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Course code: BHN10177o14
Semester: 2014/2015 winter
Name: Occupational Health and Safety, Ergonomics
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 9 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: dr Jacek Szczurowski, dr inż. Mariusz Korczyński
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student W01- knows the research objectives and methodologyof occupational health and safety and ergonomics; knows functional determinants of system: man-machine and human - environment [BH1_W20; R1A_W05, R1A_W08, InżA_W03]; W02 - defines the basic factors of work environment and their impact on the human body [BH1_W20; R1A_W05, R1A_W08, InżA_W03]; W03 - knows the potential health effects caused by chemical, biological and physical factors at work [BH1_W06; R1A_W03, InżA_W01]; W04 - understand the biological and environmental causes of tiredness [BH1_W20; R1A_W05, R1A_W08, InżA_W03]. Skills: Student U01- interprets results of measurements of the physical working environment to its optimization [BH1_U01; R1A_U01, R1A_U03, InżA_U01, InżA_U04]; U02 - use the basic diagnostic techniques to assess the level of occupational risk and biological work load [BH1_U01; R1A_U01, R1A_U03, InżA_U01, InżA_U04].

Competences: Student K01 -is aware of the risks in incorrectly designed environment of work [BH1_K06; R1A_K04], [BH1_K09; R1A_K06]; K02- correctly formed his place of work [BH1_K09; R1A_K06].

Prerequisites: non

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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