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Working Environment

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 040-0610/01
Abbreviation PPrst
Course title Working Environment
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator Ing. Lucie Kocůrková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Basic terms, legal regulations, factors of occupational environment, their basic characteristics and specifics
2. Hygiene limit values, legal framework for the assessment of the degree of risk of occupational disease, basic conditions of work categorization
3. Definition of ergonomics, basic ergonomic concepts, criteria and parameters of ergonomic evaluation of work systems
4. Dust, characterization, specifics, health impact, prevention
5. Chemicals, characterization, specifics, health impact, prevention
6. Noise, characterization, specifics, health impact, prevention
7. Vibration, characterization, specifics, health impact, prevention
8. Non-ionizing radiation, ionizing radiation and electromagnetic field, characterization, specifics, health impact, prevention
9. Thermal and cold load, characterization, specifics, health impact, prevention
10. Physical load and working position, characterization, specifics, health impact, prevention
11. Visual and mental stress, characterization, specifics, health impact, prevention
12. Biological agents, characterization, specifics, health impact, prevention
13. Work at elevated air pressure, characterization, specifics, health impact, prevention, space requirements for the workplace

E-learning

Study materials are shared via the LMS Moodle.

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.