| CODE | CLS2307 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Properties of Materials, New Technologies and Technical Drawing | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Centre for Labour Studies | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The unit explores three aspects relevant to health and safety: Properties of materials - The materials utilised within construction as well as an engineering can have important health and safety implications. The unit highlights the most common of these materials, their identification, use, implications and relevant control measures. New Technologies - The unit introduces students to developing technologies and how the development, production and utilisation of such technologies within workplaces have health and safety consequences. Technical drawing - The ability to interpret technical drawings allows health and safety personnel to be involved during planning stages as well as utilising drawings in a retrospective or investigative manner. The unit thus introduces participants to the symbols utilised and provides them with the necessary competence to interpret workplace and machinery technical drawings. Study-Unit Aims: The study-unit aims to: - Review the key materials utilised within construction and engineering and explore the health and safety implications of their use; - Introduce students to developing technologies such as nanotechnology and robotics, and explore how their health and safety risk can be quantified as well as relevant control measures; - Introduce students to the symbols and signs used within technical drawings and foster an ability to interpret blueprints and plans of machinery and workplaces as they relate to health and safety. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Properties of materials: Identify the key materials used in construction and engineering including composites, polymers, ceramics and magnetic materials. Explore the use of these materials, critically analyse their implications for health and safety as well as any relevant control measures during a final assessment; - New Technologies: Characterise the key features of developing technologies, robots and nanotechnology and relate how the development, production and utilisation of such technology can have important health and safety consequences during a final assessment. Explore scientific texts and journals in order to remain updated with developments within this sector and the developments of best practice; - Technical drawing: Identify the key symbols and signs used in blueprints and plans. Interpret such documents during a final exam and utilise this in order to contribute from a health and safety perspective towards the planning stages of machinery development and purchase as well as workplace design. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Conduct risk assessments which take into consideration the properties of materials; - Investigate and design control measures for new technologies; - Interpret technical drawings and utilise this to contribute towards the safe design of machinary, purchase of machinary and design of workplaces; - Utilise technical drawings to carry out health and safety investigations. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Bielefeld, B. & Skiba, I. (2013). Basics technical drawing. Urheberrechtilch geschutztes Material. - Deplazes A. (Ed) (2005) Constructing architecture. Materials, processes, structures. A handbook. - Health and safety executive resources on engineering website - http://www.hse.gov.uk/engineering/ - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [NIOSH] (2009). Approaches for safe nanotechnology. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2009-125/pdfs/2009-125.pdf - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [NIOSH] (2014). Nanomaterial production and downstream handling processes. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2014-102/pdfs/2014-102.pdf - Simmons, C., Phelps, N., Maguire, D. (2012). Manual of engineering drawing (4th ed). Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study & Practicum | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Edward Abela |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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