OSH10010 Principles of Occupational Safety and Health

Academic Year 2020/2021

This module introduces you to the principles of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), risk management, health and safety management, and to the major hazards in modern workplaces. It introduces the legislative framework that underpins OSH practice, and includes an overview of the legal system. It provides examples of best practice in health and safety risk management.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of the module the student should be able:

-To identify and explain the major sources of OSH legislation and the Irish legal system, including compensation rules.

-To explain the differences between criminal and civil law, statute law and common law.

-To discuss the major components of key Irish health and safety legislation.

-To discuss the legal duties of major stakeholders.

-To explain the components of a safety management system and advise on the development of a safety management system for a low-risk business.

-To describe and explain the principles of risk management in the context of OSH.

-To apply the concepts of hazard identification, risk assessment, and controls to work situations.

-To recognise ergonomic, mechanical, chemical, and psychosocial hazards in the Irish workplace setting and make recommendations to mitigate the associated risks.

Indicative Module Content:

This module will introduce you to the Irish legal system and OSH law as well as the broad principles of risk management and OSH management. It will also introduce you to the key hazard groups that affect every workplace: mechanical hazards, ergonomic hazards, chemical hazards and psycho-social hazards.

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs
The learning outcomes for this module are consistent with achieving the objectives of SDG 3 (Good Health) and SDG 8 (Decent Work) from an occupational health and well-being perspective, and the objectives of SDG 4 (Quality Education) as this module contributes to fostering an inclusive and equitable education that promotes lifelong learning for all.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Tutorial

12
Specified Learning Activities

24
Autonomous Student Learning

60
Online Learning

24
Total

120
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The key teaching and learning approaches used in this module include:
a) during the trimester you will engage with online lectures, carry out directed reading, and work-based tasks, as well as engaging with peers and tutors through an online group discussion forum and during plenary assessment-related online tutorials during the trimester on Thursday evenings;
b) at a tutorial following the last online lecture in the module you will engage in problem-based learning, case-based learning, and group-work.
You will learn how to use a critical writing approach when preparing your assignments, and you will be encouraged to apply your learning to your work situation.
Tutorial activities normally take place at the end of the module on a single day during which you must attend UCD. Your tutor will have planned various activities to facilitate your consolidating your learning from the module.
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Recommendations:

Students should normally be working adults, with an interest in, and/or some responsibility for, occupational safety and health


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Principles of OSH (SHWW00010), Principles of Occ Safety & Hea (SHWW10010)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Your assignment will be to submit a report on an aspect of this module content as it relates to your work Varies over the Trimester n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

75
Attendance: To pass this component you must engage in and contribute to discussions that relate to practical applications of OSH in work settings. Throughout the Trimester n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

25

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Your grader will complete a rubric to show you the areas that you completed well and the areas that could be improved in the assignment. You will receive feedback on your assessment in the form of written annotations on the assessment in Brightspace, and an overarching summary feedback comment.

Name Role
Assoc Professor Conor Buggy Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Penpatra Sripaiboonkij Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mrs Jamie Campbell Tutor
Mr Tim Cranley Tutor
Mr Darrell Fernandes Tutor
Ms Una Hogan Tutor
Mr Declan Monahan Tutor