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Risk Assessment and Safety Engineering - SESC3101
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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: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Excluded: GENS8003, SESC2091, SESC3541
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

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.

Assumed Knowledge: SESC2091

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