GRBE0002-1 : Risks management (including work injury and occupational diseases)

Study Programmes 2015-2016

GRBE0002-1

Risks management (including work injury and occupational diseases)

Duration :

50h Th

Number of credits :

Specialised master in risk management and well-being in the workplace		5

Lecturer :

Philippe Mairiaux, Jean-Marie Rigo, Dorina Rusu

Coordinator :

Jean-Marie Rigo

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

All year long, with partial in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

Partim by C. Hellemans : Risk and Risk Analysis

Aim : To become familiar with the notion of risk and risk analysis
Contents : Risk, danger, risk factors
Perception of risk and risk-taking
Strategies to act on the frequency or the seriousness of the risk
Risk analysis by experts; participative risk analysis

Risk analysis methods (sobane, what if, HAZOP, Kinney, etc.)
Introduction to the psychosocial load
Introduction to psychosocial risk analysis methods

Primary, secondary, tertiary prevention
Lecturer Details : Course leader : catherine.hellemans@ulb.ac.be
Teaching Method(s) : Ex-cathedra lectures, examples, discussions.
Assessment Method(s) :
Quadrimester : 1st Quadri

Partim by J.M. RIGO:
Aim: Risk detection and management in companies
Contents: Concept of the man-machine-organisation system
Security analysis method (Methods directed towards technology, methods based on man-machine interaction)
Risk classification
Survey on work accidents
Partim by Ph. Mairiaux
Occupational diseases : legal criteria for recognition, Occupational Diseases Fund, prevention

Learning outcomes of the course :

To become familiar with the notion of risk and risk analysis
To be able to apply the most common methods of work accident analysis
To understand the concept of occupational disease and to know their management within the Belgian law

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Master degree or equivalent

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Oral course, case studies analysis in small groups

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

Face to face