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Occupational Health and Safety - SESC9101
Scientia

 
Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Risk and Safety Sciences
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.safesci.unsw.edu.au
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

The course provides an introduction to occupational health and safety and its management. Topics discussed include OHS concepts, OHS law,
workers compensation and injury management, incident reporting, training and consultation. Human aspects of OHS management such as
safety culture, human behaviour, and human error will be introduced. The assessment of control workplace environment risks is considered
with a particular focus on noise and electricity. Students will also learn more about collecting and analysing data for use in OHS applications.
The course is the first in the OHS programs and will provide learning skills to be used in subsequent courses.

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