Vocatıonal School
Occupatıonal Health And Safety
Course Information
| ERGONOMICS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Semester | Theoretical | Practice | National Credit | ECTS Credit |
| Hour / Week | |||||
| ISG207 | Fall | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Prerequisites and co-requisites | |
|---|---|
| Language of instruction | Turkish |
| Type | Required |
| Level of Course | Associate |
| Lecturer | Lec. İbrahim YÜCESOY |
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face |
| Suggested Subject | |
| Professional practise ( internship ) | None |
| Objectives of the Course | To gain basic knowledge about ergonomy to student and , by ensuring that it is linked to work health and safety, to be able to determine the ergonomic causes of work accidents and occupational diseases in working life |
| Contents of the Course | Description of importance of ergonomy / Human body / Physical situation of Office environment / Control and monitoring mechanism / Anthropometry / Load and strain / Studying and resting time / Job tension, fatigue and boredom / Working enery and enery requirement of jobs / Relationship of ergonomy with occupational health and safety / Ergonomic design of work places / Ergonomic rewiev at work places / Health and safety precautions when working with shielded vehicles / Health and safety precautions in manual handling |
Learning Outcomes of Course
| # | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| 1 | They can establish a relationship between work accidents and occupational diseases with ergonomy |
| 2 | Determine ergonomic risk factors at workplaces |
| 3 | They can suggest arrangements that can provide compliance of work environment and employee |
| 4 | They learn human and machine properties comparatively |
| 5 | They learn the characteristics of the human body and understand the neccesity of taking human characteristics into consideration in the working environment |
Course Syllabus
| # | Subjects | Teaching Methods and Technics |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Description of importance of ergonomy | lecture |
| 2 | Human body | lecture |
| 3 | Physical situation of Office environment | lecture |
| 4 | Control and monitoring mechanism | lecture |
| 5 | Anthropometry | lecture |
| 6 | Load and strain | lecture |
| 7 | Studying and resting time | lecture |
| 8 | Midterm exam | |
| 9 | Job tension, fatigue and boredom | lecture |
| 10 | Working enery and enery requirement of jobs | lecture |
| 11 | Relationship of ergonomy with occupational health and safety | lecture |
| 12 | Ergonomic design of work places | lecture |
| 13 | Ergonomic rewiev at work places | lecture |
| 14 | Health and safety precautions when working with shielded vehicles | lecture |
| 15 | Health and safety precautions in manual handling | lecture |
| 16 | Final Exam |
Course Syllabus
| # | Material / Resources | Information About Resources | Reference / Recommended Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ergonomy (Alaettin SABANCI, Sarp Korkut SÜMER) | ||
| 2 | Ergonomics for engineers (Fatih C. BABALIK) | ||
| 3 | Academic articles | ||
| 4 | Occupational health and safety law |
Method of Assessment
| # | Weight | Work Type | Work Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40% | Mid-Term Exam | Mid-Term Exam |
| 2 | 60% | Final Exam | Final Exam |
Relationship between Learning Outcomes of Course and Program Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcomes | Program Outcomes | Method of Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They can establish a relationship between work accidents and occupational diseases with ergonomy | 1͵2͵4͵6͵11͵12͵13 | 1͵2 |
| 2 | Determine ergonomic risk factors at workplaces | 1͵2͵3͵6͵11͵12͵13 | 1͵2 |
| 3 | They can suggest arrangements that can provide compliance of work environment and employee | 1͵2͵5͵6͵11͵12͵13 | 1͵2 |
| 4 | They learn human and machine properties comparatively | 1͵2͵3͵5͵6͵12͵13 | 1͵2 |
| 5 | They learn the characteristics of the human body and understand the neccesity of taking human characteristics into consideration in the working environment | 1͵2͵3͵4͵7͵10͵11 | 1͵2 |
Work Load Details
| # | Type of Work | Quantity | Time (Hour) | Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Course Duration | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 2 | Course Duration Except Class (Preliminary Study, Enhancement) | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | Presentation and Seminar Preparation | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Web Research, Library and Archival Work | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Document/Information Listing | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Workshop | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Preparation for Midterm Exam | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| 8 | Midterm Exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Quiz | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Homework | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| 11 | Midterm Project | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Midterm Exercise | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Final Project | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | Final Exercise | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 15 | Preparation for Final Exam | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| 16 | Final Exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 90 | ||||