To develop the student's appreciation, awareness and understanding of fire safety, electrical safety, machinery safety, construction safety, and the control of major accident hazards.

1. Fire Safety: fire theory; effects of fire on people; causes of fire; fire legislation; the underlying principles of fire safety - prevention, escape (incl. emergency lighting), communication (incl. detection and alarm systems), extinguishment, and containment (passive and active); overview of fire safety design; overview of fire safety management; selected case studies. 2. Electrical Safety: the fundamentals of electricity; the fundamentals of domestic electrical circuits (wiring, fuses, miniature circuit breakers, residual current devices); national grid transmission system; general protective measures for using electrical equipment; how electricity affects the body and other electrical hazards; avoidance of electrical hazards from overhead electricity lines and when digging; guidance for managing safety in the use of portable electrical equipment in the workplace. 3. Machinery Safety: aspects of relevant legislation; mechanical hazards; non-mechanical hazards; the selection of safeguards; machine safety risk assessment; lifting equipment (cranes and chain blocks). 4. Construction: relevant aspects of the Construction Regulations; roles and responsibilities of the 'key players' in the construction sector with respect to site safety management; hazards and safety practices when working at height (scaffolding, MEWPs, roof work, ladders, fall protection/arrest); excavation work; transport safety on construction sites; construction safety when working on roads; Safe System of Work Plans (SSWPs). 5. Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH): requirements of the COMAH Regulations; applying the regulations to determine an establishment's upper or lower tier status. The following UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) are relevant to this module: SDG 8 - Decent work and economic growth, and SDG 9 - Industry, innovation and infrastructure.

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to: 1. Explain fire theory and the underlying principles of fire safety; 2. Apply the principles of fire safety to fire safety design scenarios; 3. Apply the principles of fire safety management to selected workplace scenarios; 4. Describe the appropriate protective and control measures necessary to ensure electrical safety in the workplace; 5. Develop a machine safety risk assessment; 6. Analyse the various 'key players' in the construction sector in terms of their required contributions to site safety management; 7. Describe the various protective and control measures necessary to ensure safety on construction sites; 8. Apply the COMAH regulations to determine an establishment's upper or lower tier status.

On successful completion of this module, students will recognise and appreciate the need for and importance of (i) fire safety, electrical safety and machine safety in the workplace, (ii) safety on construction sites, and (iii) the control of major accident hazards.

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This module will be taught during the semester via a formal interactive lecturing mode and will be assessed via in-term assignment(s) and an end-of-term exam. Where appropriate, syllabus topics are complemented by up-to-date developments in health & safety provided in current reports and bulletins published by, for example, the Irish Health & Safety Authority, the UK Health & safety Executive, and the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health. The interactive nature of the module's delivery mode (including YouTube animation videos of safety case studies) stimulates students' curiosity and enhances their broader knowledge of practical process safety issues. The module's syllabus has been designed to raise students' awareness of their personal, professional and social responsibility and the importance of resilience and collaboration when managing health & safety in the workplace. The in-term assignments (for example, a formal technical report and an oral PowerPoint presentation) help students to develop their communication / articulation skills.