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HN2009 Chemical Hazards in the Working Environment 7.5 credits

Kemiska arbetsmiljörisker

  • Educational level

    Second cycle

  • Academic level (A-D)

  • Subject area

    Technology and Health

  • Grade scale

    A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Course offerings

Spring 14 for programme students

Spring 14 for single courses students - To application

  • Periods

    Spring 14 P3 (7.5 credits)

  • Application code

    20015

  • Start date

    20/01/2014

  • End date

    2014 week: 12

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    KTH Flemingsberg

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    Normal

  • Number of places *

    Max. 5

    *) If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Application

    Apply for this course at antagning.se through this application link.
    Please note that you need to log in at antagning.se to finalize your application.

Learning outcomes

After the course, the students shall:

  • Know about the general legislation and provisions for the use of chemical products at the workplace, including the EU regulation about REACH and the labelling system CLP.
  • Know about health hazards with common industrial chemicals and be able to find and interpret inforamtion about helath hazards based on safety data sheets and toxicological literature and be able to use this inforamtion in risk assessment of the use of chemicals.
  • Know about common micorbiological risks, in what environments they occur and how the risks can be controlled. Know about how micorbiological risks are assessed.
  • Know the demands on companies management of their chemicals and be able to support companies in that management, e.g. how to make an inventory of chemical products. Be able to adapt the management methods to the companies needs and preriquisites.
  • Know about control strategies to reduce the chemical hazards. Be able to discuss control strategies in relation to common chemical risks and be able to cirtically discuss the different strategies.
  • Know how air contaminants are measured and be able to interpret the results from such measurements. Know some basic measuring strategies and be able to describe what measuring strategies can be used for and critically discuss the strategies.

Course main content

Chemical and biological health hazards, chemical management, measuring methods, risk assessment, processventilation, substitution, control measures, legislation.

Eligibility

Academic first degree, 180 higher education credits/ECTS, within technical or natural science or equivalent education and Swedish B/Swedish 3 and English A/English 6.

Literature

Ø  Kemiska Hälsorisker. Prevent (2011) (sid 84 -89 är en kortfattad översikt av mätningar som beskrivs utförligare i Kemisk yrkes- och miljöhygien.) Sid 96 - 110 motsvarar i stort sett sid 109-122 i Kemisk yrkes- och miljöhygien

Ø  Kemisk yrkes- och miljöhygien. Prevent 2006, sidorna xxxx. (Hoppa över sidorna 42-52, ersätts av Kemiska Hälsorisker sid 26-40). Avsnittet om analys, sid 95 - 100 läses översiktligt. Detaljer om analysmetoder och analysinstrument samt kemiska analyser ingår inte i kursen. Delarna om mikroorganismer läses översiktligt. Detta behandlas utförligare i kursboken Mikroorganismer i arbetsmiljön

Ø  Webbplatsen KemiGuiden, www.kemiguiden.se

Ø  Process- och Industriventilation. Prevent 2005

Ø  Mikroorganismer i arbetsmiljön. Prevent 2008

Ø  AFS 2011:19 Kemiska arbetsmiljörisker. Arbetsmiljöverket

Ø  AFS 2011:18 Hygieniska gränsvärden. Arbetsmiljöverket

Examination

  • RED1 - Account, 5.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
  • TEN1 - Examination, 2.5 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Presentation of study tasks, mandatory attendence at at least 70 % is required for passing the course, P/F (5,0 hp)

Written examination, A-F, (2,5 hp)

Offered by

STH/Ergonomics

Examiner

Version

Course plan valid from: Autumn 11.
Examination information valid from: Autumn 11.