Base Knowledge
Students must have knowledge of occupational health, as well as the associated legal framework.
Teaching Methodologies
Theoretical-practical classes take place in an expository and interactive way using audiovisual and interactive media, allowing for the acquisition of knowledge. In practical classes, active methodologies will be used, using techniques and working methods to guide the implementation of safety principles, namely through workplaces technical visits, simulation of work contexts and the presentation and resolution of problems with the definition of preventive/corrective measures.
Learning Results
The student must acquire knowledge of:
– Legislation applicable to the field of knowledge
– Hazards and risks associated with different sectors of activity
– Work and protection techniques and equipment
– Tools for the elaboration of work safety planning
The student must acquire skills to:
– Identify occupational hazards and risks
– Define risk prevention and protection systems
The student must acquire competences to:
– Coordinate and control activities to prevent and protect professional risks
– Develop preventive and/or corrective action plans
Program
1. WORK SAFETY FRAMEWORK
Principles and domains of occupational safety
Safety culture
Accidents at work and accident rates
2. AUDITS AND TECHNICAL VERIFICATION
Checklists and other work documentation
Audits and technical visits
Equipment verification techniques
3. WORKPLACES
Prevention and protection measures
Risks, preventive and protective measures
4. SAFETY SIGNALIZATION
Selection, installation and maintenance criteria
Signaling plans
5. WORK EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY AND TOOLS
Risks, preventive and protective measures
Equipment verification
6. COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
Selection criteria
Criteria for use, maintenance and conservation
7. ACTIVITIES WITH SPECIFIC RISKS
Electrical hazards
Risks associated with hazardous products
Fire and Explosion Hazards
Risks in cargo handling
8. HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES OR WORK
works at height
Work in confined spaces
hyperbaric work
9. HIGH ACCIDENTAL SECTORS
Construction
Agriculture
Industry
Curricular Unit Teachers
Joao Nuno Freitas de AlmeidaInternship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Primary bibliography
– Antonio Alfonso Lopez.[et al.], Manual de seguridad en el trabajo, Fundación Mapfre,1992
– Manuel M. Roxo, Segurança e saúde do trabalho : avaliação e controlo de riscos, Coimbra : Almedina, 2006
– Alberto Miguel, Manual de Higiene e Segurança do Trabalho, Porto, Porto Editora, 2014
– Rui Veiga et al, Higiene, Segurança, Saúde e Prevenção de Acidentes de Trabalho, Lisboa, Verlag Dashofer, última edição
Secondary bibliography
– Agência Europeia para a Segurança e Saúde no Trabalho, FACTS
– Health and Safety Executive; Reporting accidents and incidents at work, A brief guide to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)
– Health and Safety Executive – A guide to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations, Última Edição
– Hurst, P; Kirby, P. (International Labour Organization ) Health, Safety and Environment: A Series of Trade Union Education Manuals for Agricultural Workers, 2004
– L’Institut national de recherche et de sécurité (INRS), Les espaces confinés – Préconisations en vue d’assurer la sécurité et la protection de la santé des personnels d’exploitation, 2006
– Vicente Rodríguez Trigo, Gestion Integrada de Servicios y Seguridad, E.T. Estudios Técnicos, SA, Madrid, 1999
– António Sousa Uva, Trabalhadores saudáveis e seguros em locais saudáveis e seguros, Petrica Editores, 2011
Legal framework and standards