Safety Risk Management: Physical Hazards - AVIA9201

Faculty: Faculty of Science

School: School of Aviation

Course Outline: http://www.aviation.unsw.edu.au/

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Excluded: SESC3101

Excluded: SAFE6201, SESC9100, SESC9201

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

This course examines the principles of safety risk management, focusing on physical hazards. Students will learn about methods of risk identification assessment and control applied to physical hazards including: manual handling, noise, electricity, chemical and biological hazards, and major hazards and disasters. Students will be asked to apply risk management techniques to these hazards, and will have the opportunity to share and discuss their own experiences of managing risks. The course will also explore different theories of accident causation.