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Sessional Lecturer - APS441H1S - System-Theoretic Accident and Risk Analysis

Date Posted: 10/25/2024
Req ID: 40400
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Department: Cross-Disciplinary Programs Office
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

 

Description:

Course description: Provides new perspectives on safety and human error and shows how to incorporate humans in complex automated systems using systems thinking. Risk assessment of a sociotechnical system identifies hazards that can result in human, material or environmental losses, the likelihood of such hazardous events, and their consequences. This project-based course combines theory and practice to present a system-theoretic approach to risk assessment.

 

Estimated enrolment:  15

Estimated TA support:   0

Course Schedule:  Wednesday 3-5 and Thursdays 2-4 p.m.

Sessional dates of appointment: January 1 – April 30, 2024

Stipend: $14,405 inclusive of vacation pay

 

Qualifications: Ph.D. or equivalent professional experience in the area of forensic engineering and/or systems engineering.  Previous experience teaching a similar course is highly desirable.

 

 

Duties: The lecturer will prepare for and deliver 13 weeks of lectures and tutorials; set assignments and term work assessments and final assessment as appropriate; collate and submit marks; handle petitions after final marks have been submitted; communicating with students both inside and outside of class times.   Preparation of a deferred examination may also be required. Delivery of this course is intended to be in-person but may be online or a hybrid as dictated by Public Health guidelines.

 

Closing Date: November 15, 2024, 11:59 p.m.    .

 

Those interested should submit a cover letter, current cv detailing teaching experience, and CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form by email to:

 

Sharon Brown
Associate Director

Cross-Disciplinary Programs Office

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering

email: s.brown@utoronto.ca
 

 

Closing Date: 11/15/2024, 11:59PM EDT
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This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

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