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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Introduction to Occupational Health and Safety

  • Unit Code

    HST1152

  • Year

    2021

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    4

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Sally-Anne Jonathyn DOHERTY

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 be 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 in a variety of industries.

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. Explain how the Risk Management Process is used to identify, investigate and control workplace hazards.
  2. Present Occupational Health and Safety information to a professional audience.
  3. Discuss the historical development of the Australian Occupational Health and Safety legal framework, including the impact upon Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  4. Apply research skills to investigate accident causation theories to prevent future incidents.

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 ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered
Winter5 x 8 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, online resources and case study discussions support student learning in this unit. Students will learn how to identify, classify and control different types of occupational hazards within workplaces and have the opportunity to exchange ideas to broaden understanding of risk in the workplace. This unit contains opportunities to engage with industry professionals through guest speakers to aid understanding of occupational health and safety matters. Fundamental written and oral communication skills will be developed to build competence in presenting Occupational Health and Safety information to diverse audiences.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentOccupational Health and Safety History and Current Legal Framework30%
ReportOccupational Health and Safety Accident Causation and Risk Management Process30%
TestOnline Test40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentOccupational Health and Safety History and Current Legal Framework30%
ReportOccupational Health and Safety Accident Causation and Risk Management Process30%
TestOnline Test40%

Core Reading(s)

  • Archer, R., Borthwick, K., Travers, M., & Leo, R. (2015). WHS : A Management Guide (4th ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Cengage Learning. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/879262648
  • Archer, R., Borthwick, K., Ruschena, L., & Travers, M. (2017). WHS: A management guide. (5th ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Cengage Learning. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/988902226

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Introduction to Occupational Health and Safety

  • Unit Code

    HST1152

  • Year

    2021

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    4

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Sally-Anne Jonathyn DOHERTY

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 be 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 in a variety of industries.

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. Explain how the Risk Management Process is used to identify, investigate and control workplace hazards.
  2. Present Occupational Health and Safety information to a professional audience.
  3. Discuss the historical development of the Australian Occupational Health and Safety legal framework, including the impact upon Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  4. Apply research skills to investigate accident causation theories to prevent future incidents.

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 ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered
Winter5 x 8 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, online resources and case study discussions support student learning in this unit. Students will learn how to identify, classify and control different types of occupational hazards within workplaces and have the opportunity to exchange ideas to broaden understanding of risk in the workplace. This unit contains opportunities to engage with industry professionals through guest speakers to aid understanding of occupational health and safety matters. Fundamental written and oral communication skills will be developed to build competence in presenting Occupational Health and Safety information to diverse audiences.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentOccupational Health and Safety History and Current Legal Framework30%
ReportOccupational Health and Safety Accident Causation and Risk Management Process30%
TestOnline Test40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentOccupational Health and Safety History and Current Legal Framework30%
ReportOccupational Health and Safety Accident Causation and Risk Management Process30%
TestOnline Test40%

Core Reading(s)

  • Archer, R., Borthwick, K., Travers, M., & Leo, R. (2015). WHS : A Management Guide (4th ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Cengage Learning. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/879262648
  • Archer, R., Borthwick, K., Ruschena, L., & Travers, M. (2017). WHS: A management guide. (5th ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Cengage Learning. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/988902226

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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