Industrial and Occupational Safety
8.263.00.01 Industrial and Occupational Safety
Qualification awarded: Master of Civil Safety with the specialization “Industrial and Occupational Safety”
Entry year: 2021
Mode of study: full
Program duration: 1 year and 4 months
Institute: Viacheslav Chornovil Institute of Sustainable Development
Number of credits: 90 ECTS credits
Level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework: NQF Level 7 (Second cycle of QF-EHEA / EQF Level 7)
Field(s) of study: Civil security
Specific admission requirements: Part of courses can be taught in English
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning: Provided that the previous level is received in another country, a nostrification, which is carried out by National University of Lviv Polytechnic is required.
Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements: Complete implementation of the curriculum, compilation of a comprehensive examination and protection of Master's qualification work.
Characteristics of the educational program: Branch of Knowledge 26 Civil Safety
Specialty 263 Civil Safety
Specialization "Industrial and Occupational Safety”
The educational and professional program is based on well-known scientific results. The theoretical content of the subject area is the concept, legal norms, requirements and rules, as well as a complex of organizational, technical and special measures and tools aimed at creating development strategies in the field of production and man-made security
Gained competence: 1. To know and understand the fundamental and applied aspects of science associated with production, man-made and natural safety
2. Know the basic concepts of civil protection, occupational safety, sustainable development and methodology of scientific knowledge
3. Integrate knowledge from various industries to solve theoretical and / or practical tasks and problems
4. Know the legal and ethical norms for assessing professional activities, developing and implementing socio-significant projects aimed at regulating man-made and natural safety, human health and performance in the labor process.
5. Know modern methods and tools of research and forecasts of industrial dangers, risks and possible sources of emergencies, including methods and means of mathematical and geoinformation simulation
6. Demonstrate awareness of the latest principles and methods of protection of employees, population, territory, environmental and property from emergencies
1. Be able to use the fundamental patterns of general scientific character in professional activity
2. To provide and determine the zones of increased man-made risk and pollution
3. To determine the probability of occurrence, trends and dynamics of emergencies development, accidents, other dangerous events
4. Conduct an analysis of legal, organizational, technical and other measures on issues of civil protection, occupational safety and man-made security
5. Perform expertise in the field of civil protection, construction projects and projects of urban documentation
6. To assess the level of danger in the course of professional duties, emergencies (accidents) and the possibilities of units created to carry out tasks in the field of civil protection of the relevant functional orientation
7. Conduct an examination of a technical condition, a state of providing civil protection, technogenic and industrial safety of objects, buildings, structures, engineering networks and their certification
8. Use modern information resources in the field of professional activity
9. Apply new approaches to develop decision-making strategies in complex unpredictable conditions
10. Fulfill and protect the technical and economic calculations of safety improvement measures
11. Analyze the state and possible causes of emergency, accident in production, accident and evaluate their consequences
12. Create models of new security systems, develop and offer recommendations for practical application of experimental results
13. Own theoretical-methodological principles of scientific research
14. Own the basics of design, expert-analytical assessment and research
15. Develop a civil protection system, occupational safety, man-made security of enterprises, institutions, organizations.
1. Demonstrate the ability to organize collective activity and implementation of integrated projects aimed at regulating man-made and natural safety, preservation of human health and working capacity in the labour process, taking into account existing resources and time limitations
2. Ability to communicate effectively at professional and social levels, including oral and written communication in a foreign language.
3. Donate professional knowledge, own rationale and conclusions to specialists in emergency rescue services and formations and general public
Academic mobility: Based on bilateral agreements between the National University of Lviv Polytechnic and Universities of Ukraine.
Work placement(s): Research Practice Practice on the topic of master's qualification work
Programme director: Yurii Volodymyrovych Kit тел. 067 35 33 041 e-mail :Yurii.V.Kit@lpnu.ua
Occupational profiles of graduates: In accordance with educational qualifications, the master is able to perform professional work on occupations indicated in
DK 003: 2010 National Classifier of Ukraine. The classifier of professions, namely: "Engineer for labor protection", code KP 2149.2;
"Prophylactic engineer", code KP 2149.2;
"Engineer-environmental safety engineer", code KP 2149.2;
"Expert on working conditions", code KP 2412.2;
"Scientific employee (branch of engineering)", code KP 2149.1.
Access to further studies: Obtaining third (educational and scientific / educational and creative) level
Other program features: Part of courses can be taught in English