Working Environment

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	546-0328/03
Abbreviation	PP
Course title	Working Environment
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	Ing. Jana Kodymová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Integration of occupational health and safety problematic into company managerial system, relation to QMS and EMS, legislation in force
2. Hygienic requirements on buildings, workplace basic sanitary equipment requirements
3. Ventilation and heating, workplace microclimate
4. Physical load, psychical load.
5. Workplace limits – definitions
6. Dust – sources, limits, measuring methods
7. Chemical pollutants - sources, limits, measuring methods, health impact, biological exposure tests
8. Biological pollutants
9. Physical pollution (noise, vibrations - sources, limits, measuring methods)
10. Ionisation radiation. Non-ionisation radiation and electro-magnetic rays
11. Lightning – natural, artificial, combined
12. Workload classification and risk, occupational diseases
13. State control and administration of occupational health and safety

Literature

Pages of International Labor Organization (www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.html)
European Risk Observatory: Health and safety risks at the workplace: A joint analysis of three major surveys. Available at: https://osha.europa.eu/en/tools-and-publications/publications/health-and-safety-risks-workplace-joint-analysis-three-major/view
BOYD, C.: Human Resource Management and Occupational Health and Safety. (2003) 208p

Advised literature

HOFMANN A.D., TETRICK E.L. Health and Safety in Organizations: A Multilevel Perspective (2003) 458p
Second European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER-2) - Overview Report: Managing Safety and Health at Work. Available at: https://osha.europa.eu/en/tools-and-publications/publications/second-european-survey-enterprises-new-and-emerging-risks-esener/view
Safety and health in micro and small enterprises in the EU: Final report from the 3-year SESAME project
Available at: https://osha.europa.eu/en/tools-and-publications/publications/safety-and-health-micro-and-small-enterprises-eu-final-report-3/view
“Healthy workers, thriving companies - a practical guide to wellbeing at work” Available at: https://osha.europa.eu/en/tools-and-publications/publications/healthy-workers-thriving-companies-practical-guide-wellbeing/view

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