, böylece öğrenciler inşaat sektöründeki başlıca işyeri sağlık ve güvenlik sorunlarını anlayabilecek, bu alandaki mevcut kamu politikasını gözden geçirebilecek ve bir işyeri denetiminin nasıl yapılacağını öğrenebileceklerdir.

    This course presents an overview of significant topics in Occupational Safety and Health.  The course will cover relevant OHS regulations and industry information on illnesses, injuries and/or fatalities on construction sites and the precautions to be taken so that students will be able to understand the major types of workplace health and safety problems in the construction industry, review existing public policy in this area, and learn how to conduct a workplace audit.

     Course Learning Outcomes

    1.            Gaining knowledge of occupational health and safety

    2.            Identifying Hazards and Risks within a construction environment,   knowing the principles of risk assessment for maintaining and improving health and safety at work

    3.            Knowing the importance of working around construction site and equipment safely, interpreting work accident statistics and gaining awareness about the most common work accidents in construction.

    4.            Knowing types and ways of occurrence of occupational accidents; taking measures and implementing a successful occupational safety management system on sites.

    5.            Gaining an awareness and understanding of professional, legal and ethical responsibilities as a civil engineer about  occupational health and safety at construction sites.

     Course Materials

    All course materials; lecture presentations, reading materials, videos etc. will be provided

    within the CATs platform. You do not need to purchase any course materials.

    Tüm ders materyalleri; ders sunumları, okuma materyalleri, videolar vb. CAT platformu içerisinde sağlanacaktır. Herhangi bir ders materyali satın almanıza gerek yoktur.

     

    Main resources:

    1.            Safety and health in construction. ILO code of practice. Revised edition. Geneva: International Labour Office, 2022. ISBN 978-92-2-036885-5 (web PDF)

    2.            Friend, Mark, Mark A. Friend, James Kohn, and James P. Kohn. Fundamentals of occupational safety and health. Rowman & Littlefield, 2023.

    3.            Ferrett, Ed. Introduction to Health and Safety at Work: for the NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety. Routledge, 2020.

     

    Other Materials              

    1.            ELCOSH - Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Health and Safety  http://www.elcosh.org/

    2.            HSE Construction http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction

    3.            İnşaat Sektöründe İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği

    https://guvenliinsaat.csgb.gov.tr/sektor-hakkinda/gorev-ve-sorumluklar/

    4.            ILO Health and Safety in construction (Revised edition), 9789220368855 (web pdf)[ISBN], https://www.ilo.org/sector/Resources/codes-of-practice-and-guidelines/WCMS_861584/lang--en/index.htm

    5.            Good OSH is good for business https://osha.europa.eu/en/themes/good-osh-is-good-for-business

    6.            Construction safety risks and prevention https://oshwiki.osha.europa.eu/en/themes/construction-safety-risks-and-prevention

     

    Assessments

    Evaluation tools

    Quantity

    Weight(%)

    Midterm(s)

    1

    30

    Quizzes

    8

    25

    Attendance

    14

    5

    Final Exam

    1

    40

     

    Letter Grading

     

    (A): 90> , (A-): 89-85
    (B+): 84-80 , (B): 79-75 , (B-): 74-70
    (C+): 69-65 , (C): 64-60 
    (C-): 59-55
    (D+): 54-50 , (D): 49-45 , (D-): 44-40
    (F): 39≤