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Course code: BŻS10004o14Semester: 2014/2015 winter
Name: Occupational Health and Safety, Ergonomics
Major: Food Safety
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: dr Mariusz Korczyński, mariusz.korczynski@up.wroc.pl (5 h) dr Jacek Szczurowski, jacek.szczurowski@up.wroc.pl (10 h)
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: W01 - knows the research objectives and methodology of occupational health and safety and ergonomics; knows functional determinants of system: man-machine and human - environment [BZ_W05]; W02 - defines the basic factors of work environment and their impact on the human body [BZ_W05]; W03 - knows the potential health effects caused by chemical, biological and physical factors at work [BZ_W05]; W04 - understand the biological and environmental causes of tiredness [BZ_W10]. Skills: U01 - interprets results of measurements of the physical working environment to its optimization [BZ_U01]; U02 - use the basic diagnostic techniques to assess the level of occupational risk and biological work load [BZ_U01].
Competences: K1 - is aware of the risks in incorrectly designed environment of work [BZ_K06]; K2 - correctly formed his place of work [BZ_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 Paznaniu, Poznań, 1998; 4. Tytyk E.: Projektowanie ergonomiczne, Wyd. Nauk. PWN, Warszawa 2001.
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