UNSW Handbook Course - Risk Assessment and Safety Engineering

Risk Assessment and Safety Engineering - SESC3101


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Safety Science
	Contact: Cross,Jean Alison
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 4
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)

Description

Risk management requirements and responsibilities in safety legislation. Methodologies of risk identification and assessment. Application of principles of risk identification, assessment and control to a range of engineering safety problems including manual materials handling, mechanical plant and equipment, pressure vessels, confined spaces, fire and explosion, noise, whole body vibration, ionising and non ionising radiation, electrical safety, workplace design and ergonomics and safety in construction.

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