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Environmental Health and Safety (5 cr)

Code: IE10030-3002

General information


Enrollment

01.04.2024 - 30.04.2024

Timing

26.08.2024 - 20.12.2024

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

  • IENS23
    Engineer, Energy and Environmental Engineering, Full-Time Studies, Fall, 2023

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