Labour safety (fuel and chemical industry)
Qualification given: Researcher in the field of Engineering sciences
Academic degree: PhD in Engineering sciences
Faculty: Faculty of Mechanics and Technology
Department: Department of Technology and Equipment of Oil and Gas Processing
Forms of study: full-time — 3 years / part-time — 4 years / independent degree seekers — 5 years
Labour safety (fuel and chemical industry) is a field of science and engineering in which that study connections and regularities of safe working conditions ensuring, life and health saving in the process of production activity in fuel and chemical industry and develop technical, information and organization methods and facilities of work safety and control management.
Areas of study
- Study of working conditions in the fuel and chemical industries, connection with harmful and hazardous production factors.
- Forecasting the state of the production environment and hazardous situations.
- Development of methods for monitoring and regulating hazardous factors.
- Monitoring hazardous production factors and automated signaling systems.
- Optimization of protective measures for workers against the effects of harmful and hazardous factors.
- Study of the effectiveness of labour safety systems in oil processing and the use of fuel and chemical products.
- Development of information systems for assessing the professional suitability of workers and collecting data on accidents and injuries.
Professional competencies
- Conducting scientific research in the field of labour protection in the fuel and chemical industries.
- Development and implementation of innovative methods for ensuring safety in production processes.
- Analysis and forecasting of professional risks, development of measures for their prevention.
- Organization and coordination of labor protection activities in production.
- Development and implementation of labor protection management systems according to international standards.
- Planning, organization, and control of activities aimed at improving working conditions and labor protection.
- Expert evaluation of project and technological documentation from the perspective of labor protection.
- Audit, assessment, and monitoring of labor protection conditions in the fuel and chemical industries.
- Development of recommendations and consulting for managers and employees on safe labor practices.
- Fostering a culture of safe labor and involving employees in improving working conditions.
Graduate destinations
- Research and development of innovative methods for ensuring safety in production processes.
- Participation in the development of regulatory legal documentation in the field of labour protection.
- Leadership positions in labour protection services at enterprises in the fuel and chemical industries.
- Organization and coordination of activities for ensuring labour protection and implementation of management systems.
- Development and implementation of strategies for the advancement of labour protection management systems.
- Expert evaluation of documentation and assessment of working conditions in specialized organizations.
- Teaching labour safety subjects at higher educational institutions.
