22IZS427 - Accidents and risk management

Course specification
Course title		Accidents and risk management
Acronym		22IŽS427
Study programme		Environmental Engineering
Module
Lecturer (for classes)		prof. dr Viktor Pocajt doc. dr Maja Đolić
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		doc. dr Maja Đolić
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		4.0	Status
Condition		Passed all courses of the I year, Organic pollutants	Облик условљености
The goal		Understanding basic concepts and problems related to risk management in general, and in particular for environmental and occupational safety. Case studies and analysis of accidents in the industry, their causes and consequences, as well as the possibilities for their elimination or minimization.
The outcome		Knowledge of techniques, technologies and organizational measures aimed at preventing accidents that can endanger the environment, people and property, and minimizing their effects if they occur.
Contents
Contents of lectures		Definitions of risks, hazards, accidents and disasters. International legal regulations for risk management. Relevant international standards (ISO 14000, ISO 18000, ISO 31000) and guidelines for their implementation. Risk management: identification, assessment and risk control. Models of risk management in the environment. Defining Risk Management Measures. Case studies of accidental situations in the industry and environment, their causes and consequences, as well as the possibilities for their elimination or minimization. Accidents and crisis management. Accident remediation measures. Innovations in risk management.
Contents of exercises		Literature review related to a risk management technique or an analysis of specific incident situation (Case study)
Literature
V. Pocajt: Neautorizovana skripta, TMF, Beograd, 2007. (Original title) Lerche, W. Glaesser: Environmental Risk Assessment, Springer Verlag, Berlin, ISBN: 978-3-540-26249-7, 2006 (Original title) US Environmental Protection Agency: General Risk Management Program Guidance, http://yosemite.epa.gov/oswer/ceppoweb.nsf/content/EPAguidance (Original title) C. Perrow: Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies, Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 978-0691004129 European Environmental Agency, The application of environmental risk assessment in industry (https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/GH-07-97-595-EN-C2/chapter7h.html)
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
2	1
Methods of teaching		Lectures (PPT presentation), seminars
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		10	Test paper
Practical lessons			Oral examination	60
Projects
Colloquia
Seminars		30