The subject "Safety and Legislation" is part of the module of subjects common to the Civil Branch of the Civil Engineering Degree. It is a subject that is taught in the fourth year and during the first four-month period, and its main objective is to provide knowledge on safety management in companies in the construction sector.



It is the only course of its kind in the curriculum of the degree, so that its uniqueness adds value to the training of professionals in the field of occupational risk prevention.



This subject provides the basic knowledge in occupational risk prevention to graduates in Civil Engineering, to be able to face the functions that are developed in companies in the construction sector or other sectors such as Health and Safety Coordinators or Project Management. It can also be useful as a basis for the graduate to specialize professionally as a prevention technician.

PThis subject has established the competence of "capacity of analysis of the problems of health and safety in construction works", codified as CM09.

However, the competences developed by this course are the following:

1) To know how to identify and evaluate the magnitude of the main risks for the safety and health of workers on construction sites,

2) To know the prevention measures to be adopted and to propose the relevant measures for each type of risk,

3) To know and know how to apply the regulations in force in general risk prevention, both general and sectorial regulations,

4) To know the basic regulations on labor contracting, administrative and town planning law.



The transversal competences developed in this subject are:

1) Learning to solve problems and argue

2) Working in a team

3) Ability to transmit oral and written information

1.- INTRODUCTION TO OCCUPATIONAL RISK PREVENTION: OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT FIGURES. SPECIALTIES IN OCCUPATIONAL RISK PREVENTION

2.- OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES.

3.- RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TECHNICAL ENGINEER OF PUBLIC WORKS

4.- SAFETY REGULATIONS AFFECTING THE PUBLIC WORKS TECHNICAL ENGINEER.

5.- THE EVALUATION OF LABOR RISKS: THE STUDY OF SECURITY AND HEALTH. THE BASIC STUDY OF SAFETY AND HEALTH. THE PLAN OF SAFETY AND HEALTH IN THE WORK

6 .- THE PLAN OF EMERGENCY MEASURES

7.- SAFETY IN MACHINES

8.- MINIMUM SAFETY CONDITIONS IN CONSTRUCTION WORKS.

9 .- LABOR LAW

10.- ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

In order for each student to acquire this knowledge, an active methodology based on problem solving will be applied. This implies that each student, individually or in groups depending on the task, will receive at the beginning of each session a challenge to solve. The last part of each session will be used to make a brief summary of the legislation they will need to solve the next challenge.

• Final Assessment System
• Tools and qualification percentages:
  • Written test to be taken (%): 70
  • Realization of Practical Work (exercises, cases or problems) (%): 10
  • Individual works (%): 10
  • Team projects (problem solving, project design)) (%): 10

The evaluation of this course will be CONTINUOUS and will consist of:

1. PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP WORK AND AN INDIVIDUAL ORAL PRESENTATION: 30% of the grade of the subject. Failure to complete 1 of them or a grade lower than 5 points, will imply the renunciation of the continuous evaluation and therefore, to perform 100% of the final individual test.

2. Final individual test: 70% of the grade of the subject if the average of the controls is 5 or higher. 100% if all the controls have not been taken or if the required average has not been exceeded. . It will consist of a written test at the end of the term.



It will be an essential condition to pass the course to obtain a 5 out of 10 in the final written exam and a 5 out of 10 in the set of activities delivered. The final grade will be the sum of both parts with a weighting of 70/30.



In any case, students will have the right to be evaluated through the final evaluation system, regardless of whether or not they have participated in the continuous evaluation system. To do so, students must submit in writing to the teacher responsible for the subject the waiver of continuous assessment.

In the extraordinary exam, there will be an individual written test with a weight of 100% of the final grade.

Ley 31/1995, de 8 de noviembre, de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales
Ley 54/2003, de 12 de diciembre, de Reforma del Marco Normativo de la Prevención de Riesgos Laborales
RD 171/2004, de 30 de enero, de desarrollo del artículo 24 de la Ley de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales
RD 1627/1997 de Disposiciones mínimas de Seguridad y Salud en las Obras de Construcción
Seguridad y Salud en Ingeniería Civil, Editor: Félix Nieto Mouronte. Fundación de Ingeniería Civil de Galicia. Universidad de A Coruña, 2007.

Basic bibliography

Seguridad y Salud en Ingeniería Civil, Editor: Félix Nieto Mouronte. Fundación de Ingeniería Civil de Galicia. Universidad de A Coruña, 2007.

Monografías de la Construcción. Aspectos Legales de la Construcción. Editorial CEAC

In-depth bibliography

Manual de Derecho Administrativo, Luis Cosculluela Montaner
Curso Básico de Derecho del Trabajo, Editorial Tirant Lo Blanch
Los Accidentes de Trabajo en la Construcción, Análisis de Causas y Responsabilidades, Alfredo J. Martínez Cuevas. CISS, 2007

Journals

Revista de Obras Públicas
Gremios: El periódico de la construcción
Gestión Práctica de Riesgos Laborales

Web addresses

www.mtas.es/insht
www.osalan.net
www.fomento.es