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.

Please note that there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2023 Units. All assessment changes will be published by 20th February 2023. All students are reminded to check the handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Occupational Safety and Health Management
  • Unit Code

    HST3357
  • Year

    2023
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Marcus Paul CATTANI

Description

Management systems are the foundation of how an organisation operates, and define a risk based approach towards the management of threats and hazards. In this unit students will develop contemporary management systems skills and an understanding of issues in the development, implementation and improvement of an organisational OHS management system. Students will gain a detailed understanding of management systems architecture, as described by AS/ISO45001 (2018) – Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. This unit comprises capstone assessments which enable students to apply their knowledge and skills from other units in this unit's assessments.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass HST1152 and HST2145

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Examine organisational requirements and describe the elements of an Occupational Health and Safety Management System.
  2. Justify the benefits of developing and implementing an Occupational Health and Safety Management System to an organisation’s leadership team.
  3. Evaluate an Occupational Health and Safety Management System to enable continuous performance improvement.

Unit Content

  1. Structure of Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.
  2. Management systems audit and review.
  3. Risk profiles and control strategies.
  4. The role of internal and external stakeholders.
  5. Workplace incident and emergency management.
  6. Measuring safety performance.
  7. Planning for safety performance improvement.
  8. Implementation challenges in Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

In this unit, students will gain experience in several skills which are frequently used by OHS/EH professionals, including performing a gap analysis of an organisational Management System, developing a response to gaps in the Management System and presenting a justification for improving the Management System. Students will engage in collaborative in class and online discussions to broaden both their understanding of the content and skills required to develop OHS Management Systems. Lecture materials will be complimented by in-class and online live tutorials at specific times during semester. The students will have the opportunity to engage with guest speakers, industry experts or site visits.

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
ReportReview the case study information and create a plan for the organisation to improve performance.25%
ReportDevelop elements of an Occupational Health and Safety Management System. 50%
PresentationPresent the recommendations for the improvement of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System.25%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportReview the case study information and create a plan for the organisation to improve performance. 25%
ReportDevelop elements of an Occupational Health and Safety Management System.50%
PresentationPresent the recommendations for the improvement of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System.25%

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.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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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

    Occupational Safety and Health Management
  • Unit Code

    HST3357
  • Year

    2023
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Marcus Paul CATTANI

Description

Management systems are the foundation of how an organisation operates, and define a risk based approach towards the management of threats and hazards. In this unit students will develop contemporary management systems skills and an understanding of issues in the development, implementation and improvement of an organisational OHS management system. Students will gain a detailed understanding of management systems architecture, as described by AS/ISO45001 (2018) – Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. This unit comprises capstone assessments which enable students to apply their knowledge and skills from other units in this unit's assessments.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass HST1152 and HST2145

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Examine organisational requirements and describe the elements of an Occupational Health and Safety Management System.
  2. Justify the benefits of developing and implementing an Occupational Health and Safety Management System to an organisation’s leadership team.
  3. Evaluate an Occupational Health and Safety Management System to enable continuous performance improvement.

Unit Content

  1. Structure of Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.
  2. Management systems audit and review.
  3. Risk profiles and control strategies.
  4. The role of internal and external stakeholders.
  5. Workplace incident and emergency management.
  6. Measuring safety performance.
  7. Planning for safety performance improvement.
  8. Implementation challenges in Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

In this unit, students will gain experience in several skills which are frequently used by OHS/EH professionals, including performing a gap analysis of an organisational Management System, developing a response to gaps in the Management System and presenting a justification for improving the Management System. Students will engage in collaborative in class and online discussions to broaden both their understanding of the content and skills required to develop OHS Management Systems. Lecture materials will be complimented by in-class and online live tutorials at specific times during semester. The students will have the opportunity to engage with guest speakers, industry experts or site visits.

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
ReportReview the case study information and create a plan for the organisation to improve performance.25%
ReportDevelop elements of an Occupational Health and Safety Management System. 50%
PresentationPresent the recommendations for the improvement of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System.25%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportReview the case study information and create a plan for the organisation to improve performance. 25%
ReportDevelop elements of an Occupational Health and Safety Management System.50%
PresentationPresent the recommendations for the improvement of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System.25%

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.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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