Objectives and Competencies

Objectives

The Master's Degree will train professionals holistically in occupational risk prevention, imparting skills to detect those risks inherent in the workplace of each and every organization, and to arrange a coherent and global set of appropriate preventive action measures. To this end, the student will develop the following competencies:

Conceptual competencies:

  1. Planning and design skills, consultancy and management of occupational risk prevention systems 
  2. The ability to apply information and communication technologies to different fields of action 
  3. The ability to transmit and communicate in writing and orally using appropriate terminology and techniques 
  4. To know how to advise and manage Social Security 
  5. Social Assistance and Complementary Social Protection 
  6. To advise trade union and business organizations and their members 
  7. The ability to select and manage labour information and documentation 
  8. The ability to carry out analyses and diagnoses, to provide support and to make decisions regarding organizational structure, work organization, to conduct studies of methods and of working times

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Competencies

Competencies are the identifiable and evaluable set of knowledge, attitudes, values, abilities and skills, related to each other, which will allow the student to exercise the professional activity according to the requirements and standards used in the corresponding occupational area.

All the master’s at the University of Almeria explicitly include two types of competencies:

  • The generic competencies included in Royal Decree 1393/2007, of 29 October, which establishes the organization of official higher education.
  • The specific degree competencies. These competencies are detailed in the degree’s report and are related to its particular subjects. Some of these competencies may have been agreed at the Andalusian regional level, or for certain degrees, they may be regulated at the state level.

General Competencies

CG0-Speaking well in public

Basic, General and Cross-Curricular Competencies

The basic competencies for all master’s degrees were defined in R.D. 1393/2007 of 29 October. They will be progressively adapted and as established by the current R.D. 822/2021 of 28 September, which establishes the organization of university education and the quality assurance procedure.

General competencies for all master's degrees
CB6-To possess and understand knowledge That students have demonstrated they possess and understand knowledge that expands and improves on that associated with the first cycle, providing them a basis or opportunity for originality in developing and/or applying ideas, often in a research context.
CB7-Application of knowledge That students know how to apply the knowledge gained and are capable of problem-solving in new or unexplored settings within broader (or multi-disciplinary) contexts relating to their field of study.
CB8-Ability to make judgements That students can integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgements based on incomplete information which, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to applying their knowledge and judgements.
CB9-Communication capacity and social aptitude That students know how to communicate their conclusions –and the ultimate knowledge and reasons that support them– to both specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous manner.
CB10-Learning skills That students possess the learning skills that will enable them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.

Specific competencies

The specific competencies provided by this degree are listed in the degree report.

Objectives document

Objectives document

Detail of the competencies specific to this degree.

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Information of interest

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