Workplace Health and Safety Management

Course aim

The aim of this course is to provide students with an advanced understanding of the influence of legal, social, and intra-organisational factors which impact upon workplace health and safety within an organisation as well as contemporary approaches to workplace health and safety system management. Upon completion of this course students will be able to identify, critically analyse and research these influences in order to make suitable recommendations for the management of workplace health and safety.

Course content

Best practice in workplace health and safety, workplace health and safety legislative requirements for the workplace, the role of workers in workplace health and safety, managing risk, social and emerging issues in work health and safety, systematic management of worker health and safety, injury management.

Textbook(s)

Dunn, CE 2012, Planning work, health and safety: an introduction to best practice, 9th edn, CCH Australia Ltd, Sydney NSW

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	3 hours x 11 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
Seminar	3 hours x 11 weeks

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

Assessment

Essay, Hazard Presentation (power point), Hazard Report, Research Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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* 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.