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Occupational Health and Wellbeing
Postgraduate | ACU-OHSE612 | 2018
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Achieve an advanced understanding of occupational health and wellbeing’s role in modern workplaces. Classify physical and mental health issues. Unpack ergonomics and fatigue. Establish the core principles of good work design and OHS integration.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Occupational Health and Wellbeing
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject students should be able to:
- Apply knowledge of specific occupational health hazards to the analysis and design of work and work systems and effectively communicate these hazards to organisational stakeholders
- Apply knowledge of the inter-relationships of the workplace, workplace systems, environment and people and its impact on health and safety
- Assess the risk of injury/illness and assess factors that impede workplace performance and sustainability using human factors and ergonomics tools and/or methods
- Evaluate and recommend appropriate changes in work design to optimise the fit between human, work and organisational factors in order to minimise risks to health and safety and improve organisational performance and sustainability.
- Introduction to Occupational Health and Wellbeing
- Work Design Principles, Tools and Methods
- Manual tasks
- Office Ergonomics
- Human Information Processing
- Psychosocial Hazards - Occupational Stress
- Psychosocial Hazards - Workplace Bullying
- Occupational Violence
- Shift Work and Fatigue
- Wellbeing Programs
- Return to Work Considerations
This advanced subject covers the topics related to occupational health and wellbeing in organisations, emphasizing the principles of good work design and the integration of OHS, health promotion, and return to work systems. Topics cover common occupational health hazards such as manual tasks, psychosocial hazards (occupational stress, workplace bullying, occupational violence and shiftwork and fatigue) as well as basic principles for wellbeing programs and return to work.
Assessment details, including dates, word limits and topics, will be provided in your study materials.
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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-OHSE603-Physical Hazards in Occupational Environments
ACU-OHS603 (Not currently available)
and one of
- ACU-OHSE602-OHSE Management Systems
ACU-OHS602 (Not currently available)
and one of
- ACU-OHSE604-OHSE Law in Practice
ACU-OHS604 (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-OHS612 (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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