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HRT4038Worker's Health and Work Security Law2+0+0ECTS:2
Year / SemesterSpring Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Compulsory
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of GEOMATICS ENGINEERING
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
Contact Hours14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week
LecturerProf. Dr. Hüsniye Ebru ÇOLAK
Co-LecturerASSOC. PROF. DR. Hüsniye Ebru ÇOLAK
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
Students are required by the laws and regulations on worker health and safety requirements or standards, equipped with features that will carry. Task workers' health and safety at work of their institution or organization to gain the ability to establish and manage. Geomatics Engineers concepts of worker health and safety, importance, components, laws, regulations, and standards provide information on relevant legislation, the creation of a security culture in prospective young engineers, work-related accidents informed about the causes and measures, creating an awareness of the responsibilities and liabilities of individual and identification of areas of corporate duties.
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : hey will have the ability to establish / take place / manage the legal and human systems and organizations required by the occupational health and safety at workplaces with the awareness of professional ethics and responsibility within the field of Geomatics Engineering.9,111
LO - 2 : Have knowledge about the basic concepts of occupational health and safety and legal responsibilities.1
LO - 3 : It will develop the ability of the engineers and technical staff working under their own responsibility to be prone to teamwork by carrying out the necessary measures together with regard to work accidents.1
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Worker Health And Work Safety concepts, importance and objectives. The historical development of the subject of Worker Health And Work Safety in the world and in Turkey. The concept of work safety, definition of work-related accidents, definition of occupational diseases, their causes and prevention methods. The importance of labor productivity of work safety, the economical importance of work safety. Occurrence and classification of work-related accidents. The negative consequences of work-related accidents and occupational diseases. Legal responsibilities of work-related accidents and occupational diseases. Safety rules in the workplace is critical. Geomatics Engineering work areas, with different professional disciplines and causes of accidents at work in joint projects, measures to be taken.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Worker Health And Work Safety concepts, importance and objectives. The historical development of the subject of Worker Health And Work Safety in the world and in Turkey.
 Week 2The concept of work safety, definition of work-related accidents, general evaluation of work-related accidents in Turkey, unsafe conditions and behaviors that cause accidents
 Week 3Causes of work-related accidents in Geomatics Engineering, developing possible work accident scenario in-class workshop
 Week 4Definition of work-related accidents and occupational diseases, their causes and prevention methods.
 Week 5The disadvantages of work-related accidents and occupational diseases, the importance of work-related accidents in terms of cost, responsibilities of the employer and the judicial process.
 Week 6Legal responsibilities of occupational accidents and occupational diseases,obligations of employers and workers according to labor law, criminal liability.
 Week 7Institutions and organizations responsible for the health and safety of workers in our country, Legal responsibilities of the employer and the employer's counsel, their criminal liability.
 Week 8Mid-term exam
 Week 9Seminar
 Week 10Measures to be taken in the prevention of occupational accidents, personal protective equipments and their use
 Week 11Critical safety rules in the workplace, manual material handling and lifting, use of chemicals, measures to be taken for fire situations
 Week 12Providing job security and safety measures at construction sites.
 Week 13The approaches of Geomatics Engineers to the concept of workers' health and safety agencies and organizations.
 Week 14Geomatics Engineering work areas, with different professional disciplines and causes of accidents at work in joint projects, measures to be taken.
 Week 15Geomatics Engineering work areas, with different professional disciplines and causes of accidents at work in joint projects, measures to be taken.
 Week 16Final exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Şantiye Tekniği ve Şantiyede İş Güvenliği, B.Mazlum Birecikli, Birsen Yayınevi, 2010.
2İşçi Sağlığı ve İş Güvenliği, Prof.Dr. Nuvit Gerek, Anadolu Üniversitesi, İktisat Fakültesi, Çalışma Ekonomisi ve Endüstri İlişkileri Bölümü Ders Kitabı, 2010.
3http://gislab.ktu.edu.tr/kadro/ecolak
 
Recommended Reading
1T.C. Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı web sayfası,Mevzuat, http://www.csgb.gov.tr/
2İTÜ İnşaat Fakültesi, İş Güvenliği Kurs Notları, Yrd.Doç.Dr. Uğur Müngen
3İş Güvenliği ve İşçi Sağlığı, Abdülvehap Yiğit, Alfa Aktüel Yayınları, 2008.
4İşçi sağlığı ve iş güvenliği mevzuatı, Tankut Centel, Mess Yayınları, 2000.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 8 50
End-of-term exam 14 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 2 14 28
Sınıf dışı çalışma 1 10 10
Laboratuar çalışması 0 0 0
Arasınav için hazırlık 10 1 10
Arasınav 1 1 1
Uygulama 0 0 0
Klinik Uygulama 0 0 0
Ödev 0 0 0
Proje 0 0 0
Kısa sınav 0 0 0
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 10 1 10
Dönem sonu sınavı 1 1 1
Diğer 1 0 0 0
Diğer 2 0 0 0
Total work load60