Industrial Hygiene

Year
1
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
02036408
Subject Area
Occupational Health
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
5.0
Type
Elective
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Holders of the 1st .cycle of studies or legally equivalent qualification.  

Teaching Methods

Expositive methodology, with resolution of case studies and occupational real-life settings. Discussion of case studies.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the Unit the student should:

-understand the main physical, chemical and biological risks related to the different types and atmospheres of work, with a pragmatic perspective of their identification and monitoring.

- know the main occupational exposure limit values (TLV / ACGIH).

-assimilate key environmental monitoring techniques related to workplaces.

-Know the differences between the main workplace monitoring equipment.

- following the contents previously acquired in the “Legislation and Legal Medicine of Labor” Unit, to understand the legal framework of the occupational exposure limits of the main agents and substances potentially present in the working atmospheres.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

-Framework and historical perspectives on the area of Occupational Hygiene.

-Introductory legislative framework on assessment, quantification and risk monitoring technology in the workplace.

-Lighting of workplaces. Implications for task performance. Legal framework.

- Occupational discharge - monitoring, quantification, evaluation. Hearing protection. Legal framework.

-Mechanical vibrations- monitoring, quantification, evaluation. Legal Framework.

-Quality of the air in the workplace-sick building syndrome at occupational level.

-Dangerous materials and compounds.

-Dangerous waste.

-Methodology of evaluation of chemical risks at industrial and occupational settings. Legal framework.

Head Lecturer(s)

António Jorge Correia Gouveia Ferreira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

- Luís Conceição Freitas. Manual de Segurança e Saúde do Trabalho. 3ª edição. Edições Sílabo, novembro de 2016 ISBN: 9789726188667

-Barbara A. Plog. Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene 6th Edition. National Safety Council, 2012 ISBN 978-0879123123

-Alberto Sérgio S. R. Miguel. Manual de Higiene e Segurança do Trabalho. 13.ª Edição Porto Editora, S.A., setembro de 2014 ISBN: 978-972-0-01896-0

-Manual de Iluminação, Edit. Philips;

-Ricardo Macedo. Manual de Higiene do Trabalho na Indústria (3.ª Edição) Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, janeiro de 2006 ISBN: 9789723102222

-Manual de Higiene Industrial. Fundación Mapfre 2ª ed(02/2015)

Diplomas legais relativos aos vários temas;

-Normas de iluminação (ISSO 8995 e EN 12464-1).