ENVT3012-1 : Good practices in the laboratory and in the field : safety, hygiene, environment

Study Programmes 2015-2016

ENVT3012-1

Good practices in the laboratory and in the field : safety, hygiene, environment

Duration :

16h Th, 8h Pr

Number of credits :

Master in environmental science and management (120 ECTS)		2
Master in environmental science and management (60 ECTS)		2

Lecturer :

Vincent Debbaut, Alain Hanson

Coordinator :

Vincent Debbaut

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

The course aims to introduce students to aspects of safety and quality in various activities related to environmental studies, mainly in the field of sciences and exact sciences: risk management, relationship with the actors with whom they are called upon to collaborate in exercises, end of study work, and later in professional life, reflexion about how to approach studies, properly archive the data collected.

The course deals with

the legal framework of labor protection
the various hazards and preventive measures
the notion of risk analysis
the sampling and storage of samples

Learning outcomes of the course :

Knowledge of hazards and risks associated with activities related to environmentalists professionnal activities, and preventive measures that can be implemented to control these risks.
Awareness of the need to work with the actors involved in environmental studies activities, preparing measurements and data acquisition to work efficiently and safely.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Theory.
Laboratory, factory and water treatment plant visit.
Exercices

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face to face