| Course title | Dangerous Equipment |
| Course code | Citi3040 |
| Credit points (ECTS) | 4.5 |
| Total Hours in Course | 121.5 |
| Number of hours for lectures | 32 |
| Number of hours for seminars and practical classes | 16 |
| Date of course confirmation | 20/09/2011 |
| Responsible Unit | Institute of Forest Management |
| Course developers | |
| Dr. paed., asoc. prof. Dace Brizga |
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| There is no prerequisite knowledge required for this course | |
| Course abstract | |
| Laws and regulations on dangenrous equipment. Definition of dangerous equipment. Types of dangerous equipment. Requirements for acquisition, registration, maintaining, operating and inspection of dangerous equipment. Investigation of accidents of dangerous equipment enterprise/company. Training certification for operating staff of dangerous equipment in enterprise/company. | |
| Learning outcomes and their assessment | |
| After completing the course, student will have: • knowledge and critical understanding about dangerous equipment and its usage in work and about normative documents on dangerous equipment (test); • skills to create the database of normative documents and information about dangerous equipment and the specification of their use in topical sectors of economy (practical works); • competence to carry out general evaluation of the company/enterprise and the dangerous equipment there, to create recommendations for improvement of the use of dangerous equipment and to present the results obtained to the managers of the enterprise/company (practical works). | |
| Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work | |
| Own-initiative work: familiarity with hazardous equipment at Latvenergo TEC-1 or defueling plants. | |
| Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes | |
| Arithmetic mean of three controls | |
| Compulsory reading | |
| 1. Darba drošība. Rīga: Labklājības ministrija, 2010. 191 lpp.
2. Kaļķis V. Darba vides risku novērtēšanas metodes. Rīga: Latvijas Izglītības fonds, 2008. 242 lpp. 3. Boiko, I. Metināšana un lodēšana : informācijas materiāls. Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte. Mašīnbūves tehnoloģijas institūts. Rīga : RTU Izdevniecība, 2007. 95 lpp. 4. Kaļķis V., Roja Ž. Darba vides riski: raksturlielumi, iedarbība uz organismu: rokasgrāmata. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2003. 74 lpp. |
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| Further reading | |
| 1. ES PHARE (LE/99/IB-CO-01) Labklājības ministrija. Darba drošība. Rīga 2004. 2. Jurševskis, J. Celtniecības, ceļu būves un ceļu uzturēšanas mašīnas. Smiltene: Smiltenes 29. arodvidusskola, 2006..256 lpp. | |
| Periodicals and other sources | |
| 1. Latvijas Vēstnesis: Latvijas Republikas oficiāls laikraksts.Rīga: Valsts uzņēmums "Latvijas Vēstnesis". ISSN 1407-0391 2. Dienas Bizness:nedēļas laikraksts.Latvijas biznesa avīze. Rīga: Diena: Dagens Industri , 2005-.ISSN 1407-2041 | |