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ECTS Course Overview



Management of Risks

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Course Unit Code542-0329/06
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Optional
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KOU05Ing. Jaroslava Koudelková, Ph.D.
Summary
This course acquaints students with the basic requirements of European Union directives and their implementing regulations in the Czech Republic, especially following the requirement of Act No. 309/2006 Coll., where the employer is obliged to provide and perform tasks in the evaluation and prevention of risks to life or health.
Risk management involves identifying and evaluating risks and classification them. The next step in risk management is to eliminate them through technical and organizational requirements for the work environment, work organization and workflows.
Preventing these risks also includes addressing occupational accidents, workplace hazards, personal protective equipment, safety signals and signs.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of this subject is understanding of the basic risk management principles, their association with the present ČR legislation.
Course Contents
1. Legal and other regulations required by the EU in Czech Republic. Implementation of EU requirements into Czech regulations.
2. Labour code No. 262/2006 Coll.,
3. Categorization of work and classification into categories. Workplace hazards.
4. Personal protective equipment.
5. Occupational accidents in the legislation of the Czech Republic.
6. Compensation for damages and non-pecuniary damage, release from the obligation to compensate damages and non-pecuniary damage.
7. Quantification of the degree of risk.
8. Tasks in risk prevention, as performed by the employer, professional competence.
9. Risk elimination methods; preventive measures and their effectiveness
10. Safety sings, signals and meaning of colors in terms of OSH.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
STRANKS, Jeremy. Management Systems for Safety. London: Prentice Hall, 1994. ISBN 0273604414.
GLENDON, A. Ian, Sharon CLARKE a Eugene F. MCKENNA. Human safety and risk management. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006. ISBN 0-8493-3090-4.
ŠMÍDOVÁ, Miroslava, ed. Soubor právních předpisů k zajištění bezpečnosti práce a technických zařízení. 7., aktualiz. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2013. Bezpečnost práce v praxi. ISBN 978-80-7478-007-3.
ORAVEC, Milan. Posudzovanie rizík: bezpečnosť strojných systémov, bezpečnosť chemických prevádzok, bezpečnosť líniových stavieb. Ostrava: SPBI Ostrava, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7385-043-2.
STRANKS, Jeremy. Management Systems for Safety. London: Prentice Hall, 1994. ISBN 0273604414.
GLENDON, A. Ian, Sharon CLARKE a Eugene F. MCKENNA. Human safety and risk management. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006. ISBN 0-8493-3090-4.
Recommended Reading:
Generally binding regulations of CZ
Statute book of Czech republic
Guidelines for auditing process safety management systems. 2nd ed. New York: Center for Chemical Process Safety, c2012. ISBN 978-0-470-28235-9.
SMEJKAL, Vladimír a Karel RAIS. Řízení rizik. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2003. Expert. ISBN 80-247-0198-7.
Obecně závazné předpisy CZ
PROCHÁZKOVÁ, Dana. Analýza a řízení rizik. Praha: České vysoké učení technické v Praze, 2011. ISBN 978-80-01-04841-2.
Guidelines for auditing process safety management systems. 2nd ed. New York: Center for Chemical Process Safety, c2012. ISBN 978-0-470-28235-9.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Seminars, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined