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Course code: BBS10279o12
Semester: 2012/2013 winter
Name: Occupational Health and Safety, Ergonomics
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: dr Mariusz Korczyński, dr Jacek Szczurowski
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student: W1 –knows the research objectives and methodology of occupational health and safety and ergonomics; knows functional determinants of system: man-machine and human - environment [KB_W18], [KB_W20]; W2 - defines the basic factors of work environment and their impact on the human body [KB_W20]; W3 - knows the potential health effects caused by chemical, biological and physical factors at work [KB_W20]; W4 - understands the biological and environmental causes of tiredness [KB_W20]. Skills: Student: U1 - interprets results of measurements of the physical working environment to its optimization [KB_U15]; U2 - uses the basic diagnostic techniques to assess the level of occupational risk and biological work load [KB_U02], [KB_U15].

Competences: Personal and social competences (attitudes and behaviors): Student: K1 - is aware of the risks in incorrectly designed environment of work [KB_K06]; K2 - correctly forms his place of work [KB_K09].

Prerequisites: human anatomy, human physiology

Course content: definition of ergonomics and occupational safety, conditions for the operation of the system man-machine; physical, chemical and biological factors of work environment, anthropometry as an ergonomic system of reference; ergonomics issues of perception of signals in the process of labor, occupational health of mental and physical work.

Recommended literature: 1. Wykowska M.:Ergonomia, Wyd. AGH, Kraków, 1994 2. Kordecka D.: Bezpieczeństwo pracy i ergonomia, Wyd. CIOP, Warszawa, 1997; 3. Olszewski J.: Podstawy ergonomii i fizjologii pracy, Wyd. AE w Poznaniu, Poznań, 1998; 4. Tytyk E.: Projektowanie ergonomiczne, Wyd. Nauk. PWN, Warszawa 2001.

Assessment methods: multiple choice test (30 questions). Examination takes 60 minutes. If student fail the test in first term, he/she has the right to second attempt (oral or written).

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