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Module Specifications
Archived Version 2008 - 2009
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To ensure an understanding of:
· basic work equipment and machinery safety
· system reliability and machinery integrity
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Students will be aware of:
· the key hazards and risks associated with work equipment
· the control measures required for work equipment, including system reliability
· machinery guarding requirements, including failure mode prevention
· the relevant technical standards and directions associated with work equipment and machinery
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Assume that a 5 credit module load represents approximately 75 hours' work, which includes all teaching, in-course assignments, laboratory work or other specialised training and an estimated private learning time associated with the module. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indicative Syllabus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1) Safety of Machinery Standards 2) Hazards and Risk 3) Risk Assessment 4) Risk Estimation 5) Risk Reduction by Design and Safeguarding 6) Principles of Safe Machine Design 7) Human Factors in Machine Equipment Safety 8) Safety Procedures for all types of Industrial Hazards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Indicative Reading List | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Design Safe Machinery, PP 7722:2006, BSI British Standards.R.J.Eggert, Engineering Design, Pearson Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0-13-143358-x British Standards Institution, Code of Practice: Safety of Machinery (BS:5304) (BSI, 1988) Health and Safety Authority, Guidelines on Safe Use of Guards for Mechanical Power Presses, G(4) Health and Safety Commission, Work Equipment: Guidance on Regulations (HSC, 1992) Health and Safety Executive, Guidance Notes (Plant and Machinery Series) Beckingsale, The Safe Use of Electricity, (RoSPA, 1976) Electro-Technical Council of Ireland, National Rules for Electrical Installations , 2nd ed (ETCI, 1991) Waring, Robots and Robotology (Lutterworth Press, 1982) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| GDSH | Grad. Dip. in Safety and Health at Work | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MSH | MBS in Safety & Health at Work | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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