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Assessment of Workplace Environment - SESC9541
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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: 0
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This is an experimental and workplace-based course. Students are required to assess ergonomics, physical and chemical hazards encountered in the occupational environment. Students design and carry out a number of practical measurement programs to assess and report on workplace environmental parameters.

Topics include measurement and analysis of noise, lighting, vibration, ventilation, air quality, thermal environment, radiation and magnetic fields; assessment of chemical hazards; floor slip resistance characteristics.

Assumed knowledge: SESC9201, SESC9600

Note: Short Course mode compulsory 3-day workshop plus assessable tasks completed subsequently.

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