| CODE | CLS1320 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Risk Management and Principles of Control | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Centre for Labour Studies | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit introduces students to the concept of risk assessment, how it is undertaken and its application. The unit takes a broad view by discussing how social, cultural and political factors impact upon the topic and how risk assessment fits into the broader management concept. The unit focuses on best practice examples of how to conduct risk assessments, probability and tolerability of risk, the quality and nature of information used, how to organise and implementing a risk assessment programme, and methods of employee involvement. The interaction between risk assessment and risk control management is highlighted, as is the methodology and the hierarchy within which the latter is conducted. Study-Unit Aims: The study-unit aims to introduce students to risk management, its methodology and its practical implementation. It gives an overview of best practice including how risk management fits into the broader management concept. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Define risk assessment and related terms as they relate to occupational health and safety during the final assessment; - Evaluate the use of risk assessment in occupational settings and the related factors that affect perception and acceptability, including social, cultural and political aspects during a final assessment; - Analyse how risk assessment, particularly for occupational safety and health, fits into the broader management concepts used in organisations during an analysis of case studies and a final assessment; - Evaluate different risk assessment methodologies including those for analysing tasks and processes in a final assessment. Students shall be able to describe and evaluate: a discussion of probability and tolerability of risk; risk scoring; human factors; and the integration of employee involvement; - Determine the quality and nature of information to be utilised when undertaking a risk assessment within an occupational setting; - Develop safe systems of work within a variety of occupational settings based on case studies and relate these to the findings of ones’ risk assessment, and a hierarchy of control; - Evaluate the need and method of monitoring for regulatory requirements within various occupational settings including: monitoring of the air, including dusts and vapours; monitoring of the worker; monitoring of the neighbouring environment. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Ability to carry out various risk analysis methodologies; - Identify risks and hazards; - Prioritise control action and develop safe systems of work; - Meet regulatory requirements within different sectors and industries. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Boyle, T. (2008). Health and safety: risk management. UK: Routledge. - Blunt, J. (2000). The Seven Deadly Sins of Risk Assessment, The Safety & Health Practitioner, November, pp. 23-25. - Crouhy, M., Galia, D. & Mark, R. (2014). The essentials of risk management. New York: McGraw-Hill. - European Communities (1996). Risk Assessment at Work. Luxembourg: European Communities. Retrieved from: https://osha.europa.eu/en/topics/riskassessment/guidance.pdf - Health and Safety Executive (2014). Risk assessment. Retrieved from: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg163.pdf - International Labour Organisation (1991). Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents. Geneva: ILO. Retrieved from: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---safework/documents/normativeinstrument/wcms_107829.pdf - International Labour Organisation (1998). Major Hazard Control, A Practical manual. Geneva: ILO. Retrieved from: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---safework/documents/instructionalmaterial/wcms_235686.pdf - Slovic, P. (2010). The feeling of risk: new perspectives on risk perception. Oxon, UK: Earthscan by Routledge. - Spencer, D. & Jerman, C. (2012). Risk-led safety: evidence-driven management. UK:The international institute of risk and safety management. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Alan Calleja |
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