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Area/Catalogue
BUSS 5211

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Course Level
Postgraduate

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Offered Externally
Yes

Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

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Course ID
011678

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

Course owner

Course owner
School of Engineering

Course aim

This course explores issues relating to sources of safety-related data; data-collection and management for work, health and safety; basic principles of research, data analysis, interpretation and reporting; measuring the impact of safety interventions; strategies for effective data management within organisations; designing systems for safety-related data collection and reporting.

Course content

Historical and contemporary models of accident and injury causation. The nature of safety hazards and the concept of damaging energy exchange. Injury investigation, risk analysis and control. Plant and equipment safety. Injury reporting, recording and data analysis for prevention

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, ONLINE
Workshop 7.5 hours x 2 days
External 4.5 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.


Assessment

Incident investigation, Online debate, Statistical and data coding assignment

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
To determine the fee for this course as part of a Commonwealth Supported program, go to:
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
Non-award tuition fees are set by the university. To determine the cost of this course, go to:
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Not all courses are available on all of the above bases, and students must check to ensure that they are permitted to enrol in a particular course.

* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.

Course Coordinators

Mr Dave Brown
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