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Working Environment

Summary

This course introduces students to the broad principles of occupational hygiene as a discipline of anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control of hazards that can be encountered in the workplace. Through lectures and practical exercises, students will gain knowledge and skills for measurement of exposure to some key risk factors (chemical, physical, biological and ergonomic). The course will introduce the health risk assessment framework incl. control banding tools and the principles of prevention and reduction of health risks. Specific measures to protect occupational health will be discussed. As part of semester project, students will acquire practical skills in assessing health risks and proposing measures to prevent health risks.

Literature

Sue Reed, Dino Pisaniello, Geza Benke (edit.). Principles of Occupational Health & Hygiene - An introduction. 3rd edition. Routledge, AIOH, 2019. ISBN 9781 760528508.

Advised literature

John Cherrie, Sean Semple, Marie Coggins. Monitoring for Health Hazards at Work, 5th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell, 2021. ISBN: 978-1-119-61496-8.


Language of instruction čeština, angličtina
Code 040-0610
Abbreviation PPrst
Course title Working Environment
Coordinating department Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator Ing. Lucie Kocůrková, Ph.D.