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Physical Hazards in Occupational Environments
Postgraduate | ACU-OHSE603 | 2020
Course information for 2020 intake
View information for 2021 course intakeInvestigate 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:
- Apply knowledge of how specific OHSE hazards lead to adverse effects on health, safety and environment;
- Analyse information on specific OHSE hazards using the risk assessment/management framework to determine a level of risk;
- Compare and contrast interventions and strategies to control the risk associated with specific hazards with reference to applicable OHSE legislation and standards;
- Justify ethical and sustainable recommended actions to peers and key workplace stakeholders using appropriate technical and theoretical OHSE information.
- 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: Manual handling
- 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 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 Discussion (25%)
- Online exam (35%)
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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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