Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
3FCT330Occupational Health and Safety2+0+02321.10.2025

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Mechanical Engineering (English)
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course Improvement of the working environment, measures to be taken by the employees in order to protect them from the adverse effects of working conditions, to ensure the best possible harmony between the work and the employee, to eliminate or minimize the risks that may occur in the workplace, to inform the students about the first aid issues.
Course Content Employee health and the purpose of safety and objectives, work accidents, basic safety concepts such as occupational disease, the historical development of job security, job security in the World and Turkey, laws relating to safety, regulations, OHSAS 18000 standard for occupational safety organization covers the costs of state, employer and employee, types of accidents, occupational diseases, occupational accidents and occupational diseases, occupational accidents and occupational diseases, employee, employer and national economy.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Asist Prof. Özgür Yurtsever
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Course notes
Course Notes Lecture, question and answer, test

Course Category
Engineering %30
Social Sciences %40
Health %20
Field %10

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 30
Assignment 1 % 10
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
3
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 2 28
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 2 28
Assignments 1 4 4
Mid-terms 1 6 6
Final examination 1 6 6
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 3 72

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Students will learn the basic concepts related to employee safety and health.
2 Students will be able to examine the efficiency and efficiency of occupational safety in managerial processes.
3 Students will be able to adopt a culture of risk, prevention and security.
4 Students will be able to understand their responsibilities in terms of occupational safety.
5 Students will learn about OHS practices in Türkiye and around the world.
6 They will be able to identify hazards and risks and have knowledge about prevention mechanisms.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 The aim and the scope of the course, the outline of the course, the aims, objectives and importance of occupational health and safety.
2 Occupational accidents, occupational diseases such as basic safety concepts, historical development of occupational health and safety, occupational health and safety safety in Turkey and the World
3 Occupational accidents, occupational diseases such as basic safety concepts, historical development of occupational health and safety, occupational health and safety safety in Turkey and the World
4 Various laws on occupational safety (Law No: 6331/4857/5510)
5 Occupational safety organization, occupational safety duties and responsibilities
6 Obligations of the state, employer and employee in occupational safety
7 Types of accidents, occupational diseases, occupational accidents and occupational diseases protection methods, personal protective equipment, safety culture
8 Costs of occupational accidents and occupational diseases to employees, employers and the national economy, benefits provided in case of work accidents and occupational diseases
9 Concepts of hazard and risk, risk assessment methodologies
10 Ergonomics, Working with Screen Tools, Manual Handling
11 Working with hand tools
12 OHS in working with lifting equipment
13 OHS in Electric Works, OHS in Maintenance and Repair Works
14 Physical risk factors (Noise, vibration, thermal comfort, lighting, pressure, radiation)

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12
All 5 5
C1 5 5
C2 5 5
C3 5 5
C4 5 5
C5 5 5
C6 5 5

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