| Short Title: | Health, Safety, Enviro. & Qual |
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| Full Title: | Health, Safety, Environment & Quality |
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| Reviewed By: | FIONA CRANLEY |
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| Description: | The purpose of the module is to give engineering students an appreciation of, and
analytical framework for, how a business must comply with the necessary
Environmental, Health and Safety legislation. This module also aims to enable the
student to apply modern quality philosophies to a manufacturing environment. |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
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| On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to | - Describe and evaluate the legislative instruments
for environmental management and compliance in
manufacturing industry.
- Discuss the Health and Safety Act and the
Machinery Directive as they relate to industry.
- Conduct a health, safety and environmental
assessment of a product or process, research
relevant standards and documentation and report
on findings.
- Describe in detail the ISO series of Quality
standards.
ISO 9000, ISO 9001, ISO 9004.
- Describe in detail the philosophy of Total Quality
Management and its implementation.
- Describe the principles and application of “Six
Sigma” quality management techniques.
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Module Content & Assessment| Content |
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Industry and the environment: Air pollution? water quality and water pollution?
water and waste water treatment? industrial waste? environmental quality?
environmental impact statements (EIS ) and environmental impact
assessments (EIA)? environmental management and auditing.
Environmental Law? EU Directives and Integrated pollution control licences. Health and Safety Act: Health and Safety Act as it relates to modern manufacturing. Hazard and
risk, risk analysis, root cause analysis. Incident and accident reporting and
investigation. The Machinery Directive: The Machinery Directive, CE marking. Total Quality Management: Development and principles of TQM; TQM and
culture; framework for implementing TQM; quality improvement techniques - motivation
and teamwork, problem solving techniques; partnerships with
customers. Introduction to Six Sigma: Quality Audits: Introduction to Six Sigma. Applying DMAIC (Define, measure, Analyse,
Implement, Control) and other tools.
Quality Audits: Audit types, audit programme, audit procedure, audit teams. The ISO 9000 series of Quality standards: The ISO 9000 series of Quality standards.
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Course Work | 30% | | End of Semester Formal Examination | 70% |
| | Outcome addressed | % of total | Assessment Date |
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| Formal End-of-Semester Examination | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | 70% | Semester End |
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| Coursework Breakdown |
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| Type | Description | Outcome addressed | % of total | Assessment Date |
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| Continuous Assessment | Environmental project payback, Net present value calculation on waste, water treatment, recycling or green design area. | 3,4,5,6 | 15 | Week 4 | | Continuous Assessment | Report on the principles of a quality related topic ( e.g. TQM / Six sigma) | 3,4,5,6 | 15 | Week 9 |
IT Tallaght reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment Module Workload & Resources| Workload | Full-time |
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| Type | Description | Hours | Frequency | Average Weekly Learner Workload |
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| Lecture | No Description | 2 | Every Week | 2.00 | | Total Weekly Learner Workload | 2.00 | | Total Weekly Contact Hours | 2.00 |
| Resources |
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| Required Book Resources |
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- Course notes
- Health and safety act 2005
- ISO standards – bsonline available on ittdublin library website
| | Recommended Book Resources |
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- Wentz, C 1998, Safety, Health and Environmental Protection, 1st ed Ed.
- Hughes& Ferrett 2004, Introduction to Health and Safety at work, 1st ed Ed.
- Heathcote 1997, Environmental Problem Solving - A case study approach, 1st ed Ed.
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