The course objective is to master the skills of reviewing the existing state of the occupational health and safety system in the manufacturing or service enterprise, and to master the skills of planning, assessment and risk management at work and in the working environment. The course enables acquisition of knowledge that allows the establishment of a quality system of occupational health and safety in a manufacturing and service system.

The student will be ready to recognize threats and harms at workplace, and the make the detailed risk assessment plan, to carry out the risk assessment at the workplace, and based on the obtained results to suggest corrective measures for prevention or reduction of the risk at the workplace and in the working environment.

Theoretical aspects of the occupational safety and health system, Basic concepts and definitions, Theoretical aspects of risk assessment in accordance with valid legislation, EU guidelines for risk assessment, The scope of risk assessment in accordance with the valid legislation, Risk assessment methods, Risk management at workplace and in the working environment, Initial reviewing of the existing state of occupational safety and health, Methodology for making the risk assessment plan, Procedure for data collecting necessary for the assessment and risk management, Structure of the document on risk assessment, Determining the methods and measures for elimination, reduction and prevention of the risk. Risk assessment flowchart. Ways of keeping records in the field of occupational safety and health. Occupational safety and health risk management.

Lectures, Auditory Practice and Consultations. Lectures are auditory and include slides and auditory practice with interactive participation of students. Lectures and practice are accompanied by a great number of examples from the practice. Besides that, students write the term paper out of class, thus solving the problems they could meet in the practice. It is planned that students pay a visit to the firms where they can collect data for solving specific problems. Besides lectures and practice, consultations are held on the regular basis. The examination prerequisite is to write the term paper and the final part of the examination consists from the colloquium and the oral part of the examination.