Course detail

Quality Management and Environmental Protection

ÚSI-RSMJEAcad. year: 2025/2026

The subject will acquaint students with the basic requirements of the quality management system (ČSN EN ISO 9001) and environmental management system (ČSN EN ISO 14001). Students will understand the principles of the process approach as applied to all activities in the quality management system, and will also able to apply this approach to the risk management system. They will also gain knowledge about the options for evaluating the impact of a product, production process or service on the environment. They will understand the principle of the constant improvement of processes and the impact of this on customer satisfaction and the protection of the environment in accordance with EU policy and a company´s own targets.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

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

Department

Institute of Forensic Engineering (ÚSI)

Entry knowledge

Students should have a basic knowledge of university-level mathematics - statistics and probabilistic calculus.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Knowledge and skills obtained in the course are tested via a semestral project and an oral exam.
Seminars are compulsory, lectures are recommended.

Aims

Students will obtain knowledge of the requirements of quality (ČSN EN ISO 9001) and environmental (ČSN EN ISO 14001) management systems and the possible ways of meeting them.
Course graduates will understand the principles of applying a process approach to all activities involved in the quality management system, and will also be able to apply this approach to the risk management system.

The graduate will learn to perceive:
- risks from the aspect of product quality assurance (product or service),
- the importance of the principle of the constant improvement of risk-reducing processes, and
- the need for companies to control the impact of their activities, products and services on the environment.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ČSN EN ISO 14001:20016
ČSN EN ISO 9001:20016
VAVŘÍK, I., BLECHA, P.: Jakost I - řízení jakosti, interní učební texty ÚVSSR
VAVŘÍK, I., BLECHA, P.: Jakost II - metody a nástroje zabezpečování jakosti, interní učební texty ÚVSSR

Recommended reading

HERING, E., TRIMEL, J., BLANK, H.: Qualitätssicherung für Ingenieure, VDI-Verlag, 1993, ISBN 3184011003
MASING, W.: Handbuch der Qualitätssicherung, München: C. Hanser, 1988, ISBN 3446151729
REDEKER, G.: Grundlagen der Qualitätssicherung, Institut für Qualitätssicherung, učební texty Uni. Hannover

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme RRTES_P Master's

    specialization RRTS , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    specialization RRES , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

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

Syllabus

1. Introduction to issues concerned with quality and environmental management
2. Process approach 
3. Systems approach 
4. Preventive quality assurance tools - basic and new 
5. Methods of preventive quality assurance - QFD, FTA, FMEA
6. The ISO 9000 series of standards 
7. The ISO 14000 series of standards 
8. Environmental policies of the EU
9. Risk analysis
10. Introducing new products to the market and bringing them into service
11. Evaluation of the impact of a product or service on the environment (LCA, EPD, EIA)
12. Certification and conformity assessment
13. Case studies

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

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

Syllabus

Case studies with application of QFD, FTA and FMEA methods.