The course covers the main topics of industrial safety, starting with different aspects of risks and terminology used in the field. The main part of the course is dedicated to the related EU directives and their application in industry. The course outlines goals, scope and required measures / obligations considering acute (e.g. accidents-related) and chronic (e.g. pollution-related) risks. Special attention is devoted to major accident prevention and related process safety risk assessment methodologies.

Steinbeis Introduction to Risk Management

The course covers the main topics of industrial safety, starting with different aspects of risks and terminology used in the field. The main part of the course is dedicated to the related EU directives and their application in industry. The course outlines goals, scope and required measures / obligations considering acute (e.g. accidents-related) and chronic (e.g. pollution-related) risks. Special attention is devoted to major accident prevention and related process safety risk assessment methodologies

Steinbeis Business Communication & Management of Intercultural Differences

In the times of ever increasing globalization, cultural differences and multilingual issues play an important role in the area of business communication which can easily fail on apparently banal issues.

This could be of particular importance also in collaborative international projects. The purpose of this course is to assure that engineers, managers and IT experts can understand the importance of these aspects for the success of their collaboration with partners from other cultural background.

The course will address issues such as

–Intercultural value systems
–Differences in cultural practices
–Cross-cultural project management
–Individualism vs. Teamwork
–Successful management of cultural differences as a factor of success in international projects
–What one should know, do or not do in an EU project
–Case studies: US, Japan, India, China, SouthAfrica ...

In order to recognize, apprehend and manage cultural and international differences, a holistic and cognitive approach will be used throughout the training.



Steinbeis Health, Safety, Security and Environmental Risks

This course will present current European HSSE issues for industry. Today the participants will have the opportunity

  • to get familiar with risk aspects and with the methods for hazard identification
  • to learn about probability and consequence analysis in risk assessment
  • to discuss the health, safety and environment issues and relate them to his/her own experience.


In the end of the course, the students are expected to know:

  • about European legislation regarding health, safety, security and environment and surveillance.
  • how risks are managed during regular operation and in the case of critical events.
  • methods for hazard identification.
  • basics of probability and consequences analysis and risk assessment