Interuniversity Master in Occupational Risk Prevention

The world of work and the way work life is organized in our societies today is a key determinant of well-being. Maintaining a good level of health for the working population is an important objective of any society, workplace accidents and occupational diseases or psychological disorders reduce the effective contribution of people to their well-being, that of their family, that of your community and that of your country; and, on the other hand, because it is an essential condition for sustainable, economic, social and environmental development. Furthermore, the most successful organizations have understood the importance of investing in promoting health at work.

They are aware that healthy workers and a healthy workplace are the foundations for sustainable economic success. In the context of the transition towards the knowledge society and the growth of the service sector in our economies, the role of workers becomes more important. It is vital, and increasingly recognized, that only healthy employees enable companies and our societies together to develop innovative capabilities that ensure survival in global competition.

The Interuniversity Master in Risk Prevention ( Universidad de Murcia and Polytechnic University of Cartagena), is structured in 8 subjects of 6 credits and 4 formative complements of 3 credits, which will be taken depending on the original training. Students will complement their training with professional practices (6 credits) and the final master's project of 6 credits.

Students will complete 60 credits that include the three specialties in Occupational Risk Prevention (Ergonomics and Psychosociology, Work Safety and Industrial Hygiene), in addition to the training supplements mentioned in the previous paragraph. As mechanisms of Teaching Coordination, which the title has, the following should be pointed out:

• The Interuniversity Coordinating Commission made up of the Master's coordinators (UMU and UPCT) and the coordinators of each of the subjects, together with a representative of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, representatives of the Faculty of Labor Sciences of the Universidad de Murcia and the Faculty of Business Sciences of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena.
• Teaching Commission ( Universidad de Murcia ).
• Commission of Graduate Programs (Polytechnic University of Cartagena).

The students of the old plan of the Interuniversity Master in Occupational Risk Prevention will be granted a period of two years to finish their studies, with the right to Tutor and Exams but without face-to-face teaching.

Students from previous promotions can adapt to the new one or continue with the one they started.

Master's file

Justification

The degree proposed is based on the experience of teaching the Interuniversity Master's degree in Occupational Risk Prevention, which since the 2008/2009 academic year has been taught at the Universities of Murcia and the Polytechnic of Cartagena. This new degree represents, in the opinion of the Interuniversity Coordinating Commission of the current one, an improvement in the preparation and adaptation of students to the labor market; mainly, giving rise to the specialization content that this training entails in an academic year and without losing the reference to the Royal Decree on which the study plan is based.

The main objective of the training and information system is to ensure that the preventive culture of occupational hazards involves the whole of society, in such a way that employers and workers assume it naturally within the company. The preventive culture of occupational risks means that citizens in general, and employers and workers in particular, incorporate the defense of health into their values and attitudes by improving working conditions.

Law 31/1995 on Occupational Risk Prevention, in its article 5.2, establishes the obligation of public administrations to promote the improvement of preventive education at different educational levels, and especially, in the training offer corresponding to national system of professional qualifications, as well as the adequacy of the training of human resources necessary for the prevention of occupational risks.

This training system promoted by RD 39/1997 that regulates Prevention Services has had the objective of promoting and developing the preventive culture of occupational risks among the different social agents, as well as training prevention professionals: technicians of different levels, doctors and work nurses. In relation to this, it is worth highlighting the creation of the Professional Training title of Higher Technician in Occupational Risk Prevention (RD 1161/2001), as well as the fact of the increase of one year in the residency of the specialty in occupational medicine from of 2006, reaching a duration of 4 years and including rotations for hospital care services (RD 193/2003). The university approval of the training provisionally included in said accreditation in the third transitional provision of RD 39/1997 has also been completed.

The universities host specialized training following their usual processes and procedures, which includes face-to-face training with the main objective of achieving the competencies contained in the degree and required for a professional in occupational risk prevention. The capacities and aptitudes necessary to exercise Higher Level functions in Occupational Risk Prevention are regulated in Royal Decree 39/1997, which develops the Regulation of Prevention Services. There it is specified that to carry out these functions, it is necessary to have a University Degree and possess a minimum training with the content specified in Annex VI of said Royal Decree, whose development will last no less than 600 hours.

Competencies

The powers of the master follow the following principles inspired by the RD. 1393/2007:

Respect for fundamental rights and equality between men and women.

The respect and promotion of Human Rights and the principles of universal accessibility and design for all in accordance with the provisions of the tenth final provision of Law 51/2003, of December 2, on Equal opportunities, non-discrimination and universal accessibility of people with disabilities.

In accordance with the values of a culture of peace and democratic values.

Specific disciplinary competencies are:

• Know the historical evolution and the different conceptions of health problems caused by working conditions
• Understand the significance and need for safe working conditions, and occupational risk prevention programs
• Know the fundamentals and tools necessary for planning and managing occupational risk prevention programs in the company.
• Etc.

Specific professional competences are:

• Acquire specific skills to promote the improvement of working conditions.
• Be able to comprehensively read a scientific text on any subject related to the prevention of occupational hazards.
• Being able to design an occupational epidemiological study.
• Being able to control the correct application of prevention in the company.
• Understand the relevance of the integration of preventive resources in business planning.
• Knowing how to design emergency and self-protection plans.
• Know how to plan action systems in case of serious and imminent risk.
• Etc.

Professional attributions

Among others are the acquisition of specific skills to promote the improvement of working conditions, the ability to control the correct application of prevention in the company, the integration of preventive resources in business planning, the design of emergency plans and self-protection. and planning action systems in the event of serious and imminent risk.

Specifically, obtaining the qualification enables the exercise of Higher Technician in Occupational Risk Prevention (Royal Decree 39/1997, of January 17, which approves the regulation of Prevention Services).

Graduation profile

The competences acquired in the master's degree enable the student to carry out the functions of the higher level of Technician in Occupational Risk Prevention in the specialties of Work Safety, Industrial Hygiene and Ergonomics and Applied Psychosociology, as established in Royal Decree 39 / 1997, of January 17, by which the Regulation of Prevention Services is approved.

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Mission, vision and values of the Universidad de Murcia

The Mission of the university outlines its purpose or reason for being, and its Vision reflects what it wants to become in the future, the perspective of the University in the long term.

The Universidad de Murcia is a public institution of Higher Education with an international scope of action. Its purpose is to contribute to the development of society, acting as a dynamic agent in cooperation with the other social agents. Its main activities focus on the development of Research, Training, Knowledge Transfer, and Cultural Dissemination, applying innovation and continuous improvement processes to all of them, with the purpose of achieving a high level of quality of results, visible through a clear transparency policy.

Its main values, included in the Code of Ethics of the Universidad de Murcia , are Commitment, Dialogue, Respect and Responsibility:

• The Commitment demands to assume the objectives of the University and adopt to achieve these goals a good administration and management, enhancing university social responsibility, overcoming personal and corporate selfishness to engage with others in university tasks and in solving common problems.
• The Dialogue implies the willingness to coordinate reasonably and reasonably with others to cooperate effectively taking into account the positioning, interests or situation of each one, with the purpose of peacefully solving those seeking the right balance and consensus.
• Respect implies treating all people with impartiality, deference and consideration, avoiding discrimination for reasons beyond their merits and avoiding prejudices, according to the consideration of the equal dignity of every human being as a supreme value.
• Responsibility consists in honestly assuming one's own duties and obligations, and being willing to give an account of this to whomever corresponds, acting in accordance with the ethical principles personally assumed, being key elements goodwill, coherence and exemplary practice.

These values are in turn identified with the defense and promotion of Human Rights, universal accessibility, equality between men and women, the culture of peace and democratic values, participation, interdisciplinarity, pluralism, defense of the environment. and sustainability.

10 reasons to choose the UMU

1. Why UMU?

Centennial University strategically positioned in the present and prepared for the future

The Universidad de Murcia (UMU) is an international institution with more than one hundred years old, whose origins date back to the thirteenth century. It has more than 30,000 students (2,000 of them international), 3,000 researchers and professors and more than 1,200 administration employees.

2. Multidisciplinary offer of studies

60 degrees, 72 masters and 36 doctorates

The UMU is a public and comprehensive university that offers 60 degree programs - 5 double degrees -, 72 master's degrees and 36 doctoral degrees in the fields of Arts and Humanities, Engineering, Health Sciences, Sciences, Social Sciences and Law.

3. Bet on quality education

Quality recognition in university centers and services

The Universidad de Murcia focuses on academic excellence and plays a very important role in research (350 research groups, 4 institutes and research centers), teaching and innovation in all areas of knowledge. In addition, it works closely with national and international companies.

4. Leading the way in digital technology, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence

Leading European Commission projects for research and innovation in cybersecurity

It offers a wide range of services, such as "Lola Chatbot", with artificial intelligence to help students choose their studies and answer questions in the admission process.

5. Connection with the labor market

More than 75% of students get an occupation after finishing the degree

UMU students have the opportunity to pursue intellectual development as well as to acquire professional skills.

6. University open to the world, with more than 2,000 students making international mobility plans

7 bilingual Spanish-English programs and students of more than 50 nationalities

Our institution offers 4 degree courses in English (Law, Business Management and Administration, Primary Education, and English Studies), and 3 postgraduate programs (Biology and Technology of Mammalian Reproduction, New Technologies in Computer Science, and Physics).

7. Satisfaction of international students

Located among the best rated universities in Europe by students

The International Welcome Point at the UMU (International Welcome Point - IWP) provides information on issues such as the admission procedure, obtaining accommodation and legalization.

8. Commitment to society

Attention to diversity and equal opportunities between women and men

UMU is the second university in Spain that integrates a greater number of students with disabilities. Through its Service of Attention to Diversity and Volunteering, it participates in the "Inclusive Campus Program: Campus without limits" funded by the Government of Spain, ONCE and the REPSOL Foundation.

9. Commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Project best valued in terms of sustainable development

ODSessions is the project that the Universidad de Murcia is developing for the promotion and awareness of the 17 sustainable development goals of the United Nations. Until April 2021, the UMU will dedicate one month to each of these objectives with dissemination, recreational, training and solidarity activities.

10. Murcia, a city for students

Quality of life in a unique environment in the Mediterranean

Located in the southeast of Spain, the city of Murcia benefits from an excellent location, low cost of living and a great variety in the cultural and tourist offer. In its squares and terraces you can discover a quiet and friendly city for students. With about half a million inhabitants, it is the seventh city in Spain.

Ethical code

In order to transform the University into the most fair and honest version possible, the Code of Ethics of the Universidad de Murcia was approved in 2016, prepared after a process in which all the groups that are part of it collaborated.

The four fundamental values on which it is based, Commitment, Dialogue, Respect and Responsibility, should guide all the actions and relationships of the university community. Therefore, it is our priority to disseminate the Code of Ethics at all levels of the Universidad de Murcia , also seeking their full understanding and implementation.

Its effective compliance will be supervised by the Code of Ethics Monitoring Commission (CSCE), established on September 4, 2018. This is made up of people from different areas of the university community and experts:

• Antonio José Carrasco Hernández. Campus Infrastructure Coordinator
• Carmen Sánchez Trigueros. Director of the Unit for Equality between Women and Men
• Emilio Martínez Navarro. Responsible for the elaboration of the Code of Ethics
• Francisco Esquembre Martínez. Vice Chancellor for Research and Transfer
• José Antonio Cascales Saseta. Manager
• José Ramón Salcedo Hernández. Director of the Bioright Law Master: Law, Ethics and Science
• Juan José Vera Martínez. University Advocate
• Longinos Marín Rives. Vice Chancellor for Social Responsibility and Transparency
• Bald Pigeon. Vice Chancellor of Students and Services to the University Community
• José Miguel Rojo Martínez. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Student Council of the Universidad de Murcia

Since its creation, the CSCE has organized both virtual and physical distribution of the Code of Ethics. Currently, all the buildings of the Universidad de Murcia , not only the faculties, but also those destined for the staff, have one or two dispensers with copies of the Code of Ethics, which are being replaced.

In addition, all the new workers of the Universidad de Murcia now receive the Code of Ethics in the Human Resources Area.

Other actions related to the dissemination of the Code of Ethics have been the giving of lectures on it to new students of some Faculties that required it, by Professor Emilio Martínez Navarro, or the appointment of classrooms as the values of the Code of Ethics, such as the Respect Room of the Faculty of Sports Sciences.