CIVL-3006Health & Safety
This course deals with health and safety issues in the workplace. Students will learn the appropriate methods to identify, monitor and evaluate workplace health hazards and to develop control measures to eliminate their harmful effects. Students will be introduced to the health and safety related Acts and Regulations for workplace compliance. Besides academic knowledge, this course stresses on research. Students will be learning how to find relevant information pertaining to safe work procedures and need to be able to identify the causes of workplace accidents. Students will need to give a presentation on a specific occupational health hazard.