OPMT 2020: Workplace Safety and Sustainability
Department
Bus & Project Mgmt PD Diploma
School
Hospitality, Food Studies and Applied Business
Description
This course provides the students with knowledge of workplace health and safety along with sustainability considerations in the project settings.
Year of study
2nd Year Post-secondary
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Describe environmental health and safety concepts
- Know how to find health and safety agencies, authorities, and work/project safety regulations
- Know how to access WorkSafeBC resources to find related information to ensure project site safety
- Explain Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) regulations and policies
- Collect, manage, and interpret information and data to identify safety trends and issues in project environments
- Design health and safety programs and define procedures to support and evaluate the system
- Identify first aid and hazard services and equipment needed in an organization
- Describe the purpose of the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) and apply WHMIS regulations consistently
- Discuss the interrelationship between natural resources, sustainability, and business operations
- Plan and strategize for a sustainability plan
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 45
Total Hours: 45
Instructional Strategies
Lecture, teamwork, case studies, discussions, presentations, videos, guest speakers, online activities
Grading System
Letter Grade (A-F)
Evaluation Plan
Type
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Percentage
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Assessment activity
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Midterm Exam
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20
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Final Exam
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30
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Quizzes/Tests
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20
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Weekly planned or ad-hoc quizzes and tests
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Assignments
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20
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Team and individual assignments and projects defined by the instructor
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Participation
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10
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-Active participation in the course lectures and discussions forums
-Participation in team assignments and discussions
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Course topics
- Health, Safety and Environment Management and Sustainability concepts
- Introductions to Health and Safety agencies, authorities, & work/project safety regulations
- Health and Safety agencies: WorkSafeBC Walkthrough Policies and Regulations (WorkSafeBC in BC)
- An overview of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)
- Describe the Site visits, inspections, and risk assessment audits performed by the Health and Safety agencies (WorkSafeBC in BC)
- Describe Hazard control
- Environmental, Health and Safety, and Sustainability Issues Knowledge
- Review of active projects concerning the environment's health, safety, and sustainability
- Knowledge of Indigenous peoples and their environmental and sustainability concerns
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/.
- To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.