Safety at Work

NAME OF THE COURSE Safety at Work

Code

KTA329

Year of study

3.

Course teacher

Prof Pero Dabić

Credits (ECTS)

3.0

Associate teachers

Type of instruction (number of hours)

P S V T

30

0

0

0

Status of the course

Elective

Percentage of application of e-learning

0 %

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course objectives

- Knowledge of the potential hazards when working in a laboratory and plant.
- The basics of working in a safe manner, safeguards and protective devices and agents at work

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Enrolled in or passed the course Exercises in Safety at Work

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

After passing the exam, the student is expected to know:
- Rules of conduct and work in a chemistry lab
- The primary hazards in a chemistry lab
- Ways of substances, meaning chemical cards (data on physico-chemical, physiological and toxicological properties of the substance)
- Self-interpretation and compilation of chemical cards
- Assessment of the potential dangers of certain chemicals and safly working with the apparatuses and methods

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

Week 1: introductory lecture, legislation, codes of conduct in the laboratory
Week 2: safety devices in a chemistry lab
Week 3: Security and physico-chemical properties of the substance
Week 4: Classification of substances with similar properties and functional groups
Week 5: labeling of the substance - labels, graphic symbols, diamond hazard label at transport
Week 6: effect of pollutants on human health - basic concepts of toxicology and
physiological properties of matter, MDK, LD50
Week 7: chemical card harmful and dangerous substances
Week 8: assessment (first colloquium);
Week 9: effect of pollutants on human health - the distribution and characteristics of the substance to physiological properties
Week 10: processes of burning and fire danger
Week 11: appliances and equipment for fire fighting
Week 12: types of harmful atmosphere and breathing apparatus
Week 13: protection from electric shock
Week 14: dangerous products - formation, classification according to UN figures,
storage, recycling and waste
Week 15: assessment (2nd colloquium).

Format of instruction:

Student responsibilities

Attending lectures in the amount of 80 %, and laboratory exercises in the amount of 100 % of the total number of lessons.

Screening student work (name the proportion of ECTS credits for eachactivity so that the total number of ECTS credits is equal to the ECTS value of the course):

Class attendance

2.0

Research

0.0

Practical training

0.0

Experimental work

0.0

Report

0.0