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Course code: BŻS10004o16
Semester: 2016/2017 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 Jacek Szczurowski (10 h); dr Mariusz Korczyński (5 h)
Language of instruction: Polish / English


Learning outcomes: Knowledge: knows the research objectives and methodology of occupational health and safety and ergonomics; knows functional determinants of system: man-machine and human - environment; defines the basic factors of work environment and their impact on the human body; knows the potential health effects caused by chemical, biological and physical factors at work; understand the biological and environmental causes of tiredness. Skills: interprets results of measurements of the physical working environment to its optimization; use the basic diagnostic techniques to assess the level of occupational risk and biological work load.

Competences: is aware of the risks in incorrectly designed environment of work; correctly formed his place of work.

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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