Course detail

Advanced Methods of Risk Management

FSI-XAMAcad. year: 2025/2026

The main content of the course is a review of the procedures and methods for hazard identification (sources of risk) and determination of the level of risk (estimation of the consequences of an event). The course focuses on industrial safety (with regard to the relevant EU legislation), social risk of industrial activities, deductive and inductive methods of risk sources detection, and risk estimation.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Luboš Kotek, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics (ÚVSSR)

Entry knowledge

Knowledge of mathematics and physics in the extent of previous studies at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is expected.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Conditions of course-unit credit award: active participation in lectures and seminars, semestral work, written test, in justified cases the lecturer may set an alternative requirements.

Attendance in lectures is recommended.
In justified cases alternative form of tuition, solution of the individual semestral project.

Aims

The objective of the course is to introduce the students to the concept of risk analysis and to modern methods of risk analysis applied in technical practice. It is a multidisciplinary course, covering also the evaluation of human factor reliability.

The course allows the students to také upon the knowledge from previous studies, to deepen it, and to broaden it with the specified field. The students learn to use the basic methods and procedures of safety engineering, which require considering a broad spectrum of technical, economic, and ecological aspects.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BABINEC, František. Management rizika : Loss Prevention & Safety Promotion [online]. Brno : Slezská Universita v Opavě, Ústav matematiky, 2005 [cit. 2011-10-14]. Dostupné z WWW:
ČSN EN 60812. Analýza způsobů a důsledků poruch (FMEA a FMECA). 2019.
ČSN EN 61025. Analýza stromu poruchových stavů (FTA). 2007.

Recommended reading

ČSN EN 31010 ed. 2. Management rizik - Techniky posuzování rizik. 2020.
ČSN EN 62502. Techniky analýzy spolehlivosti - Analýza stromu událostí (ETA). 2011.
ČSN IEC 61882. Studie nebezpečí a provozuschopnosti (studie HAZOP) - Pokyn k použití. 2016.
Mannan, Sam, Lees’ Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. 4th Edition. Texas, USA : Elsevier 2012. ISBN 978-0-12-397189-0

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-KSB-P Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Luboš Kotek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction, koncept of safety management, basic terminology. Prevention of serious accidents.
2. Serious industrial accidents, couses and consequences.
3. Mathematical methods of risk estimation.
4. Sources of risk (mechanical, elektrical, chemical, biological).
5. FMEA and FMECA methods,application in risk analysis.
6. HAZOP method, detail analysis of sources of risk by HAZOP, prerequisites, possibilities of application.
7. ETA method, evaluation of initial events by ETA.
8. FTA method, evaluation of top event development by FTA.
9. Methods for analysis of reliability of human factor – analysis of tasks, HTA method.
10. Methods for analysis of reliability of human factor – evaluation of the influence of human factor on equipment.
11. Evaluation of risk analysis, metrics for estimation of risk acceptability.
12. Prevention of risks – elimination of sources, preventiv of occurrence, minimization of consequences. Approaches to risk prevention.
13. Presentation of semestral works.

Computer-assisted exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Luboš Kotek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Statistical methods in risk analysis, semestral work assignment.
2. Serious industrial world and local accidents, evaluation with ESIA and INES approaches.
3. Mathematical methods of risk description.
4. Evaluation of risk sources seriousness, handling dangerous materials.
5. Practical application of FMEA and FMECA methods.
6. Practical application of HAZOP method.
7. Practical application of ETA method.
8. Practical application of FTA method.
9. Practical application of HTA method.
10. Practical application of Human HAZOP method.
11. Evaluation of risk analysis, use of metrics for estimation of risk acceptability.
12. Approaches to risk prevention.
13. Presentation of case studies. Test.