Base Knowledge
Students must have knowledge of occupational health, as well as the associated legal framework.
Teaching Methodologies
Expository and interactive classes using audiovisual and interactive means, using audiovisual means allow the acquisition of knowledge. The theorical-pratical and practical matrix will be carried out experimentally, using techniques and working methods that guide the implementation of safety principles, namely through thecnical visits, simulation of work contexts and presentation and problem solving with definition of corrective/preventive 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
WORK SAFETY FRAMEWORK
AUDITS AND TECHNICAL VERIFICATION
Checklists and other work documentation
Audits and technical visits
Equipment verification techniques
WORKPLACES
Prevention and protection measures
Risks, preventive and protective measures
SAFETY SIGNS
Selection, installation and maintenance criteria
Signaling plans
WORK EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY AND TOOLS
Risks, preventive and protective measures
Equipment verification
COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
Selection criteria
Criteria for use, maintenance and conservation
ACTIVITIES WITH SPECIFIC RISKS
Electrical hazards
Risks associated with hazardous products
Fire and explosion hazards
Risk from handling of loads
HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES OR WORK
Works at height
Work in confined spaces
Hyperbaric work
HIGH ACCIDENTAL SECTORS
Construction
Agriculture
Industry
Curricular Unit Teachers
Internship(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
Requisitos legais e normativos.