Environmental Health and Safety (5 cr)
Code: IE10030-3001
General information
Enrollment
01.04.2023 - 15.04.2023
Timing
28.08.2023 - 15.12.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Campus
Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 50
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Engineering
Teachers
- Tarmo Tossavainen
- Anniina Kontiokorpi
Teacher in charge
Anniina Kontiokorpi
Groups
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IENS22Engineer, Energy and Environmental Engineering, Full-Time Studies, Fall, 2022
Objective
You get familiar with typical environmental risks and how to control and manage these risks. You are aware of the risks related to the human health and to the environment. You understand your personal and professional responsibility when it comes to safe, secure and healthy environment and in environmental protection. You are able to evaluate the probability and importance of different kind of environmental risks by utilizing evaluation methods.
Content
- Environmental health effects.
- Physical, chemical and biological environmental factors.
- Environmental changes caused by human activities.
- Environmental risks.
- Evaluation of health, ecological and technological risks.
- Evaluation of the probability, importance and impacts of environmental risks.
- Environmental safety/security authorities and acts.
Evaluation scale
H-5