《Health and Safety》課程教學(xué)大綱

HealthandSafety

Stage

2

Semester

2

ModuleTitle

HealthandSafety

ModuleReferenceCode

HSAF

Status(M/E)

Elective

ECTSCredit

5

ModuleNFQLevel

7

Pre-requisiteModules

Code

Title

Co-requisiteModules

Code

Title

Capstone(Y/N)

TeachingPersonnel

Title

Name

ContactHours

Non-ContactHours

Total

Lecture

Practical

Tutorial

Seminar

Assignment

Placement

Independent

24

12

125

AllocationofmarkswithintheModule

ContinuousAssessment

Project

Practical

TerminalExamination

Total

%Contribution

100%

0%

100%

IntendedModuleLearningOutcomes

Onsuccessfulcompletionofthismodule,learnerswillbeableto:

LO1. Actassafetyrepresentativesintheworkplace

LO2. ExplainHealthandSafetylegislationandapplyittoprovidingasafesystemofwork

LO3. Proactivelymanagehealth,safetyandwelfareissuesthatariseintheworkplace

LO4. Practicallyapplyhealthandsafetytheorytotheworkplace

ModuleObjectives

ModuleCurriculum

LegalPrinciplesandFramework(30%)

aIrishhealthandsafetylegislationa

EUhealthandsafetydirectives

Employer’sliability;Vicariousliability

In-CompanyCommunicationandRepresentation(20%)

TheRoleoftheSafetyRepresentative

TheSafetyStatement

CommunicatingwithColleaguesandSeniorManagement

Representingemployeesonhealthandsafety

ManagingIssuesinAssessmentandPrevention(30%)

Identifyinghazardsandriskassessment

Workplaceauditsa€￠Sourcesandusesofinformation

Occupationalhygiene

ErgonomicsSafetytechnology

WorkplaceStress

UnderstandingtheRoleandImplicationsofRegulatoryBodiesandProcedures(20%)

InspectorsandEnforcement

TheRoleoftheOccupationalHealthandSafetyAuthority

AccidentReportingandlearning

TeachingandLearningStrategy

AssessmentStrategy

Coursework

100%

EndofModuleAssessment

0%

AssessmentType

AssessmentDescription

Outcomeaddressed

%oftotal

AssessmentDate

Assignment

portfolio

1,2,3,4

100

n/a

ReassessmentDetail

ReadingListandOtherResources

RecommendedBookReading

Kinsella2012,Health,SafetyandWelfareLawinIreland,2ndedn.Ed.,GillandMcMillan

GuidetotheSafety,HealthandWelfareatWork(GeneralApplication)Regulations2007,n/a

RecommendedArticleReading

n/a

HealthandSafetyReview

OtherResources

websites:www.hsa.ie

websites:www.niso.ie

websites:.uk

websites:www.healthandsafetyreview.ie

websites:www.hast.ie

websites:www.workplacehealth.ie

LearningEnvironment

Learningwilltakeplaceinaclassroomenvironment.Learnerswillhaveaccesstolibraryresources,bothphysicalandelectron