Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Medical and Health Sciences

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• Unit Title

  Introduction to Occupational Health and Safety

• Unit Code

  HST1152

• Year

  2018

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  3

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

• Unit Coordinator

  Mrs Sally-Anne Jonathyn DOHERTY

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Description

All employees are potentially exposed to occupational health and safety risks in the workplace. In this unit, students will be introduced to a range of occupational health and safety (OHS) issues and how they can mitigated. Students are encouraged to develop the skills and knowledge needed to make workplaces safer and healthier. Occupational health and safety will be investigated from a national and international perspective by exploring safety and health in a variety of global industries.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

The off campus version of this unit is designed to be delivered fully online with all resources and materials accessed through the Blackboard System.

Incompatible Rule

Institution wide - Students enrolled HST1152 cannot take OHS3404.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded HST1150

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Describe the history and legal framework for occupational health and safety in Australia or a country of the student's choice.
2. Describe the application of the concepts of hazard and risk.
3. Identify and classify the major types of hazards in the workplace.
4. Review the application of the Hierarchy of Controls.

Unit Content

1. The development of occupational health and safety internationally and in Australia.
2. Legal frameworks for work/occupational health and safety.
3. Concepts of hazard and risk.
4. Safety hazards: gravitational, slips, trips and falls, mobile plant, electrical hazards, and biomechanical hazards.
5. Health hazards: chemical, biological, noise, thermal, light and radiation, and psychological hazards.
6. Risk management standards, frameworks, applications and process.
7. Accident causation theories, accident investigation and reporting.
8. Hierarchy of controls.
9. Working with occupational health and safety-related professions.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, directed reading and review questions, participation in on-line and classroom activities.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Core Reading(s)

• Archer, R., Borthwick, K., Travers, M., & Leo, R. (2017). WHS : A Management Guide (5th ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Cengage Learning.
• Archer, R., Borthwick, K., Travers, M., & Leo, R. (2017). WHS : A Management Guide (5th ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Cengage Learning.
• Archer, R., Borthwick, K., Travers, M., & Leo, R. (2017). WHS : A Management Guide (5th ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Cengage Learning.
• Archer, R., Borthwick, K., Ruschena, L., & Travers, M. (2017). WHS: A management guide. (5th ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Cengage Learning.
• Archer, R., Borthwick, K., Ruschena, L., & Travers, M. (2017). WHS: A management guide. (5th ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Cengage Learning.
• Archer, R., Borthwick, K., Ruschena, L., & Travers, M. (2017). WHS: A management guide. (5th ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Cengage Learning.

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