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HECOL 473

Clothing and Materials for Sport and Safety

3 units

Winter 2017

Topics

  • Consumer Product Safety – 573 led seminar (Michelle Furnald) Mechanical hazards & solutions for protection: Sports
  • Thermal hazards: Heat strain and exercise Thermal hazards: Research in thermal protection for fire fighters
  • UV radiation – 573 led seminar (Sara Vaezafshar) Noise
  • Holistic protection against physical hazards - Motorcycle case study Chemical hazards
  • Chemical hazards: Agrichemicals Biological hazards MODULE FOUR: COMFORT & PERFORMANCE OF SPORTSWEAR
  • Student presentations
  • Identify and understand different strategies for evaluating the effectiveness of protective clothing and equipment
Winter 2016

Topics

  • Legislation & policies and impact on practices Injury data
  • Evaluating performance of protective clothing: how to detect its useful life Ergonomics, Fit, Design & Comfort
  • Mechanical hazards & solutions for protection Mechanical hazards: Preventing workplace injury
  • Mechanical hazards: Head and neck injuries in sports
  • High visibility clothing
  • Thermal hazards: Heat and cold Thermal hazards: Clothing in protection
  • Thermal hazards: Heat strain and exercise UV radiation
  • Noise Holistic protection against physical hazards - Motorcycle case study MODULE THREE: CHEMICAL & BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS
  • Chemical hazards Chemical hazards (cont) & Biological hazards
  • Biological hazards (cont) MODULE FOUR: COMFORT AND PERFORMANCE OF Clothing and textile trends in sportswear
  • Thermophysiological properties of clothing in sportswear Odour in sportswear
  • Student presentations
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