Course detail

Labour Engineering

FAST-BVB003Acad. year: 2025/2026

Work. Information about work. Work in the productive process. Classifications in the civil engineering. The study of work. Work sciences. Working engineering. Management and its historical development. Working system. Organisation of work in the space and in the time. Measuring of work. Standardisation of human work. Standardisation of machines works. Standardisation of material, energy and fuel consumption. Remuneration. Wage theory. Wage functions. Wage categories. Wage forms. System of wages. Work evaluation. Wage accounting. Indexes for wages and work. Working hour’s fund. Productivity of work. Work legislation. Ergonomic. Working load and strain. Working surroundings. Working conditions. Work intensity. Working motivation theory. Categorisation of work. Health protection. Safety at work. Working medicine.
Labor market. Employment. The mobility of the workforce. Labour offices.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Alena Tichá, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Structural Economics and Management (EKR)

Entry knowledge

Knowledge of construction technology and labour problems. Knowledge of fundamental construction firm economy with respect to production. Knowledge of production factors and working system with respect to labour, machinery, equipment and material in civil engineering.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

To get knowledge about labour engineering and economy of work in civil engineering, espe-cially knowledge and basic skills of work, material, machines and equipment standardization and of remuneration and wages with respect to construction industry. To acquire practical experience at case study processing about standardization and remuneration in concrete con-struction firm. To acquire skills about practical use of statistical classification and coding for further work with information in civil engineering.
Knowledge about labour engineering and economy of work in civil engineering.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ILO - International Labour Standards Department. Handbook of procedures relating to international labour Conventions and Recommendations (Centenary Edition 2019) ISBN 978-92-2-133255-8 (EN)
ŠUBRT Bořivoj a kol.: Abeceda mzdové účetní, 2022, aktuálně (CS)
TICHÁ Alena a Gabriela KOCOURKOVÁ. Pracovní inženýrství. Cvičení. CERM. 2018. ISBN 978-80-7204-973-8 (CS)
TOMŠÍ Ivan. Mzdy a mzdové systémy ve stavebnictví. ASPI. 2008. ISBN978-80-7357-340-9 (CS)
VYBÍHAL a kol. Mzdové účetnictví, GRADA, 2020, aktuálně (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization VS , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme BPC-MI Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Alena Tichá, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction. Basic terms. Work sciences.
  • 2. Statistical classifications.
  • 3. Work. Study of work. Organisation of work.
  • 4. Standardisation of work. Measuring of work.
  • 5. Standardisation of machines works. Standardisation of material, energy and fuel consumption.
  • 6. Remuneration. Wage theory.
  • 7. Remuneration. Work legislation.
  • 8. Remuneration. Wages and salaries.
  • 9. Wage accounting. Wage evidence.
  • 10. Work and wages indexes.
  • 11. Safety at work.
  • 12. Ergonomic. Labour market. State social support.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Alena Tichá, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1.–2. Introduction. Order of case study. Classifications.
  • 3.–4. Standardisation of work. Research methods. Calculation methods.
  • 5.–6. Standardisation of material consumption. Standardisation of machines.
  • 7.–8. Wages and salaries.
  • 9.–10. Wages and salaries.
  • 11.–12. Presentation of case study. Credit test.