OHSE6001
10 units
6000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course introduces students to the field of occupational health and hygiene. Health and safety practitioners and professionals require knowledge of key principles and concepts to address the wide range of hazards and risks of illness and disease at the workplace. Students will consider the relationship between the body and occupational illness and diseases. Topics include, occupational diseases and physical agents, hazardous substances and harm to health and accessing harm from exposure to environmental agents.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Online
- Trimester 2 - 2024
Replacing course(s)
This course replaces the following course(s): OHSE6010 and OHSE6020. Students who have successfully completed OHSE6010 or OHSE6020 are not eligible to enrol in OHSE6001.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Describe the role of occupational health and hygiene at the workplace
2. Discuss the impact of workplace illness and disease on the human body.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of major occupational and disease at the workplace
4. Discuss the harm of hazardous substances and physical agents at work.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of occupational hygiene concepts and principles at the workplace
6. Outline strategies for assessing and controlling physical and environmental hazards
Content
The modules to be covered include:
- Introduction
- The human body and work
- Occupational Health and physical agents
- Occupational Health and hazardous substances
- Occupational Health and biological agents
- Occupational Health and psychological hazards
- Assessing exposure risks in the workplace
- Controlling environmental hazardous exposures
Assessment items
Online Learning Activity: Online discussion
Report: Written assignment
In Term Test: In term test
Contact hours
Trimester 2 - 2024 - Online
Online Activity-1
- Online 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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