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Syllabus ( FS 101 )


   Basic information
Course title: Occupational Health and Safety I
Course code: FS 101
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Aylin USLU
ECTS credits: 1
GTU credits: 1 ()
Year, Semester: 1, Fall
Level of course: First Cycle (Undergraduate)
Type of course: Compulsory
Language of instruction: English
Mode of delivery: Face to face
Pre- and co-requisites: none
Professional practice: No
Purpose of the course: To provide students information about occupational health and safety legislation and measures. To teach students to analyze the risks related to occupational health and safety in the workplace. To give students information about safety rules, chemical risks and safety precautions related to them.
   Learning outcomes Up

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Analyze the risks related to occupational health and safety in the workplace.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Ability to design, experiment, collect data, analyze results, archive, decode and interpret texts according to their fields

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
  2. Improve the ability about taking the precautions to work safely in the workplace.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Ability to design, experiment, collect data, analyze results, archive, decode and interpret texts according to their fields

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
  3. Inform about chemicals, hazards, safety precautions and emergency.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Ability to design, experiment, collect data, analyze results, archive, decode and interpret texts according to their fields

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
   Contents Up
Week 1: Essentials and legal regulations on occupational health and safety
Week 2: Workplace accidents, precautions and first aid
Week 3: Risk assessment methods
Week 4: Personal protective equipment, hazard warning signs and symbols
Week 5: Physical, psychosocial and ergonomic risk factors
Week 6: Electrical, fire and gas leak safety
Week 7: Tools and machinery safety
Week 8: Radiation safety: ionized and non-ionized
Week 9: Mid-term exam, Definition of terms used in safety data sheets
Week 10: Chemical risk factors, chemical hygiene plans and hazardous materials management
Week 11: Recognizing laboratory hazards: toxic substances and corrosives
Week 12: Recognizing laboratory hazards: physical hazards
Week 13: Compressed gases, cryogenic substances
Week 14: Chemical storage and waste management
Week 15*: -
Week 16*: Final Exam
Textbooks and materials: 1. İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği, Prof. Dr. Nazmi BİLİR, Güneş Tıp Kitabevleri, ISBN: 9789752776418
2. İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği Yönetim Sistemleri ve Risk Değerlendirme Metodolojileri, Özlem Özkılıç, Türkiye İşveren Sendikaları Yayını, Ankara
3. Essentials of health and safety at work (Fourth edition, published 2006), HSE.
4. Laboratory Safety for Chemistry Students, 2nd Edition, Robert H. Hill, Jr., David C. Finster, 2016
Recommended readings: 1. Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health, Third Edition, S. Z. Mansdorf, 2019, Wiley
2. OSHA Laboratory Safety Guidance
http://www.safety.duke.edu/sites/default/files/Section_3_ChemicalSafety.pdf
  * Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.
Assessment Up
Method of assessment Week number Weight (%)
Mid-terms: 9 40
Other in-term studies: - 0
Project: - 0
Homework: - 0
Quiz: - 0
Final exam: 16 60
  Total weight:
(%)
   Workload Up
Activity Duration (Hours per week) Total number of weeks Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching): 1 14
Own studies outside class: 1 7
Practice, Recitation: 0 0
Homework: 0 0
Term project: 0 0
Term project presentation: 0 0
Quiz: 0 0
Own study for mid-term exam: 1 1
Mid-term: 1 1
Personal studies for final exam: 1 1
Final exam: 1 1
    Total workload:
    Total ECTS credits:
*
  * ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25.
(1 ECTS = 25 work hours)
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