Occupational Health, Safety and Quality Management (5 cr)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
- explain the importance of quality management for an organization
- plan, assess and develop occupational health and safety operations within an organization
- manage and lead occupational health and safety operations within an organization
- consolidate the safety and quality operations of an organization

Location and time

Please refer to the Timetable Engine at https://lukkarit.laurea.fi/ for the schedule information. Laurea reserves the right to modify the timetable.

Materials

1. LEGISLATION required. Only certain applicable sections are used. Access legislation in Finlex.
-Constitution of Finland
-Employment Contracts Act
-Occupational Safety and Health Act
-Working Hours Act
-Act on Occupational Safety and Health Enforcement and Cooperation on Occupational Safety and Health at Workplace
-Act on Co-operation within Undertakings
-Occupational Health Care Act
-Act on Equality between Women and Men
-Non-Discrimination Act
-Rescue Act
-Workers' Compensation Act
-Framework directive on occupational safety and health in the EU (not in Finlex, see EU-OSHA)

2. STANDARDS (can be accessed in SFS Online; sign in via LibGuides)
-ISO31000:2018 Risk management
-ISO45001:2018 Occupational health and safety management systems
-ISO9001:2015 Quality management systems
-IEC 31010 Risk assessment techniques

Teaching methods

This is a blended learning implementation.

A Canvas learning environment is used to support the implementation. The study unit includes scheduled teaching and guidance both on campus and online. Online teaching is not recorded / is recorded (and the recording can be viewed afterwards). The study unit includes working in pairs or groups. You will receive individual feedback for assignments from the teacher, and working life or peer feedback may also be utilised.

Use of generative AI follows the principles of chapter 3.6 of guidelines for referencing (https://www.laurea.fi/globalassets/koulutus/guidelines-for-referencing.pd f)

Employer connections

Assigngment during study unit can be completed to your own workplace or another working life partner.

Exam schedules

Based on the degree regulations (2024), the student accepted for the implementation is required to confirm their participation by showing activity at the start of the study in the following way:

In order to demonstrate activity, the student must be present at the first contact lesson or notify the teacher in charge of their absence to confirm their participation in the study. Registration will be rejected if the student does not report their absence at the start of the study or the reason for the absence cannot be considered justified. Another student can be taken in their place. The first contact lesson is 29.8.2025.

International connections

The study unit is suitable for exchange students.

Completion alternatives

According to the degree regulations (2024), Students are entitled to apply for recognition of prior learning regardless of where, when and how the competence has been acquired. ... At Laurea, there are two different procedures for the recognition and accreditation of prior learning: a) accreditation of prior learning (competence acquired in higher education studies at another institution) and b) demonstration of competence (competence acquired in other ways). The recognition and accreditation of prior learning is initiated by the student themselves. The student is responsible for demonstrating and verifying their competence. The student is entitled to guidance for the recognition and accreditation of their competence. Further information in the student intranet.

You may also assess work-based learning as a way to acquire the competence needed. Read more in the student intranet.

Student workload

Workload of the study is measured in a way that to acquire the goal competence of the study, one credit corresponds to an average of 26.7 hours of work done by the student. The actual time needed varies e.g. according to prior competence.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

Before enrolling to this study unit, you should have adequate competence of safety, security and risk management, which you can acquire for example by completing study unit HT00BN79/ HT00CC30 Basics of Corporate Safety, Security and Risk Management (10 cr) or TO00BS57 Basic Theory of Corporate Safety, Security and Risk Management (5 cr).

Further information

The study unit corresponds to the requirements of Bachelor's level education.

The prerequisite for participation is always that the possible competence prerequisites according to the curriculum (previous study or similar competence) are fulfilled. The student is responsible for taking into account the prerequisite conditions. Before enrolling to this study unit, you should have adequate competence of safety, security and risk management, which you can acquire for example by completing study unit HT00BN79 Basics of Corporate Safety, Security and Risk Management (10 cr) or the MOOC Basics of Organizational Safety, Security and Risk Management (5 cr) at open university of applied sciences [formerly known as Basic Theory of Corporate Safety, Security and Risk Management (5 cr)]

The quality of the study unit implementation has been assessed and the self-evaluation report is available for example in Canvas or Teams.