ING2047 Risk Analysis

Contents and structure

The course provides an introduction in risk analysis and how to carry out the analysis of safety risk regarding to major accidents.

• Risk analyse subject in risk and safety management.
• Risk as a phenomenon.
• Risk acceptance criteria and the assessment of risk.
• Risk analysis process.
• The most usual analytical methods.
• Identification of hazards, threats and unexpected events.
• Analysis of events proceeding, including root cause analysis, consequence analysis and reliability analysis.
• The assessment of uncertainty in risk analysis.
• Presentation of risk.

In addition, the course provides an introduction to the analysis of health and environmental risk:

• Health risks, epidemiology, toxicology and systematic health risk analysis.
• Environmental risk, transport in ground, water and air, systematic environmental risk analysis.

Learning Outcome

-Knowledge:

The student

• Can explain risk analysis and the function risk analysis has, regarding to risk and safety management.
• Knows the term risk and how to evaluate the risk.
• Has knowledge of risk analysis process to analyze safety risk.
• Has knowledge of the risk analysis methods and how to use them regarding to hazards, threats and unexpected events and can analyze the course of events.
• Has knowledge of factors that contribute to uncertainty in risk analysis.
• Has knowledge of how to carry out the analysis of health and environmental risks.
• Can explain epidemiology, toxicology connected to health risks and how pollution is distributed on ground, in water and air as environmental risk.

-Skills

The student can

• Carry out safety risk analysis.
• Use the most usual methods of risk analysis.
• Identify hazards, threats and unexpected events in an analysis object.
• Analyze events through root cause analysis and consequence analysis.
• Analyze system reliability using reliability analysis.
• Consider the risk of an analysis object and uncertainty of risk analysis.
• Carry out simple analysis of health and environment risk.

-General qualification:

The student:

• Knows the risk analysis process and the various steps this process.
• Can identify solutions regarding the use of risk analysis and is able to discuss the consequences.
• Can reflect the benefit of risk analysis
• Can schedule and carry out, single or in team, different time consuming tasks and evaluate this work critically.
• Can present the knowlegde and the results of risk analysis.

Entry requirements

None.

Teaching methods

Lectures, exercises, assignments, project

Compulsory learning activities

Assignment.

Assessment

Part 1: Portfolio, accounts for 50 % of the final grade.

Part 2: Written exam, 3 hours, accounts for 50 % of the final grade.

Both parts must be passed.

Grade: A - E / passed; F / failed.

Examination support material

Written exam: Simple calculator: Allowed calculator is Casio fx-82 (all varieties: ES, ES Plus, EX, Solar etc.)

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