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Occupational Health Safety and Environmental Risk Management
Undergraduate | ACU-OHSE321 | 2020
Course information for 2020 intake
Get to grips with the risk management process, as you learn to apply the theory to real-world scenarios. Deal with threats including hazardous chemicals, infectious agents, and asbestos. Understand how to identify, analyse and respond to hazards.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- -
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Occupational Health Safety and Environmental Risk Management
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject students should be able to:
- Explain how specific OHSE hazards lead to adverse effects on health, safety and environment
- Apply information on specific OHSE hazards using the risk assessment/management framework to determine a level of risk
- Describe basic interventions and strategies to control the risk associated with specific hazards with reference to OHSE legislation and standards
- Recommend control measures to peers and key workplace stakeholders using appropriate OHS information, data and communication skills.
- A model of OHSE risk management
- Risk management: noise
- Risk management: thermal comfort
- Risk management: hazardous chemicals
- Risk management: confined spaces
- Risk management: infectious agents
- Risk management: asbestos
- Risk management: electricity
- Risk management: plant/mobile plant
- Risk management: occupational driving
- Risk management: environmental conformance
- Risk management: waste management
This subject introduces students to basic theory and practice of risk management applied to specific hazards that OHSE professionals typically encounter in modern organisational environments. Risks covered include noise, thermal comfort, hazardous chemicals, confined spaces, infectious agents, asbestos, electricity, plant and hazardous wastes. The focus will be on the risk management process with particular emphasis on processes to identify, analyse and respond to risk exposure within the legislative and organisational context.
- Risk Management Report (40%)
- Online exam (35%)
- Short answer quizzes (25%)
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Entry requirements
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
one of
- ACU-OHSE201-Introduction to OHSE Management
ACU-OHS201 (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-OHS321 (Not currently available)
ACU-OHS201 (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.
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