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Course code: BHS10006o15Semester: 2015/2016 winter
Name: Occupation Health and Safety, Ergonomics
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Mariusz Korczyński; dr Jacek Szczurowski
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: W01- student knows the research objectives and methodologyof occupational health and safety and ergonomics; knows functional determinants of system: man-machine and human - environment W02 - student defines the basic factors of work environment and their impact on the human body W03 - student knows the potential health effects caused by chemical, biological and physical factors at work W04 - student understand the biological and environmental causes of tiredness Skills: U01- student interprets results of measurements of the physical working environment to its optimization U02 - student uses the basic diagnostic techniques to assess the level of occupational risk and biological work load
Competences: K1 -is aware of the risks in incorrectly designed environment of work K2- correctly formed his place of work
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: human anatomy, human physiology
Course content: Course contents: 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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