Course detail

Risc Management

FSI-9MRIAcad. year: 2017/2018

From quality management to process safety management - based on safety lavel, risk management in industry,management of change in industry, major accident investigation, legislation support of the risk managemtn in EU. The objective of this course is familiarize the students with the methods to calculate the risks due to dangerous substances using available models and data.
The application of that methods in practice is emphasized. Students will be able to creatively participate in conducting and evaluating projects.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Blecha, Ph.D., FEng.

Department

Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics (ÚVSSR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students are expected to have the following knowledge and skills when they begin the course: theory of probability, physical and chemical properties of hazardous/dangerous substances

Prerequisites

Students are expected to have the following knowledge and skills when they begin the course: theory of probability, physical and chemical properties of hazardous/dangerous substances

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Testing of the knowledge, the all properties testing, klasification on the basis of level of knowledge.

Course curriculum

- Process safety management based on safety lavel.
- Risk management in industry.
- Management of change in industry.
- Humna reliability, engineering approach,
- Major accident investigation, analyzing and identification.
- Risk Managemtn legislation support in EU.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of this course is familiarize the students with the methods to calculate the risks due to dangerous substances using available models and data.
Students will be made familiar with assessments of the risks of stationary installations and risks of transport. The application of that methods in practice is emphasized. Students will be able to creatively participate in conducting and evaluating projects.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Individual approach to the study, testing of the relatively closed chapters.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

R.Y.Sanders:Chemical Process Safety,Learning from Case Histories,Butterworths Heinemann, 1999, USA.
Trevor KLETZ : Lessons from Disasters,IChem, 1993.

Recommended reading

R.Y.Sanders:Chemical Process Safety,Learning from Case Histories,B...

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

20 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Blecha, Ph.D., FEng.

Syllabus

- From quality management to process safety management.
- Risk management on the basis of risk evaluation,
- Risk matrix, global risk assessment in the region,
- Risk of dangerous goods transport,
- Human factor, human reliability, engineering approach,
- Management of change in industry,
- Major accident investigation, analyzing and identification.
- Risk Managemtn legislation support in EU.