Course detail
Integrated Systems of Management
FAST-CV74Acad. year: 2013/2014
The subject deepens the knowledge and understanding of philosophy of quality management system according to ISO 9001 and of environmental management system according toISO 14001 in construction firm. The student will gain the basic knowledge of safety management according OHSAS 18001.
The student gets the practical acquaintance with the principle of continuous improvement in IMS and with economic aspects of IMS.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
In the area of environmental management, students will gain:
- The basic ability to build up the register of environmental aspects of construction companies.
- The basic ability to build up the register of environmental legislative requirements for the construction company.
- The ability to integrate other requirements of the standard EN ISO 14001 "Environmental management systems - Requirements" in the integrated management system of construction company.
Similarly, in the sphere of management of occupational health & safety, students will gain:
- The basic ability to build up the Risk analysis for activities in a construction company,
- The basic ability to build up the Register of legislative requirements for this system in a construction company,
- The ability to integrate other requirements of the standard EN ISO 18001 "Occupational health and safety management systems - Requirements" in the integrated management system of construction company.
Along with these skills students will get better understanding to the philosophy of quality management system and to the integrating requirement of "continuous improvement" in a construction company.
- Basic information about the process of certification according to these standards for management systems.
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Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Individual elaboration of essay about the control of chosen environmental aspects (air/water/waste/chemicals) in aconstruction company.
Credit test.
Course curriculum
2. Environmental management system according ČSN EN ISO 14001. Analysis of requirements of this standard. Connection of these requirements to requirements from standard ISO 9001.
3. Basic information about safety management system according OHSAS 18001 in construction firm. Practical link to realization procedures of construction firm.
4. Interconnection between „quality“, „environment“ and „safety“ in IMS of construction firm. The examples of implementation of „integrated solution“ of requirements from these indivudiual standards.
5. The documents and records control as the basis of effective integrated system. The examples of controlled documents and records in construction firm.
6. Management commitment according the IMS requirements in construction firm. The practise of the „process access“.
7. The creation of documents for practical control of „Product Realization“ in IMS.
8. Environmental system implementation according environmental legislation ČR and environmental aspects of the construction firm. Inter-connection of the partial processes of realization of IMS to the environmental and safety requirements.
9. Practical procedures of internal audits of IMS, the certifikacation of IMS.
10. The principle of continuous improvement in IMS. The different effects of individual systems. Practical examples of applying of this principle based on monitoring and analysis in construction firms. Economic aspects of IMS.
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Basic literature
ČSN EN ISO 9001:2001 Systémy managementu kvality - Požadavky. 0.
ČSN OHSAS 18001:2008 Systémy managementu bezpečnosti a ochrany zdraví při práci - Požadavky. 0.
Recommended reading
NENADÁL, Jaroslav a kolektiv: Integrované systémy řízení. Verlag Dashofer, 2008.
VEBER, Jaromír: Management kvality, environmentu a bezpečnosti práce - Legislativa, metody, systémy, praxe. Management Press, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7261-210-9. (CS)
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2. Detailed information about EN ISO 14001 standard "Environmental Management Systems - Requirements".
3. Evaluation of environmental aspects in a construction firm, creation of the Aspects register according to EN ISO 14001 standard.
4. Methods for finding the legislative requirements for environmental protection in construction firm, evaluation of the compliance with this legislation.
5. Another environmental requirements according to EN ISO 14001 standard "Environmental Management Systems - Requirements", their integration in the frame of integrated management system of construction firm.
6. Detailed information about EN ISO 18001 standard "Occupational health and safety management systems - Requirements".
7. Methods for built up of Risk analysis for the activities in a construction firm.
8. Methods for finding the legislative requirements for health and safety protection in a construction firm, evaluation of the compliance with this legislation.
9. Another requirements of EN ISO 18001 standard and their integration to Integrated Management System of a construction firm.
10. Procedures for certification of partial management systems. Credit test.