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This course has been designed primarily to provide you with the education and training you require to be competent in the practice of health and safety in the workplace.

Modules (20 credits):

Year 1 Modules:

• AD1862: Introduction to Health and Safety Legislation and Human Factors in Safety, Health and Welfare at Work. (5 credits)
  The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 1989 and subsequent Regulations. The Irish Legal System and organisation of the court system. The improvement and motivation of staff in relation to safe working practices, both individually and in groups/teams. Theoretical perspectives on the perception of risk. Campaigning for health and safety in the workplace.
• AD1863: Risk and Safety Management (5 credits)
  To develop ways and means of reducing the risk of injury and damage to people and property in the context of: Hazard Identification, Assessment of Risk, Management of Risk, Safe Place of Work, Nature of Electricity AC/DC. How to plan, effectively, for emergencies at the workplace including Fire: Prevention, Fighting and Escape; Safety Organisation; Minimising Consequences; Fire and Explosion: Evacuation Procedures; First Aid; Toxic Waste Disposal; Environmental Control. How to write research and produce a method statement and how to write reports.
• AD1864: Occupational Health (5 credits)
  What is occupational health? What disciplines are involved? Health Promotion in the Workplace, Prevention of disease and injury. Medical assessments and support systems. The effects of health on work and work on health; Assessing Fitneses for work; Equality of opportunity; Medical ethics and confidentiality.
• BC1802: Introduction to Chemical Safety and Toxicology and Occupational Hygiene (5 credits)
  Introduction to Toxicology, Assessment of Toxicity, Carcinogens, Chemical Regulations, Hazard Information, Storage of Chemical and Chemical Emergencies. Basic Occupational Hygiene, Noise produced by particular activities and equipment, Airborne Monitoring of dusts such as silica and wood metal fumes and vapours from paints and adhesives and respiratory protection.

• Assessment for this course will take the form of end-of-module written examinations and continuous assessment including both individual and group projects.