COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


Course Name
Occupational Health and Safety in Electric Works
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
MISG 200
Fall/Spring
2
2
3
4
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Turkish
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
Short Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives The aim of this course is to give knowledge on electrical energy, electric shock, possible dangers and necessary precautions and related legaslations.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Will have knowledge on current regulations and standards relate with electrical works
  • Will have common abilities necessary for occupational health and safety specialist
  • Will have knowledge causes of onoccupational accidents and prescribed industrial diseases and necessary precautions
  • Will have knowledge on work place safety and threatening factors for occupational safety
Course Description Electrical energy. Electrical shock and its effects on human body. Classical accident types. High and low current facilities. Safe device and equipment. PPE for electrical works. Faulty behaviors based on lack of education. Precautions on systems. Precautions for static electric.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

Core Courses
X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Energy, electric, voltage, current and power
2 Power plants, transformer units
3 Transmission lines, conductors, poles, cables, isolators etc.
4 Distribution lines, networks, HV-LV facilities
5 Effects of electric on human body, electrical accidents, proportional distribution of accidents
6 Authority and responsibility of scientists and engineers
7 Faulty behaviors based on lack of education. Deficiency and faults of systems.
8 Midterm
9 High current, low current facilities and definitions
10 Earthing, isolation, residual current, short circuit, precautions
11 Precautions for external discharge currents
12 Static electric and precautions
13 Electromagnetic transporters, lift, escalator and bands
14 Funicular systems, telfer, chair lift, teleski, precautions for protection
15 Review of the Semester  
16 Final
Course Notes/Textbooks
Suggested Readings/Materials

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
1
20
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
15
Presentation / Jury
1
15
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
Final Exam
1
40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
4
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
4
64
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
16
1
16
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
1
10
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
5
Presentation / Jury
1
5
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
Final Exams
1
10
    Total
110

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To have information about the concepts, methods and tools that constitute the basis of occupational health and safety.

X
2

To be able to follow, interpret and apply legal regulations on occupational health and safety.

X
3

To have knowledge about the dangers of chemicals and to make risk assessment.

X
4

To be able to identify the hazards and risks in mining operations.

X
5

To have knowledge about machines, equipment and protectors.

X
6

To be able to organize fire fighting process as a knowledge of fire protection.

X
7

To have knowledge about personal protectors and equipments.

8

To have the consciousness of professional and ethical responsibility and has the basic legal concepts required by the profession.

9

To have information about occupational accidents and occupational diseases, to identify, record and report hazards and risks in the workplace.,

X
10

To be able to follow the information in the field and communicate with colleagues by using English at the general level of European Language Portfolio A2.

11

To be able to organize occupational health and safety trainings by doing business planning and organization.

12

To be able to work effectively in individual and multi-disciplinary teams and to be able to use them in working environment.

13

To be able to direct his/her education to a further level of education.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest