HEALTH, HYGIENE AND SAFETY IN OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION

Catalog description

This course will examine concepts related to the promotion of safety, health and hygiene in the vocational workshop. It is structured so that the student will be able to recognize the principal measures of safety and prevention required, and to be applied when developing curricula for the different occupational areas. The student will establish the difference between an accident and an incident and will demonstrate that safety is a personal commitment, so that s/he will not be submitted to any unnecessary risks in the vocational workshop. Study of laws and regulations that define work related accidents and provide means for prevention and protection of both students and teachers in the vocational workshop. The students will define methods and techniques for accident prevention in industry and will select some of them to use in a research project.