Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Product safety and consumer/user protection (17.ZRMI2A)

Native organizations units: Department of Production Engineering

Type of studies	Title
Master Academic Studies	Occupational Safety Engineering (Year: 1, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field	Metrology, Quality, Fixtures and Ecological-Engineering Aspects Environment Protection Engineering Processes for Material Removal Processing
ECTS	4

Acquisition of basic knowledge in the field of product safety and consumer/user protection.

Students will gain knowledge about the concept and the importance of the safe product, as well as preventive and systematic principles of realization of the safe product. Students will be trained to recognize critical points in the development process, production, packaging, storage, transportation and sales of the products and to define all necessary mechanisms for their control and application of corrective measures. Students will acquire knowledge about EU directives which propose responsibility of all the participants in the manufacturing process, as well as obligations and liabilities of stakeholders during the life cycle of the product at the market, monitoring and product use.

Concept, classification and product features. Product life cycle. Factors influencing on the design of the product. The role of design in creating safe products. Universal design and product safety. Sustainable design and product safety. Consumer protection. Technical legislation of EU-New approach and Global approach. Quality infrastructure and product conformity. CE marking. Responsibility of individuals in the implementation of product safety policy and consumer protection. Product safety and risk assessment. A guide to corrective action including recalls. Current state of technical legislation in Serbia. Afford and appliance of technical regulations.

Lectures, Auditory and Laboratory Practice and Consultations. The course is based on the multimedia lectures and practice. During the lectures, the framework of the problem is set and the facts and theoretical approach are analyzed, while the practice is in the interactive form, done through the practical work within the laboratory practice. At least forty percent of the lecturing time is devoted to active participation of students, where students solve problems related to the practice.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
European Commission Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General	PRODUCT SAFETY IN EUROPE: A Guide to corrective action including recalls	2016	Product Safety Enforcement Forum of Europe, Union of Industrial and Employers Confederations of Europe, The Retail, Wholesale and International Trade Representation to the EU, European Consumers’ Organisation	English