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Course code: BIS10001o12Semester: 2012/2013 winter
Name: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, ERGONOMICS
Major: Bioinformatics
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 0 / 15
Lecturer: dr inż. Mariusz Korczyński, dr Jacek Szczurowski
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 [BI_W18]; W02 - defines the basic factors of work environment and their impact on the human body [BI_W05]; W03 - knows the potential health effects caused by chemical, biological and physical factors at work [BI_W18]; W04 - understand the biological and environmental causes of tiredness [BI_W18]. Skills: U01 - interprets results of measurements of the physical working environment to its optimization [BI_U10]; U02 - use the basic diagnostic techniques to assess the level of occupational risk and biological work load [BI_U10].
Competences: Personal and social competences (attitudes and behaviors): K1 - is aware of the risks in incorrectly designed environment of work [BI_K05]; K2 - correctly formed his place of work [BI_K07].
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: Wykowska M.: Ergonomia, Wyd. AGH, Kraków, 1994 Kordecka D.: Bezpieczeństwo pracy i ergonomia, Wyd. CIOP, Warszawa, 1997 Olszewski J.: Podstawy ergonomii i fizjologii pracy, Wyd. AE w Paznaniu, Poznań, 1998 Tytyk E.: Projektowanie ergonomiczne, Wyd. Nauk. PWN, Warszawa 2001
Assessment methods: Written test after semester
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