n.BA.FM.Wopl.11HS (FM Workplace) 
Module: FM Workplace
This information was generated on: 29 April 2024
No.
n.BA.FM.Wopl.11HS
Title
FM Workplace
Managed by
Irene Arnold Moos
Credits
4

Description

Version: 2.0 start 01 August 2012
Study programme Facility Management
Courses/Weighting
Course Code Course title Weighting
n.BA.FM.EAS.11HS.V Ergonomics and safety at work 50%
n.BA.FM.VeNa.11HS.V FM understanding and sustainability 50%
     
     
     
     
Status Compulsory module
*Type C Core course/module
Regulations applicable RPO, 29 January 2008, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management Academic Regulations, 15 Dec. 2009, Annex for the Bachelor of Facility Management degree programme, 22 June 2010
Entrance requirements -
Follow-up modules Basics of workplace management
Comments -
Telephone +41 (0)58 934 56 24
Email irene.arnold@zhaw.ch

*Type:
C Core course/module
R Related course/module
M Minor course/module

 
Course: Ergonomics and safety at work
No.
n.BA.FM.EAS.11HS.V
Title
Ergonomics and safety at work
Managed by
Thomas Hofmann

Description

Version: 2.0 start 01 August 2012
Status Compulsory Course
*Type C Core course/module
Regulations applicable RPO, 29 January 2008, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management Academic Regulations, 15 Dec. 2009, Annex for the Bachelor of Facility Management degree programme, 22 June 2010
Total workload in lessons
Semester 1. Semester
Lectures 28
Coached selfstudy -
Autonomous selfstudy 32
Total workload 60
Lecturer(s),
Speaker(s),
Associate(s)		 Thomas Hofmann
 
Learning outcomes and competencies Students are familiar with the concepts, approaches and methods of health- and safety-related work analysis and design and can put these into practice. They understand the interaction between people, technology and organisations in OSH (ergonomics and occupational safety). Students are competent partners and interlocutors in health and safety issues. The course promotes
  • the ability to identify problems and approaches in occupational safety and to analyse and understand them from an interdisciplinary perspective.
  • the ability to design and plan occupational safety measures independently and in interdisciplinary workgroups.
  • the ability to ask the right questions and to detect, analyse and formulate health- and safety-related problems.
  • familiarity with the basic terms, concepts, theories and methods of health and safety (with a focus on ergonomics and occupational safety).
Course content Overview of occupational safety
  • Legal foundations for ergonomics and occupational safety
  • Understanding of health
  • Evaluation criteria for people-friendly work
Ergonomics

  • Objectives, methods and approaches of ergonomics
  • Stress-strain concept
  • Working environment ergonomics
  • Workplace ergonomics
  • Work equipment ergonomics
  • Ergonomic design of office workplaces
  • Macroergonomics: working time and break design
Occupational safety
  • Occupational safety from a systemic perspective (people – technology – organisation)
  • Occupational accidents: causes, prevention, statistics
  • Calculation and analysis of danger: accident and hazard analysis
  • Individual action in dangerous situations
  • Ways to prevent accidents
  • Steps to occupational safety
  • Safety-compliant design from a systemic perspective: safety-compliant technology and environments, safety-compliant organisation, safety-compliant behaviour
  • Occupational safety as a management problem
  • Integrated safety management
Language of instruction German
Expected attendance -
Assessment Written Module Exam

If 5 or fewer students take part in a repeat exam, the test can be modified at the request of the lecturers: ie, instead of a written, an oral examination will be held. This requires the written consent of the students. (Please notify the altered examination form to pruefungsadmin.lsfm@zhaw.ch; form can be obtained from the Admissions Office.)
 
Bibliography Script
Entrance requirements -
Follow-up courses Health and safety are cross-cutting issues that recur in many subsequent courses.
Comments -
Telephone +41 (0)58 934 56 27 
Email thomas.hofmann@zhaw.ch

*Type:
C Core course/module
R Related course/module
M Minor course/module
Course: Understanding of and sustainability in FM
No.
n.BA.FM.VeNa.11HS.V
Title
Understanding of and sustainability in FM
Managed by
Irene Arnold Moos

Description

Version: 2.0 start 01 August 2012
Status Compulsory Course
*Type C Core course/module
Regulations applicable RPO, 29 January 2008, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management Academic Regulations, 15 Dec. 2009, Annex for the Bachelor of Facility Management degree programme, 22 June 2010
Total workload in lessons
Semester 1. Semester
Lectures 24
Coached selfstudy 4
Autonomous selfstudy 32
Total workload 60
Lecturer(s),
Speaker(s),
Associate(s)		 Irene Arnold Moos, Heinz Bernegger, Markus Hubbuch
Various
Learning outcomes and competencies Students can:
  • describe various definitions and models of Facility Management.
  • understand the significance of sustainability (concepts, models, strategies) for Facility Management and for the importance of Facility Management (FM's contribution) in the global context of sustainability.
  • name and describe various career paths which are open to Facility Managers, and name selected continuing education options.
  • name options for the promising development of their personal career path.
Course content
  • Definitions and models of FM: IFM definition of FM, BIFM competence profiles, European norms (CEN Norm), IFMA definition, GEFMA Norm and other models and definitions
  • Developments and trends in the Facility Management market
  • Personal perceptions of guest speakers who present their career path, continuing education and professional activities
  • Global framework conditions for social, economic, ecological and political change in the context of sustainability
  • Mission statement for sustainable development
    - Strategies for sustainable development
    - Definitions of sustainable building, sustainable economic systems
  • Use of resources
    - Natural and materials cycles
    - Efficiency – consistency – sufficiency (material, water, land and space, energy, air)
  • Renewable energies (only a general introduction)
    - Economic efficiency of renewable energies
    - Efficient energy use
    - Energy supply chains
  • Sustainable urban and settlement development (optional)
    - Strategies and future models, sustainability consciousness
  • Sustainability in Facility Management
    - Sustainability and life cycle concepts
    - Sustainable Facility Management
Language of instruction German
Expected attendance -
Assessment Performance grade (written work)

If 5 or fewer students take part in a repeat exam, the test can be modified at the request of the lecturers: ie, instead of a written, an oral examination will be held. This requires the written consent of the students. (Please notify the altered examination form to pruefungsadmin.lsfm@zhaw.ch; form can be obtained from the Admissions Office.)
 
Bibliography Script
Entrance requirements -
Follow-up courses The understanding of Facility Management and sustainability acquired in this course forms the basis for all further courses.
Comments -
Telephone +41 (0)58 934 56 24  
Email irene.arnold@zhaw.ch

*Type:
C Core course/module
R Related course/module
M Minor course/module