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Risk assessment in health protection

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 030-0634/02
Abbreviation HROZ
Course title Risk assessment in health protection
Credits 2
Coordinating department Department of Fire Protection
Course coordinator Ing. Šárka Bernatíková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to risk assessment in occupational health protection. Definition and meaning, legal regulations and standards, ethical and social aspects of risk assessment in occupational health protection.
2. Analytical procedure in the search for risks in health protection. Processes of formation of working conditions and the most common mistakes in the management of business processes.
3. Risk factors endangering the health of employees, their prevention. Processes of identification of factors (risks), requirements for the selection of methods for risk analysis and the reliability of the human factor.
4. Categorization of jobs and their influence on work risks and health protection. Riskiness of processes in the concept of systematic, comprehensive and quick identification of processes and evaluation of their riskiness.
5. Enterprise risk management system. Health protection risk analysis strategy from the point of view of the EU and the Czech Republic.
6. The right person in the right place – the logic of connection and content of individual personnel management activities. People management processes and tasks.
7. Criteria and prerequisites for human performance, reliability and safety in the work process. Development of attitudes and competences, management and development of key employees.
8. Optimization of working conditions and ergonomics. Basic areas of the ergonomic system.
9. Evaluation of ergonomic risks, physiological and psychological factors of work. Ergonomic requirements for the workplace and ergonomic organization of the workplace.
10. Innovative procedures and trends in the approach to designing workplaces and solving the issue of worker health protection in corporate practice. Change management.
11. Principles and criteria of the organization of human work in the context of elimination of fatigue, monotonous activity and unproductive work tasks. Load – a key factor in work performance and reliability.
12. The influence of factors of the working environment on human reactions - comfort, or discomfort, stress, morbidity, organizational, ergonomic and personnel (human resource management) prerequisites for work performance. Risk prevention system.
13. Risk management in health protection, processes of planning and implementation of corrective and preventive measures. Examples of good practice.

E-learning

The LMS platform will be used as a shared workspace.

Literature

Fuller, C., Vassie, L. H. Health and Safety Management: Principles and Best Practice. Velká Británie: Prentice Hall/Financial Times, 2004. ISBN:9780273684824 .

Advised literature

Glendon, A. I., Clarke, S., McKenna, E. Human Safety and Risk Management. Ukrajina: CRC Press, 2016. ISBN:9781420004687 .
Popov, G., Lyon, B. K., Hollcroft, B. D. Risk Assessment: A Practical Guide to Assessing Operational Risks. Velká Británie: Wiley, 2022.
HELANDER, M. A Guide to the Ergonomics of Manufacturing. Taylor & Francis Ltd. London 1995. ISBN 07484-0122-9