OHS501 INTRODUCTION TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
| Course Code: | 8770501 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (0.00 - 3.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Occupational Health and Safety |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. NURAY DEMİREL |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The primary gole of the course is to provide engineers and professionals an understanding of the importance of occupational health and safety and render them able to gain basic skills in OHS risk management
Course Content
Recognition, evaluation and control of work related health hazards (chemical, physical, psychological and ergonomic), principal groups at risk, assessment of occupational health and safety directives, legislations, standards, protection of workers` health, performance, comfort and well being and early diagnosis of work related disorders and diseases, counter measures, evaluation algorithms of the impact of measures at the workplace, workplace health promotion activities, rating of industrial noise and vibration affecting residential areas.