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Hazard Identification, Risk and Safety Management in Mining - MINE8120
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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

The course includes the following: safety management; hazard and risk analyses, safety hazard identification, management techniques, safety audits; statistics; HAZOP management and maintenance of change risk analysis; cost benefit analysis; attitudes to safety in mining; effective training; accident and injury report/recovery; ergonomics and safety engineering; prevention of traumatic injury; work stress; environmental factors; monitoring and protection; personal protective equipment; safety policies and programs; action plans. A generic approach to loss control within mining operations will be reviewed together with identification of management strategies to deal with such losses. This will extend from simple hazard control management to full catastrophic management planning. The course will draw on experience and techniques applied in non-mining industries in addition to a practical focus on mining risk management taught by specialist safety management personnel.

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