Course title
フィールド安全管理学   [Safety Management in Field Work]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year 1  Semester 1st 
Course type 1st  Course code 01rn1010
Instructor(s)
下田 政博   [SHIMODA Masahiro]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office afjgxte/L1151  Email address

Course description
The curriculum of Department of Ecoregion Science has various courses of the practicals, the experiments, and the researches in the field. To reach purposes of these course, students will be required sufficient knowledge and skills for safety management in the fieldwork. This course provides the fundamental knowledge for safety management and the first aid skills in the fieldwork.
Expected Learning
The learning experiences and activities in the course are designed to enable students to:
1. Define and describe the attitude to safety management in field activities.
2. Identify and explain the risk factors in the fieldwork.
3. Gain the skills needed to first aid (CPR and AED).
4. Gain the skills needed to use farm tools.

Corresponding criteria in the Diploma policy:
See the curriculum maps.
https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/
Course schedule
This course is fifth period (16:30-18:00) Monday in the room of Lecture Hall No.2.

April 13 - May 18 Lecture
Apr 13 Orientation, Safety management in fieldwork (M. Shimoda)
Apr 20 Vegetation and risk management in fieldwork (M. Yoshikawa)
Apr 27 Risk management in social research (M. Nakajima)
May 11 Human errors and risk management in fieldwork (T. Matsumoto)
May 18 Wild animals and risk management in fieldwork (S. Koike)

May 25 - June 15
Practical 1: Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and how to use Automated External Defibrillator (AED) (M. Shimoda and H. Fukumoto)
Practical 2: How to use Field Tools (T. Matsumoto)
☆Students will be divided into four groups. Each group attend the Practicals 1 and 2, biweekly.

June 22 - July 28 Paper report
Prerequisites
This lecture is a compulsory subject.
Students need to preview and review for an amount of time as indicated in the student guidelines of TUAT, in addition to the attendance of lecture (15 hours).
Related course: Practice on Ecoregion Science
Required Text(s) and Materials
Safety manual 2020 (Faculty of Agriculture, TUAT)
Safety manual for fieldwork (booklet with a yellow cover) and handouts will be provided in class.
References
The instructors will introduce reference books relevant to their topics in class.
Assessment/Grading
You must fulfill following three:
1. Two or less absences during Lecture (April 13 - May 18).
2. Participate in practicals 1 and 2.
3. Hand in paper report.

Evaluation standards are determined from the sum (100 % possible) of Participation (up to 60%) and Paper report (up to 40%).
Participation 60%: to assess the understanding of both the concept of risk management and basic knowledge in field work. Students should participate the class actively
Paper Report 40%: to assess the understanding of the concept of risk management in field work and the ability to explain the specific knowledge and application examples.
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
Fieldwork, Risk management, CPR, AED, mowing
Office hours
It is advisable to make an appointment with the instructors via e-mail.
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
3/17/2020 4:37:31 PM