Curriculum Document

Course Title Principles of Engineering Drawings III

BTEC unit 1
Course Code EMM531
Periods per week Boys / Girls) 3/2
Theory 40%
Course Delivery
Practical 60%

Course Description

Unit 1 Health and Safety in the Engineering Workplace

Health and safety in the workplace is about measures designed to protect the health and
safety of employees, visitors and the general public who may be affected by workplace
activities. Safety measures are concerned with controlling and reducing risks to anyone
who might be affected by these activities. Health and safety is controlled largely by
legislation and regulations and the law is continually being revised and updated. It is
important

Pre-requisites NIL

Course Learning Outcomes (Elements)

On completion of this unit a learner should:

 Understand the key features of health and safety legislation and regulations
 Know how to identify and control hazards in the workplace
 Be able to carry out a risk assessment, identifying control measures
 Understand the methods used when reporting and recording accidents and
incidents.

Assessment Scheme

Assessment Assessment % Of Course

Marks
Type Mode Final Mark
Participation 5
Formative Homework 5
60
Assessment Practical Tasks, Project 30
Quizzes 20
Summative End-of-Term Competency Exam
40 40
Assessment

Contribution to Program Outcomes

Course
Program Outcomes
Contribution
1 Demonstrate effective self-learning and goal setting. High
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2 Demonstrate effective utilization of technology. High
3 Perform scientific research. Low
4 Demonstrate effective problem solving skills. High
5 Demonstrate effective critical and creative thinking to solve High
real-life problems.
6 Emphasize the importance of ethics. Low
7 Demonstrate social and emotional growth. Low
8 Demonstrate leadership skills. Low
9 Perform service to society and the environment. Medium
10 Join top universities. Medium

Recommended Resources

STS shared folder Learning Resources:

Text books, project
PowerPoint, practical task
Websites
www.technologystudent.com
www.youtube.com

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Standard
Unit 1:
Health and Safety in the Engineering
Workplace
This unit will give learners an
understanding of the key features of
health and safety legislation and
regulations
and how these are applied in
engineering to ensure safe working
conditions.
Curriculum Document
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Learning Outcome
1 Understand the key features
of health and safety
legislation and regulations
2 Know how to identify and
control hazards in the
workplace
3 Be able to carry out a risk
assessment, identifying
control measures
Performance Criteria
1.1 P1 explain the key features of relevant
regulations on health and safety as applied to a
working environment in two selected or given
engineering
organisations
1.2 P2 describe the roles and responsibilities under
current health and safety legislation
and regulations,
1.3 M1 explain the consequences of management not
abiding by legislation and regulations and
carrying out their roles and responsibilities in a
given
health and safety situation
2.1 P3 describe the methods used to identify hazards
in a working environment
2.2 P4 describe how hazards which become risks
can be controlled
2.3 D1 justify the methods used to deal with hazards
in accordance with workplace policies and legal
requirements
3.1 P5 carry out a risk assessment on a typical
item/area of the working environment
3.2 P6 suggest suitable control measures after a risk
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assessment has been carried out and state the
reasons why they are suitable
3.3 M2 explain the importance of carrying out all
parts of a risk assessment in a suitable manner
4 Understand the methods used 4.1 P7 explain the principles that underpin reporting
when reporting and and recording accidents
recording accidents and
4.2 P8 describe the procedures used to record and
incidents.
report accidents, dangerous occurrences or near
misses.
4.3 M3 explain how control measures are used to
prevent accidents.
4.4 D2 determine the cost of an accident in the
workplace from given data.

End of Term3 Exams Will be 50% knowledge and 50% Practical

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