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Working Environment

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 040-0610/02
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. Introduction to Occupational hygiene
2. Health risk assessment, control strategies for workplace health hazards
3. Dust (aerosols)
4. Hazardous substances and mixtures, workplace carcinogens
5. Noise and vibration
6. Non-ionizing radiation, electromagnetic fields and lasers
7. Microclimate, heat &cold stress
8. Physical load and body postures
9. Lightening, visual stress, display-screen equipment. Psychosocial risks and stress at work.
10. Biological agens
11. Working Under Increased Barometric Pressure. Workplace hygiene requirements.
12. Health surveillance. Occupational medical services. Recognition of occupational diseases.
13. State health supervision, Preventive hygiene supervision.

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.