Course detail

Risk Management

FSI-XMRAcad. year: 2015/2016

The course focuses at risk management according to the current EU legislation in force in the field of machinery and safety at work.

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 Production Machines, Systems and Robotics (ÚVSSR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The course allows the students to také up on the knowledge from previous studies, to deepen it and to broaden it with the specified field.

Prerequisites

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

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

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 condition.

Course curriculum

Lectures:
1. Introduction to the topic of risk management.
2. Motivation for study, analysis of serious accidents.
3. European and national legislation in the field of risk management. Harmonized standards in the field of risk management.
4. Safety assurance at workplace.
5. Systém of internal safety documentation (instructions for use versus local safety operational regulation).
6. Safety measures taken by the designer and the user of a machine.
7. Main principles of estimation and reduction of risks.
8. Examples of application of standards in the field of risk management.
9. Relationship between risk management and the systém of quality assurance.
10. Requirements on documentation of the process of risk assessment.
11. Case study I.
12. Case study II.
13. Presentation of semestral works, course-unit credit award.

Seminars:
1. Semestral work assignmnent
2. – 12. Elaboration of semestral work under teacher´s supervision
13. Presentation of semestral works, course-unit credit award.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of the course is to introduce the students to the concept of risk management and to modern methods of risk management applied in technical practice.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Presence in lectures is recommended, presence in seminars is compulsory.
In justified cases alternative form of tuition, solution of individual semestral project.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

MAREK, Jiří, et al. Management rizik v konstrukci výrobních strojů. Praha : MM Průmyslové spektrum, 2009. 90 s.
MYKISKA,Antonín. Bezpečnost a spolehlivost technických systémů. 1. vydání. Praha: České vysoké učení technické v Praze, 2006,206 s. Učební texty ČVUT v Praze. Fakulta strojní.
ČSN EN ISO 12100. Bezpečnost strojních zařízení - Všeobecné zásady pro konstrukci - Posouzení rizika a snižování rizika. [s.l.] : Český normalizační institut, 1.6.2011.
ČSN EN ISO 13849-1. Bezpečnost strojních zařízení - Bezpečnostní části ovládacích systémů - Část 1: Všeobecné zásady pro konstrukci. [s.l.] : Český normalizační institut, 1.12.2008
ČSN EN ISO 13849-2. Bezpečnost strojních zařízení - Bezpečnostní části ovládacích systémů - Část 2: Ověřování. [s.l.] : Český normalizační institut, 1.12.2008
ČSN EN 62061. Bezpečnost strojních zařízení - Funkční bezpečnost elektrických, elektronických a programovatelných elektronických řídicích systémů souvisejících s bezpečností. [s.l.] : Český normalizační institut, 1.11.2005
ČSN EN 60204-1 ed. 2. Bezpečnost strojních zařízení - Elektrická zařízení strojů - Část 1: Všeobecné požadavky. [s.l.] : Český normalizační institut, 1.6.2007

Recommended reading

A Guide to the Occuational Health and Safety Act; Queen's Printer for Ontario; May 2011; ISBN 978-1-4435-3985-2
Risk Management Process Manual; Assurance and Compliance Manager Transit New Zealand; Issue September 2004; pp 48; ISBN 0-478-10560-6
EN ISO 12100. Safety of machinery - General principles for design - Risk assessment and risk reduction; European Committee for Standardization 2010; pp 106
EN ISO 13849-1 Safety of machinery - Safety-related parts of control systems - Part 1: General principles for design; European Committee for Standardization 2008; pp 84
EN ISO 13849-2 Safety of machinery - Safety-related parts of control systems - Part 2: Validation; European Committee for Standardization 2008; pp 52
EN 62061 Safety of machinery - Functional safety of safety-related electrical, electronic and programmable electronic control systems; European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization 2004; pp 92
EN 60204-1 ed. 2. Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - Part 1: General requirements; European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization 2006; pp 110
Scott P. A.: Machine Tools: Design, Reliability & Safety; Nova Science Publishers Inc; March 2012; ISBN: 9781612091440

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme M2I-P Master's

    branch M-KSB , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

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

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the topic of risk management.
2. Motivation for study, analysis of serious accidents.
3. European and national legislation in the field of risk management. Harmonized standards in the field of risk management.
4. Safety assurance at workplace.
5. System of internal safety documentation (instructions for use versus local safety operational regulation).
6. Safety measures taken by the designer and the user of a machine.
7. Main principles of estimation and reduction of risks.
8. Examples of application of standards in the field of risk management.
9. Relationship between risk management and the system of quality assurance.
10. Requirements on documentation of the process of risk assessment.
11. Case study I.
12. Case study II.
13. Presentation of semestral works, course-unit credit award.