71409 - Regulations and Applications in the Prevention Field

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Docente: Marco Finelli
  • Credits: 3
  • SSD: MED/50
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Environment and Workplace Prevention Techniques (cod. 8487)

Learning outcomes

- At the end of the course the student knows the main legislation applicable in the field of prevention in living and working environments; - is able to know the functions and measures applied in inspection activities by judicial police officers regarding the environment, living and working places.

Course contents

Topic 1

Alignment of knowledge to facilitate learning during the course.

Basic notes on the concepts of: "system", "organization", "function", "prevention", "repression", "procedure"

Introduction to the course:

- The general context of prevention activity and the main legislative instruments

- Structuring of the legislative structures and main objectives

Topic 2

Elements of law relating to the activity of the T.d.P.

Examination of the main legislative instruments in the following sectors:

  • Environment and health
  • Safety in living and working environments
  • Food Hygiene and Nutrition

Topic 3

The function of the Judicial Police

Administrative and criminal proceedings resulting from the application of the sanctions provided for in the regulatory provisions.

Topic 4

Examination of Legislative Decree no. 758 of 1994

Interface with the Public Prosecutor's Office: the figure of the Public Prosecutor

Operational mandates in the event of reports and cases of accidents at work

Topic 5

From the perception of risk to the prevention tools adopted by the prevention technician.

Innovative risk management and staff training tools: Behavior Based Safety (BBS).

Topic 6

The prevention actors (Managers, Supervisors, Workers, Prevention Service, Competent Doctor, Qualified Expert).

Analysis of some sentences.

Topic 7

The development of safety procedures as a prevention tool (matrix of responsibilities and application methods).

Operational instructions: interactions between risk assessment and safety procedure.

Exercise.

Topic 8

The main analysis tools adopted by the T.d.P.: identification of dangers, risk assessment and training in different professional contexts.

Focus on the Single Interference Risk Assessment Document (D.U.V.R.I.)

Exercise.

Topic 9

General and specific recapitulation with insights.

Readings/Bibliography

- Teaching material edited by the teacher;

- Extracts from the Civil Code

- Extracts from the Penal Code

- Legislative Decree no. 81/2008 and subsequent amendments and additions

- Environmental Code (T.U.A.)

Teaching methods

Lectures, case analyzes and exercises.

Assessment methods

Oral exam.

Teaching tools

Personal computer, video projector and handouts.

Office hours

See the website of Marco Finelli