Master of Workplace Health and Safety (pre 2021)

On successful completion of the program students will have:

• Possession of advanced knowledge of occupational health, safety and workplace injury management legislation and advisory and regulatory instruments governing rules, codes limits and standards.
• Competently applied advanced knowledge and integrated understanding of occupational health, safety and workplace injury management and relevant systems and processes, to enhance the health, safety and well-being of workers.
• Competently applied a specialised, evidence-based body of knowledge and high level skills in problem-solving and critical analysis to identify, formulate, define and resolve occupational health and safety and workplace injury management issues.
• Demonstrated high level written, oral and/or graphic communication skills to facilitate effective, specialist and non-specialist communication with individuals, groups and populations regarding occupational health and safety and workplace injury management.
• Competently applied specialised research skills and advanced understanding of the importance and applicability of research in the occupational health and safety arena.
• Demonstrated skills and attitudes that support lifelong learning, ethical action and social responsibility in personal and/or professional development.

If you wish to apply for credit for studies completed at another institution, or if you are changing programs within the University and wish to transfer your credit to the new program, visit the University's credit website for more information on applying for credit.

Eligible students who complete the Graduate Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety and are admitted to the Masters level program will be granted 40 units credit.

Australian OHS Education Accreditation Board

Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

Transition arrangement for replacement courses for HLSC6130 and HLSC6101:

• If a student has not already successfully completed the core course: HLSC6130 Applied Research in Health and Safety, they are to complete PUBH6303 Applied Research;
• If a student has not already successfully completed the core course: HLSC6101 Workplace Injury Management, they are to complete one of the following courses:
  • PUBH6300 Introduction to Public Health
  • PUBH6301 Chronic Disease and Injury Control
  • HPRO6715 Foundations of Health Promotion
    • If a student has completed either PUBH6301 or HPRO6715 prior to 2021, then this course will count towards the core course HLSC6101 Workplace Injury Management and the student will be required to choose another Directed course instead.

Through the Pathways and Academic Learning Support Centre, students can access a free suite of NUPrep preparation courses as well as Academic Learning Support.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students can draw on the assistance and support provided by the Indigenous Student Support and Development service through the Wollotuka Institute.

Completion of the Master of Workplace Health and Safety will partially satisfy entry criteria to the Occupational Health Physician specialisation within the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

International students can only study this program online offshore. The program is structured to provide opportunities for international students. Applicants will be assessed on an individual basis. Strategies for program-specific online student support will be developed in consultation with participating students. Additionally, they will be encouraged to avail themselves of existing University support networks and services.

The Faculty accepts that it is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations for students with special needs, in liaison with the Student Support Unit, which offers practical assistance and advice to students with a disability or chronic illness. The Faculty will seek advice from the Student Support Unit as to what constitutes "reasonable accommodations" under Anti-Discrimination legislation.