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Improving OHSE Performance
Postgraduate | ACU-OHSE611 | 2018
Course information for 2018 intake
View information for 2019 course intakeCompare various approaches to occupational health, safety and environment management.
Learn how to lead OHSE teams. Identify ways to bolster performance at all organisational levels. Focus on communicating with influence and management system audits.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 12 weeks
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Improving OHSE Performance
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject, you should be able to:
- Calculate a lost time injury rate (LTIR) and review the utility of LTIR as an OHSE performance measure
- Critically compare and contrast the various techniques used to measure and improve OHSE performance
- Appraise the steps and processes in OHSE auditing and relate these to other organisational systems to maximise improvements in OHSE performance
- Communicate effectively with business stakeholders, from senior leaders to employees, to measure and improve OHSE performance.
- Introduction to OHSE performance
- Application of OHSE Performance Measures - their derivation and use
- Critical Review of OHSE Performance Measures
- Strategic Planning and Business Case for OHSE
- Communicating OHSE with Senior Management and Boards of Management
- Communicating for Influence with Employees - Psychology of Safety Behaviour
- OHSE Performance and the Role of Audit
- The Audit Process
- OHSE Auditing
- Interview Skills for OHSE Practitioners
- Leading OHSE Teams
- Ethical Issues for OHSE Practitioners
This advanced subject covers best practice communication and management principles and practices to influence the improvement of OHSE performance at all levels of the organisation. OHSE performance measures, planning and conducting OHSE management systems audits, communicating OHSE with influence, the psychology of safety behaviour, and ethical issues for OHSE practitioners are some of the topics in this subject.
- Audit Report (45%)
- Online discussion (20%)
- Business Case (35%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
one of
- ACU-OHSE601-Principles of OHSE Management
ACU-OHS601 (Not currently available)
and one of
- ACU-OHSE604-OHSE Law in Practice
ACU-OHS604 (Not currently available)
and one of
- ACU-OHSE603-Physical Hazards in Occupational Environments
ACU-OHS603 (Not currently available)
and one of
- ACU-OHSE602-OHSE Management Systems
ACU-OHS602 (Not currently available)
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
ACU-OHS611 (Not currently available)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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