OSH

OSH
040-0559/01
čeština OSH
040-0559/02
čeština

Summary

History of Occupational safety and health (OSH). Current concept of OSH. Multidisciplinarity of OSH. Position of OSH within the "Safety and Security". OSH and other disciplines within safety and security (process safety, fire protection, crisis management and emergency planning, etc.). Specializations in OSH (technical safety, occupational hygiene and ergonomics, management of hazardous chemicals, explosion protection, etc.). Key OSH principles. OSH legal framework. OSH organization on international, European, national and enterprise level. Role, knowledge and skills of OSH professionals. Professional qualification in OSH. Information sources in OSH.

Literature

COM(2014) 332 final. COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS on an EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2014-2020.
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work(89/391/EEC)

Advised literature

Alli, B. O. Fundamental principles of occupational health and safety. 2nd edition. ILO: Geneva, 2008. .
Friend, M. A. and Kohn, J. P. Fundamentals of Occupational Safety and Health. 6th edition. Bernan Press, 2014. , 9781598887242.
ILO encyclopaedia on occupational health and safety: http://www.iloencyclopaedia.org/.
Hale, A., Pryor, P., Hudson, D. (2014). The OHS Professional: A framework for practice – Role, knowledge and skills. International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Organisations (INSHPO). Des Plaines, USA.
EU-OSHA: https://osha.europa.eu/en.

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Language of instruction	čeština, čeština
Code	040-0559
Abbreviation	BOZP
Course title	OSH
Coordinating department	Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator	Ing. Lucie Kocůrková, Ph.D.