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Objectives
At the end of the course the participants are expected to know:
- Which EU regulations are relevant for occupational safety and health
- Objectives, scope and requirements of overall directive
- Requirements for special personnel assigned to deal with occupational safety and health.
- How to prevent occupational risks
- How to implement guidelines and principles in companies
Target Attendees / Participants
The course is dedicated to the wide range of participants, such as:
- professionals dealing with Safety and Occupational health issues on management or operation level
- individuals with no previous experience in the field of risk management, but willing to extend their knowledge and take up new roles in risk management in their companies
- Students of Steinbeis Master of Risk Engineering and Management program and similar programs.
Course Content by Units
Unit 1: Introduction to occupational health and safety
Unit 2: Directive 89/391/EC: Overall directive "occupational safety"
- Object and scope
- Employers' obligations
- General obligations
- Personnel implementation
- Measure concerning serious and imminent danger
- Training, consultation and participation of employees
- Instruction of employees
- Preventive medical surveillance
- Employee's obligations
- Separate directives
Unit 3: Separate directive in terms of article 16 of directive 89/391/EC
- Index
- Workplace
- Use of work equipment
- Example for implementation of the work equipment directives into national legislation: Ordinance of safety and health (Germany)
- Use of personal protective equipment
- Example for the implementation the directives on personal protective equipment: Personal protective equipment usage ordinance (PSA-Germany)
- Working with visual display units
- Manual handling of loads
- Example for implementation of European Council Directives:" Handling of loads" in the Germany Labour Protection Laws
- Carcinogens, chemical and biological working materials
- Endangerment by carcinogens
- Endangerment by chemical working materials
- Example for the implementation of European Council Directives: Hazardous substances law (Germany)
- Endangerment by biological working materials
- Example for the implementation of European Council Directives: Biological agents ordinance
- Endangerment by physical agency
- Vibration
- Noise
- Example for the implementation of European Council Directives: Noise and vibration (Germany)
- Electromagnetic fields
- Artificial optical radiation
- Explosive atmosphere
- Example for the implementation of European Council Directives: Explosive atmosphere (Germany)
- Safety and health signs at work
- Miscellaneous
Unit 4: Special personnel for occupational safety: Example Germany
- Specialists for occupational safety / work doctor/ safety representative occupational medics and first-aid-helpers
Unit 5: Review of the course main issues
Teaching Methods
The course includes:
- introductory note explaining aim and structure of the course, and used methodology as well
- ex cathedra lecturing illustrated by number of examples
- several collective exercise
Literature
- Textbook:
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health, version 2, January 2010
- Transparencies, version 2, January 2010
Unit 1: Introduction
Unit 2: Directive 89/391/EEC
Unit 3: Separate directive in terms of Article 16 Directive 89/391/EC
Unit 4: Special personnel for occupational safety: Example Germany
- Certification material, version 2, January 2010
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