Curricular Unit:Code:
Environmental, Safety and Health Management Systems in the Workplace831SSTR
Year:Level:Course:Credits:
3UndergraduateComputer Systems Engineering4 ects
Learning Period:Language of Instruction:Total Hours:
Portuguese/English52
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
The course aims to provide knowledge related with the main principles of the implementation of an environmental and health and safety management system. The students are expected to develop skills regarding: the recognition of the importance of environmental and health and safety management, as well as of the external recognition of these management practices; the identification of the requirements of an Environmental & Health and Safety Management System; the active contribution that their professional role can have on the implementation of these management systems, namely regarding the identification, monitoring and control of the environmental impacts of the organization’s activities, and the identification, control and elimination of the risks and hazards regarding health and safety in the workplace.
Syllabus:
1. Environmental & Health and Safety Management: motivations
2. Environmental Management System and Health and Safety Management System. Standards and Certification.
3. Implementation of an Environmental Management System ISO 14001 and Health and Safety Management System OHSAS 18000.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
1. Environmental & Health and Safety Management: the aim of this item is to frame the theme of this curricular unit: what is environmental management and health and safety management, and what are the motivations for its implementation in organizational context.
2. Environmental Management System and Health and Safety Management System: the different reference standards regarding environmental management and health and safety management are introduced in this chapter. Special focus is given to the certification process of a management system.
3. Implementation of an Environmental Management System and Health and Safety Management System: a deep study regarding the requirements of the ISO 14001 Standard and of the OHSAS 18000 is focused in this chapter. Theoretical explanations will be always associated with case studies and practical applications regarding realistic professional problems.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
The teaching methodologies are mainly expositive, interrogative and demonstrative, both during classes and tutorial orientation sessions. Case-studies are frequently used, in order to allow the interpretation and correct application of theoretical knowledge. Students are encouraged and oriented to perform research essays. Whenever possible, lectures with external guests are promoted.
The evaluation is continuous, through the practical application of knowledge in individual or group assignments, and research essays.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The teaching methodologies of this curricular unit were planned in order to enhance the practical applicability of the theoretical concepts transmitted. It is aimed to enhance students’ ability to identify adequate operational practices regarding environmental and health and safety management, and to make them aware of their active contribution regarding these practices. According to this, it is believed that learning methodologies like lectures with external guests, and case-studies, together with study orientation practices, will enable the students to understand the relevance of these subjects in the practice of organizational management, as well as the relevance of their role in this scope.
Reading:
[1] Pinto, A. Sistemas de Gestão Ambiental. Lisboa, Edições Sílabo, Lda, 2006.
[2] Seiffert, M.E.B. ‘ISO 14001 – Sistemas de Gestão Ambiental’, Editora Atlas, 2005.
[3] Organização Internacional do Trabalho. Sistemas de Gestão da Segurança e Saúde no Trabalho. Lisboa. IDICT, 2002.
[4] Pinto, A. Sistemas de Gestão da Segurança e Saúde no Trabalho. Lisboa, Edições Sílabo, Lda, 2005
[5] Comissão das Comunidades Europeias (2001) Livro Verde – Promover um quadro europeu para a responsabilidade social das empresas. COM 366. Bruxelas.