Time: Students can start their studies approximately within a week after enrolling on this course. The estimated time for completing this course is two (2) months. Notice that the first nonstop start is on 21 January 2025.
Please notice that Xamk’s lecturers do not assess completed courses nor enter the course assessments in Xamk’s record of credits (Peppi) during their non-teaching periods. Completed courses will not be assessed between 2 June and 17 August 2025.
Place: Online studies
Extent: 5 ECTS credits
Target group: Everyone interested in the topic
Please notice that from September 1, 2024 onwards, only students with a Finnish social security number (i.e. a personal identity code) can start their studies on Xamk Pulse’s courses. You can read more here.
Course is completed independently.
Credited in degree at Xamk: All bachelor level degrees
Area of competence mentioned in Curriculum: Optional studies
Enrolment by: 26 October 2025. This is a nonstop start and students can start their studies approximately within a week after enrolling on this course.
Price: Free of charge
Note that you can enrol for Open UAS studies at the maximum of 50 ECTS credits per semester. One person’s enrolments exceeding 50 ECTS credits are deleted in the enrolment order. Paying attention to this is important when planning your studies.
Please also notice that
Xamk degree students cannot enrol on Open UAS courses.
Path students enrol at Peppi or Tuudo only for study courses included in path studies. Check your invitation letter for more detailed instructions for your own path study.
Learning outcomes:
- Where do you find information, models and guides about tourism risks and safety issues?
- What kind of risks and safety issues are involved in tourism? What are the duties and responsibilities of entrepreneurs and staff in tourism field?
- How do you perform a risk assessment?
- What kind of safety documents are required in hospitality business?
- How do you work responsibly and in compliance with safety norms?
Contents and methods:
The course is designed to take future tourism service providers through the complete process of setting up and running a safety management system in their operation of guided experiences. Delivered in a progressive and practical format, this program exposes participants to what they need to know about risk management and safety practices.
Study course themes:
- Risks and safety issues, involved in tourism.
- Tourism safety guidelines.
- Safe tourism in Finland.
- Fire prevention and emergency safety services.
- Basics of food safety, sanitation and workplace hygiene.
In each implementation, you will find a theory part related to the topic. Themes are clarified and deepened during the topics and independently by familiarising yourself with the study material.There are no live lectures or group work in this course.
Each course topic contains a quiz or test. Four quizes and 2 tests are done in the course. At the end of the course there is the final course test. All tests and quizzes are graded automatically and they are time-limited.
The course covers 5 ECTS credits, totalling 135 hours of student work. The number of hours is theoretical and varies according to student effort.
Study material:
Learning material is on the Learn platform. Recommended study books:
- Piekarz M., 2015 Risk and Safety Management in the Leisure, Events, Tourism and Sports Industries.
- Wilks J., 2021 Tourist Health, Safety and Wellbeing in the New Normal.
- Michael J. Fagel, 2021 Principles of Emergency Management and Emergency Operations Centers.
Assessment: Accepted/Failed
This course has been a part of Xamk Pulse’s ‘Diploma of Higher Education in Tourism and Service Business Management’.
The Transcript of records will be delivered automatically by email in PDF form. You can read more about the The Transcript of records on: Information on Open UAS, Xamk Pulse studies.
This course is based on the curricula of Xamk's degree programmes and the Finnish credits are fully compatible with the ECTS.
Additional information on enrolment:
Xamk Pulse, email: openstudies@xamk.fi.
Terms of cancellation:
If you are not able to participate in the course, please let us know as soon as possible by email openstudies@xamk.fi.
Before the course starts, you'll receive an invitation by email to this course.
Please note that there can be changes in the course details in terms of the timetable and teachers, for example.
South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences is audited by the Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC).