Professional Documents
Culture Documents
CREDITS: 2 units
Occupational Safety and Health for Technologist, Engineers and Managers Goestch
(2015)
Lees Process Safety Essentials: Hazards Identification, Assessment and Control Mannan
(2014)
Introduction to Health and Safety at Work: The Handbook for the NEBOSH National
General Certificate Hughes (2011)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course covers the evolution of safety management; safety terminology; safety pr ograms
adopted by high risk industries; hazards in the construction, manufacturing, gas and power plants,
and other engineering industries, and how to prevent or mitigate them; techniques in hazard
identification and analysis in workplaces; off-the-job safety; disaster prevention and mitigation;
and incident investigation.
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
1. Provide students with knowledge and skills in conducting safety assessment, safety
evaluation and proposing solutions to safety problems in their respective area of
engineering discipline.
2. Equip students with critical thinking skills on identifying and mitigating hazard; and provide
understanding on the application of concepts and principles of safety in engineering
practice.
3. Enable to students to understand the importance and value of safety in their discipline.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
1. Conduct safety assessment and evaluation and propose solutions to safety problems.
2. Identify and mitigate or prevent hazard; and apply the concepts and principles of safet y
management in engineering practice.
3. Value safety management in engineering practice.
COURSE TOPICS:
Prelim Period (Weeks 1-6)
I. Overview of Safety
II. Basic Safety Procedures in High Risk Activities and Industries
Procedures in Hazards Analysis in the Workplace; Control of Hazardous Energies;
Confined Space Entry; Basic Electrical Safety; Fall Protection; Barricades and Sea Folds;
Fire Safety and Fire Code; Industrial Hygiene Hazard Communication and Chem ical
Safety
III. Value Based Safety and Off-the-job Safety; Safety as Value; vs. Compliance; Off-the-
job Safety (Residences and Public Places; Safety as Related to Health Practices)
IV. Disaster Prevention and Mitigation; Rationale for Di saster Prevention and Loss Control;
Planning for Emergencies; Emergency Response Procedure