Postgraduate GRF-EHR706-2021

Work Health and Safety

Identify hazards in the workplace. Pore over the Work Health and Safety Act. Learn the four-step risk management procedure designed to protect workers from work hazards.Build a strong theoretical foundation for your health and safety studies.

Duration

13 weeks

Study method

100% Online

Available loans

FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Start dates

18 Jul 2022

With a network of campuses across Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Griffith University is committed to progressive multidisciplinary teaching and research and a valuable online provider with Open Universities Australia. Already attracting students from more than 122 countries, Griffith's dedication to academic excellence is available across Australia through OUA.

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Subject details

What you'll learn

At the completion of this subject students will have:

an appreciation of the key elements of a WHS management system
an understanding of the main parts of the model Work Health and Safety Act
the ability to apply the four steps in the risk management procedure to protect workers from hazards at work
an understanding of the main types of hazards at work
an appreciation of process of eliminating or controlling the risk to health and safety at work.

Topics covered

- Introduction
- OHS management systems
- Legal framework
- Risk management process
- Workplaces environment
- Manual handling
- Noise
- Plant
- Psychosocial hazards

Entry requirements

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

OUA-PSU-GCE-2021
GRF-EMP-MAS-2021
GRF-EMP-MAS-2021
UNE-PRO-GCE-2021

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Description

This subject was previously known as IRL160.

This subject provides you with a practical and theoretical understanding of health and safety in Australian workplaces. The subject examines the legal obligations in the workplace and risk management. You will have an opportunity to transfer theoretical knowledge to practice by undertaking analysis of a workplace, a practical exercise which will also require you to consider the theoretical aspects of the Workplace Health & Safety problems that you discover.

Assessments