WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND CONSTRUCTION SITES SAFETY

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in ENGINEERING FOR WORK AND ENVIRONMENT SAFETY
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2022/2023
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2022/2023
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Seat of the course: 
Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Language: 
Italian
Credits: 
6
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
48
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (48 hours)
Requirements: 

None

Final Examination: 
Orale

The test of Work place and construction site safety is a written exam, 10 questions with open answer, available time 1 hour. Assessment system: 3 points for each correct answer, 1 point for each correct answer but not complete, 0 point for wrong answers or question without answer, 18 points (18/30) is the minimum to pass the test. The teacher will value the student’s grade of knowledge and the ability in the explaining arguments and presenting outlines, schemes, graphics and figures.
During the test the classroom exit is not allowed as well as the use of mobile phones or other electronic devices. At the end of the exam the students must give back all papers given at the start with full name and student’s number.
All the topics presented during the course will be part of the final exam.
Only the students regularly enrolled for the exam will be allowed to face it by exhibiting their own university card. The students surprised counterfeiting the exam will be cancelled till the following session.
If the final mark would be refused, the student must send an e-mail communication (Fabio.conti@uninsubria.it) within five days after the result publication on the ESSE3 platform and a written and oral exam can be arranged to assess, in detail, his/her real skill. The mark could be even lower than that obtained during the written test.
If the student refuses the grade he/she will makes the exam only in the next second session.

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

The course main aim is to attract the interest of student to the problem of health, safety and environment on the work, giving professional tools to allow learning by working and to promote a good and rational behavior.
The second course aim is to put the basis for subsequent courses that will study the work safety themes.

The course is based on front lessons that expand the following themes:
- The application of work safety rules and the subjects of the rules,
- The hazard, the risk and the risk evaluation,
- The prevention and protection actions,
- The organization management and work management,
- The machines, the work equipment and the plants,
- The collective and personal protective equipment,
- Particular work situation: working at heights, confined space, .
- Risks related to asbestos, noise, vibrations, manual weight handling, etc.
- Documents for work safety planning: (DVR + DUVRI + PSC + POS + FO)

The course is held with lectures.
During the lessons are projected a series of power point presentations containing the definitions and principles established by the current regulations and by the rules of good technique.
In addition, presentations contain multiple images of work contexts, organizational solutions, operational methods and best practice schemes.
The final lessons will present some planning and security management tools (DVR, PSC ...) with the illustration of standard schemes, real examples and simulations for some contexts and / or work phases.

The students can meet the teacher in the classroom before and after the lessons and in his office (villa Toeplitz), also out of the standard time, by means of a telephone call (0332-218780) or (better) an e-mail (fabio.conti@uninsubria.it) date, to facilitate worker students.

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