Safety Management Systems - COM00050M
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Semester 2 2023-24 |
Module aims
The aims of the module are:
- To provide students with an awareness of the issues associated with conducting technical safety activities within an organisational and regulatory environment
- To develop skills at applying theoretical safety engineering knowledge in situations constrained by available education, resources and organisational culture
Module learning outcomes
- Discuss the evolution of regulatory and legal context for safety
- Discuss the relationship between business and safety risk management
- Evaluate the role of organisational structure in safety performance
- Differentiate between safety management system documentation and safety management systems
- List the key activities covered by a safety management system
- Discuss the role of Philosophy, policy, procedure and practice in a safety management system
- Characterise the safety culture of an organisation
- Prepare a work breakdown structure for a safety programme
- Estimate cost and time for safety activities
- Appraise a safety management proposal for practicality
- Describe the requirements for safety competency management
- Explain the relationship between safety competency and engineering ethics
- Design a suite of metrics for a safety programme
- Differentiate between proactive and reactive safety activities
- Discuss the state of the art and future directions in safety management
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Module feedback
Individual written feedback is provided via the online feedback system.
Indicative reading
** Nancy Leveson, Engineering a Safer World, MIT Press, 2012
** South Shields Committee, Report of the South Shields Committee, Longman, 1843