OSH10030 Occupational Safety Hazard Management

Academic Year 2020/2021

This module introduces students to the principles and practices in the management of safety hazards at work. It addresses a wide range of safety hazards and the factors that must be considered in assessing the risks and in implementing health and safety management systems to control the risks and prevent accidents.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of the module the student should be able:

-To advise management about a wide range of safety hazards in their own work place and other low risk environments

-To describe national and organisational accident prevention strategies

-To demonstrate knowledge of controls appropriate to a range of risks to safety

-To apply the principles of risk management to a variety of safety hazard situations.

Indicative Module Content:

This module will introduce you to a range of topics relevant to occupational safety hazard management, including theories of organisational psychology, accident causation, and also the practical skill of accident investigation. You will also learn about risk management for electricity and fire and safety from a sector perspective focusing on the areas with the highest accident rates in Irish industry: agriculture and construction.

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, or some responsibility for, occupational safety and health.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Co-requisite:
OSH10010 - Principles of OSH, OSH10020 - Occ Health Hazard Mangt

Equivalents:
Occupational Safety Hazard Mgt (SHWW00030), Occ Safety Hazard Mangt (SHWW10030)


 
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

60
Assignment: This assignment requires you to reflect on module learning and to demonstrate your ability to integrate your learning into your work setting, using two prompts, one of which will be compulsory. Throughout the Trimester n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

40

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer 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
Mr Tim Cranley Tutor
Mr Darrell Fernandes Tutor
Ms Una Hogan Tutor
Mr Declan Monahan Tutor