Construction Site Technology and Safety (5 cr)

Objective

On completion of the course the student can plan the use of machinery and equipment on a site, create moisture protection and risk management plans for different phases of work and plan as well as ensure occupational safety as part of managing a site and a particular work phase.

Content

Planning the equipment to be used on a building site
Planning site moisture control
Methods of managing site moisture control
Principles of risk management
Occupational safety regulations
Accidents in construction –juridical custom
Safety measures at a construction site, the assessment and management of safety risks
Detailed planning of safety in high-risk work phases
Using safety measurements
The responsibilities and liabilities of different parties in the management of occupational safety in construction
Safety in planning the construction site schedule and costs

Location and time

Luennot 16.1.2024 - 23.4.2024. Tarkista tuntiajankohdat ryhmätunnuksesi mukaan

Materials

- Opettajat kertovat tenttiin tulevan kurssimateriaalin luennolla.
- S-1236 Olosuhteiden hallinta rakentamisessa

Teaching methods

Suomeksi
Luennot toteutetaan lähiopetuksena, kaksi opettajaa. Marko Kilpeläinen opettaa työturvallisuus osuuden (70% kurssista), Sakari Pesonen työmaatekniikkaosuuden (30% kurssista). Molemmat osuudet päästävä läpi.

Marko Kilpeläinen kertoo ensimmäisellä luennolla oman osuutensa työmuodot. Tentin osuus 70% kurssiarvosanasta.

Sakari Pesosen luennoilla on Zoom tarjolla, mutta sen toimintaa ei voida taata. Ei läsnäolopakkoa, mutta kannustetaan vahvasti lähiopetukseen osallistumiseen. Kurssinarvosa tulee tentistä. Kurssialustana käytetään Metropolian Oma -työtilaa. Tentin osuus 30% kurssiarvosanasta.

Employer connections

Ei sisälly.

Exam schedules

Työturvallisuuden tentin ajankohta suorittamistapa ilmoitetaan luennolla.
Työmaatekniikan tentti viimeisellä luennolla 6.5.2024. Tentti suoritetaan luokkahuoneessa omalla tietokoneella.
Uusintatentti 20.5.2023

International connections

Ei ole

Completion alternatives

- Ei valinnaista suoritustapaa.

Student workload

5 opintopistettä. Sisältää opiskelijan ajankäyttöä 135 tuntia

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student can
- explain the main principles and practices of risk management
- make a construction site moisture management plan and implement it
- list the central regulations and instructions related to occupational safety
- list the most common safety hazards on a building site
- explain how the industrial safety authority supervises a construction site
- explain the major safety risks related to renovation
- draw up an area plan for an apartment building site
- carry out the initial and maintenance inspection of the most common scaffolding and machinery
- draw up a storey level fall protection plan for the framework phase of an apartment building site.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

On completion of the course the student can
- explain the main principles and practices of risk management
- make a construction site moisture management plan and implement it
- explain the contents of the most important safety regulations and guidelines
- explain the most common safety hazards at a building site and how to be prepared for them
- list the personal safety equipment needed at an apartment building site
- describe construction site safety plans and audits
- explain how the industrial safety authority supervises a construction site
- explain the major safety risks related to renovation
- draw up an area plan for an apartment building site
- carry out the initial and maintenance inspection of the most common scaffolding and machinery
- draw up a storey level fall protection plan for the framework phase of an apartment building site.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

In addition to the requirements listed above, the student can
- explain how responsibility for occupational safety s divided between the developer, designers, site management, workers and subcontractors
- explain what construction site accidents are like, what causes them and how much they cost
- explain the juridical consequences of violating the law e.g. in the case of an accident on a construction site
- compare different methods and implementation solutions for safety, risk and cost management.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student can
- explain the main principles and practices of risk management
- make a construction site moisture management plan and implement it
- list the central regulations and instructions related to occupational safety
- list the most common safety hazards on a building site
- explain how the industrial safety authority supervises a construction site
- explain the major safety risks related to renovation
- draw up an area plan for an apartment building site
- carry out the initial and maintenance inspection of the most common scaffolding and machinery
- draw up a storey level fall protection plan for the framework phase of an apartment building site.

Assessment methods and criteria

Kaksi tenttiä, molemmat läpäistävä kurssiarvosanan saamiseksi.
Työturvallisuus osuuden tentti vaikuttaa 70% kurssiarvosanaan
Työmaatekniikan osuuden tentti vaikuttaa 30% arvosanaan.