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Physical Hazards in Occupational Environments

Postgraduate | ACU-OHSE603 | 2018

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Investigate physical hazards in the workplace and address approaches for dealing with them.On your checklist are chemicals, asbestos, noise, electricity and confined spaces. You’ll assess risk levels and compile strategies and intervention methods.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
12 weeks

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Physical Hazards in Occupational Environments

About this subject

  • Upon completion of this subject students should be able to:

    1. Apply knowledge of how specific OHSE hazards lead to adverse effects on health, safety and environment
    2. Analyse information on specific OHSE hazards using the risk assessment/management framework to determine a level of risk
    3. Compare and contrast interventions and strategies to control the risk associated with specific hazards with reference to applicable OHSE legislation and standards
    4. Justify ethical and sustainable recommended actions to peers and key workplace stakeholders using appropriate technical and theoretical OHSE information.

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

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-OHS603 (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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